JM is quoting half price sale on all listed records , what’s your thoughts? 
Are they overpriced to start or am I being cynical 

34 minutes ago, Kev John said:

If folks had gone through JM's main site & not discogs you would find if their said record is in stock & available 

This is a direct ,Discogs 3rd party site & won't be up to date on orders of said records !

 

Kev that's not quite correct, I bought a record off Discogs that wasn't on his own site. I wanted to check the quality of the record on his player but it wasn't there.

Don’t make excuses for piss poor running of a business.If items are on Discogs for sale they should be for sale.Same for his website.I have never had this from other reliable main dealers like Tim or Darren Brown or Craig Moerer.When I finally get my 2 orders of records that will be me done with Manny.He won’t care but this time he has unfulfilled quite a few orders just by reading on here.That should perhaps make him think and get his chuffing house in order!

 

49 minutes ago, Kev John said:

If folks had gone through JM's main site & not discogs you would find if their said record is in stock & available 

This is a direct ,Discogs 3rd party site & won't be up to date on orders of said records !

 

Unfortunately not the case, plenty of things listed on the website are not available. 

Well said mate why did he start the sale when there's not going to be anyone there to sort things out.

 

26 minutes ago, Phillydog66 said:

Well said mate why did he start the sale when there's not going to be anyone there to sort things out.

Probably because he wasn't expecting to be swamped by quite so many whingeing vultures ... 

Edited January 15Jan 15 by Woodbutcher

Just now, Woodbutcher said:

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Probably because he wasn't expecting to be swamped by quite so many whingeing vultures ... 

Personally speaking, this wasn't money I had lying around, I had to sell a bunch of stuff and borrow a bit to fund the purchases. 3 weeks and counting holding the money without any kind of response to messages, other than gradual cancellation of orders for items not being in stock, is shoddy regardless of the circumstances, which surely weren't that difficult to predict. 

Well said what did he think was going to happen.

Even though I’m an angry old Hector that did make me smile.Thank you.

21 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

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Probably because he wasn't expecting to be swamped by quite so many whingeing vultures ... 

 

Got mine today , Happy girl 🙂 

When did you order.

3 minutes ago, Phillydog66 said:

When did you order.

Dec 27

2 minutes ago, Valentina said:

Dec 27

Bang goes the chronological notion then, order from 26th not processed 

This sale has captured a lot of eye balls 👀

I ordered on 11 Jan on Discogs (3x 45s not available on his website). One unavailable so refunded. Says shipped so should arrive soon🤞

Weirdly, the unavailable 45 then got relisted.. presumably just an error..

3 minutes ago, Jon P said:

This sale has captured a lot of eye balls 👀

I ordered on 11 Jan on Discogs (3x 45s not available on his website). One unavailable so refunded. Says shipped so should arrive soon🤞

Weirdly, the unavailable 45 then got relisted.. presumably just an error..

Again, 11th Jan is 2 weeks after the date from which others are still waiting to hear. 

Edited January 15Jan 15 by Mr Outsider

Been a lot relisted.

1 minute ago, Mr Outsider said:

Bang goes the chronological notion then, order from 26th not processed 

yep but it was bank holiday I did another order same day but same has not been processed 

Good things come to whose who wait..:-) 

Just now, Valentina said:

yep but it was bank holiday I did another order same day but same has not been processed 

Good things come to whose who wait..:-) 

the only response I've received so far is one not available, so maybe not! 

Let's hope so been waiting 21 days now.

On 13/01/2025 at 17:56, Modularman said:

Placed my order on boxing day, has been marked as completed today 👍

My order received today in full.

I wasn't expecting them to be actioned on until 6th January, so not too bad imo.

I think starting the sale on boxing day was maybe unwise what with people's expectations in this day and age of 'instant delivery'.

Might have been an idea to state that orders wouldn't be processed until w/c 6th January? 

On 11/01/2025 at 12:25, davidwapples said:

If you want it next day pay for next day delivery.  

Paying for next day delivery doesn’t ensure that it gets sent the next day or the next or the one after that.  

It still requires someone to post it doesn’t it. And pick it up for that matter.

 

 

 

Edited January 16Jan 16 by Jnixon

I'm sure Johnny and his staff are working as hard as they can to get orders out as quickly as possible. He is, and always has been, a first rate seller, and always a pleasure to deal with.

Peter

John has updated his Instagram and says they have had around 3000 orders, some of them are for about 100 records a hit, so you can appreciate how long it is taking to process them

Might have been sensible to give people who have ordered an idea of where they are at date wise with it but at least he’s said something. 



 

 

5 hours ago, Peter99 said:

I'm sure Johnny and his staff are working as hard as they can to get orders out as quickly as possible. He is, and always has been, a first rate seller, and always a pleasure to deal with.

Peter

Think plenty might disagree their Peter.

18 minutes ago, Ncfc said:

Think plenty might disagree their Peter.

There's always those with differing opinions Chris - I speak as I find.

I hope all is well buddy.

Peter

21 hours ago, Dave Pinch said:

i think some stock is only on discogs and not his website.. that said i looked on boxing day for the record i ordered and it was on discogs but not his website.. mulled over it but left it.. went back to it in the new year and it was still on discogs so thought what the hell i`ll order.... but still waiting.. if i get it great if not as long as get refund not bothered

Dave in the past I ordered records of JM discogs site not heard a thing contacted them on the phone said record not available on their site I was instructed to visit web site as records not always in. StoCk  that's why I go straight to his site 

11 minutes ago, Kev John said:

Dave in the past I ordered records of JM discogs site not heard a thing contacted them on the phone said record not available on their site I was instructed to visit web site as records not always in. StoCk  that's why I go straight to his site 

managing your inventory is a basic element of retail, besides which many people are reporting unavailable items listed as in stock on the website. 

22 hours ago, Kev John said:

If folks had gone through JM's main site & not discogs you would find if their said record is in stock & available 

This is a direct ,Discogs 3rd party site & won't be up to date on orders of said records !

 

Seems not. I ordered early when the sale started (early in the day on 26th Dec) & ordered direct off JM's web site.

Got an e-mail from Paypal today stating a refund from JM is on it's way to my Paypal account. No notification from John's team as to what I will not now be receiving or when my order will be dispatched (but at least it must be being processed at the moment). I do recall the postage charged for my order was quite high even though it was to be sent by 1st class mail.

Postage is high.

I’ve got two orders outstanding with £15.95 for three 7’ records and £12.95 for one 7’ being charged for p&p.

Value of both orders is about the same. 

Now I’m aware that this covers special delivery and insurance, but still fair bit higher than I’m used to paying.

It goes without saying that neither website order has progressed beyond ‘processing’ stage on his web site with first being made on 28/12 and second on 06/01.

My advice would be to put half price sale on hold now and not wait until end of the month. That way last 3 weeks orders can be cleared without the distraction of loads more orders coming through in next two weeks.

 

 

Yes, I've never experienced such high postage charges. Not sure what the extra money is going towards, certainly not a speedy delivery!

15 hours ago, Keamus said:

Postage is high.

I’ve got two orders outstanding with £15.95 for three 7’ records and £12.95 for one 7’ being charged for p&p.

Value of both orders is about the same. 

Now I’m aware that this covers special delivery and insurance, but still fair bit higher than I’m used to paying.

It goes without saying that neither website order has progressed beyond ‘processing’ stage on his web site with first being made on 28/12 and second on 06/01.

My advice would be to put half price sale on hold now and not wait until end of the month. That way last 3 weeks orders can be cleared without the distraction of loads more orders coming through in next two weeks.

 

 

I was recently shocked to find a properly packaged single 7” costs £5.20 to send 1st class recorded. It’s gone up 2 quid as many years. 
 

My tardy parcel has 7 tunes with a value of 500 ish quid and cost almost 20 quid for an SD. I wasn’t as shocked after that but didn’t check to see if it’s an outrage. 
 

Anyhoo, I may get it all back as yet. Section 75 is a beautiful thing.

 

 

 

£3.95 I was charged for one 45

3 hours ago, Jnixon said:

I was recently shocked to find a properly packaged single 7” costs £5.20 to send 1st class recorded. It’s gone up 2 quid as many years. 
 

My tardy parcel has 7 tunes with a value of 500 ish quid and cost almost 20 quid for an SD. I wasn’t as shocked after that but didn’t check to see if it’s an outrage. 
 

Anyhoo, I may get it all back as yet. Section 75 is a beautiful thing.

 

 

 

20 quid would be more than double the actual regular cost for special delivery on that package, not taking into consideration the lower rates for royal mail business accounts. 

2 hours ago, Mr Outsider said:

20 quid would be more than double the actual regular cost for special delivery on that package, not taking into consideration the lower rates for royal mail business accounts. 

ye standard special delivery covers £500 easily. i usually charge the £20 option if value over £1000 but think max it cover is £2500

16 minutes ago, Dave Pinch said:

ye standard special delivery covers £500 easily. i usually charge the £20 option if value over £1000 but think max it cover is £2500

I can’t imagine the claims process being much fun.  Luckily I never to to do it.  Worst I had was a parcel to Japan got lost so I issued a refund.  3 months later the records ended up back with me.

12 minutes ago, Dylan said:

I can’t imagine the claims process being much fun.  Luckily I never to to do it.  Worst I had was a parcel to Japan got lost so I issued a refund.  3 months later the records ended up back with me.

Ye that’s another issue.. claiming is stressful and can be in the main unsuccessful 

If this of any use to anyone?

I recently sent 6 x 45's and used the Royal Mail 48 Tracked option.
It cost me £2.80 - which seemed half decent.
No idea tho on compensation for loss or damage.
The print out said "item value £150" but I was not asked about it.
I suppose I took a chance - but you get full tracking on where it is AND a picture when delivered.

I did not ask for a signature as picture is fine.  Prob more money for that - but it was an option.

It also got delivered within 48 hours.

Edited January 17Jan 17 by Becket

My package from John arrived today. 2 x 45's missing that had been showing as IN STOCK on his web site when I ordered ... BUT maybe someone else went for them at almost the same time as I did.

When did you order.

5 hours ago, Mr Outsider said:

20 quid would be more than double the actual regular cost for special delivery on that package, not taking into consideration the lower rates for royal mail business accounts. 

Oh… I wonder what the justification is for that then?

 

No one answering emails , it's very frustrating 

Neal 

had the same problem back in the 90's last big half price  sale thats  when he had the shop ,still got the catalogue from then but ...... you will get them give him a chance however he is slow even on auctions and website 

It's hard work I know , but has to get rid of stock I suppose 

2 hours ago, Roburt said:

My package from John arrived today. 2 x 45's missing that had been showing as IN STOCK on his web site when I ordered ... BUT maybe someone else went for them at almost the same time as I did.

I suspect of loads others in same situation. Did you get instant refund? 

Edited January 17Jan 17 by Ncfc

Has anyone that posted an order on the 30th gotten an order filled/cancelled?  Just trying t figure out where they are in the process 🧐

i would just go round and sort it  check his address on hmc website company's

10 minutes ago, Mithras said:

i would just go round and sort it  check his address on hmc website company's

Half an hour ago you were telling people to be patient now you are saying you would go round to his premises, I am sure taking your last piece of advice would be plain stupid.

Edited January 17Jan 17 by Shinehead

17 minutes ago, Shinehead said:

Half an hour ago you were telling people to be patient now you are saying you would go round to his premises, I am sure taking your last piece of advice would be plain stupid.

simple... I did not fall for it over priced  at half price ,however back in the day chubby chekker just dont know uk £25

2 minutes ago, Mithras said:

simple... I did not fall for it over priced  at half price ,however back in the day chubby chekker just dont know uk £25

What's that got to do with your last piece of advice ? 

It’s getting tedious now. 27th  delivery arrived. 2 short, 3 not what was ordered.Issue instead of demo (already have) They will be going back as soon as my 31st order is despatched, arrives and checked for incompetence.Another of his Discogs mistakes seems to be just lobbing his items anywhere.I order an item as vinyl release and get styrene.His whole operation needs an overhaul.Doesnt matter if its half price sale or not.No communication,no fulfilling of orders,not getting what does come right.Going back to chronological order, yeah like f..k.Not really listening to the MANSHIP apologists anymore.