I am sure we have all stumbled across websites and thought "wow hit the jackpot here", then after a couple of milliseconds you think, "hang on this site must be really old" - but you still hope.
So i came across one of these sites on Sunday night it had hundreds of 45s mainly not soul listed; each letter having one or two pages. I started at 'V' (dunno why) and came across both big Vanguards 45's and the Vellours on issue. All at $8 each. I stopped there deciding that this was too good to be true and decided to enquire before searching all the pages.
Good job too. The dealers reply follows. LOL. He's one pissed off person. My reaction is to tell him to take the fackers off his list, stop wasting peoples time, revalue them, get a life or drop dead. Or a simple 'no i havent got them' will have done.
Havent replied yet though. All suggestions welcome
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Dear Sir, thank you for your interest in ordering 45s from our
catalog. However i'm afraid that the items you are looking for are
currently out of stock. Actually, they've been out of stock for quite a
while. Were it up to me, i'd delete them from our files.
Why? Simple. The items you are interested in are items that there is a
LITERAL WORLD of demand for. That is, the many degrees of
I am sure we have all stumbled across websites and thought "wow hit the jackpot here", then after a couple of milliseconds you think, "hang on this site must be really old" - but you still hope.
So i came across one of these sites on Sunday night it had hundreds of 45s mainly not soul listed; each letter having one or two pages. I started at 'V' (dunno why) and came across both big Vanguards 45's and the Vellours on issue. All at $8 each. I stopped there deciding that this was too good to be true and decided to enquire before searching all the pages.
Good job too. The dealers reply follows. LOL. He's one pissed off person. My reaction is to tell him to take the fackers off his list, stop wasting peoples time, revalue them, get a life or drop dead. Or a simple 'no i havent got them' will have done.
Havent replied yet though. All suggestions welcome
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Dear Sir, thank you for your interest in ordering 45s from our
catalog. However i'm afraid that the items you are looking for are
currently out of stock. Actually, they've been out of stock for quite a
while. Were it up to me, i'd delete them from our files.
Why? Simple. The items you are interested in are items that there is a
LITERAL WORLD of demand for. That is, the many degrees of
"soul". Northern soul, Southern soul, Carribean-beat soul, popvocalist
soul, White soul, latin jazz soul, folk/jazz ballads, early funk, and
pre-disco. To be frank, we prety much stink at this stuff. Hardly a day
goes by where I don't get a big multi-page want list that has Jimmy
Radcliffe, Adams Apples, 1619 BAB, Terry *&%$#@!!ing Callier, Teddy
Randazzo, Betty Lavette, Bettye Swann, Apostles, Apollas, etc, etc, et al,
ad nauseam. Whenever I get one of these lists, I just take out my red pen
and mark out the items that, due to incessant demands for, I KNOW that they
are OUT OF STOCK. I don't want to sound mean about it, it's just that the
demand WAY outstrips the supply! We just don't have it! I would Love to
delete most of these from our files, but since there's always a chance that
they could show back up (a chance that gets slimmer and slimmer with every
passing moment) we do NOT delete listings. Plus, quite a few of you out
there are shoppers through the atrocity known as GEMM. GEMM will list all
of our stock as being "in stock" and everything will be in "mint to m-
condition". Which leads to a LOT of on-line panic buying. That is
misleading. We do NOT keep a "running track" of our 45s inventory. If we
did, we'd have a lot fewer orders. And i'd have a lot fewer complaints
form customers as to "why do you have these listed if you don't have them
in stock?" Well, that would make MY life a lot easier. But until then, if
you must try from us please give us at LEAST 2 months between tries, as we
are constantly getting stock in, but it takes a while to get it processed
and up on the shelves. However, if you're still looking for that "soul"
stuff, be prepared for a letdown, as I have NOT seen much of it returning
to our business....If I EVER see any more requests for that Roy Hamilton
ballads stuff, it'll be TOO soon. Sorry about all this, but I figure
honesty is the best policy (unlike GEMM) and perhaps you may find a place
where this soul stuff is predominant. Unfortunately, that place is not here.
Oh yes, every month or so, we will add tuitles to our catalog. When we do
that, GEMM will say that we've re-stocked. THAT DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING
HAS COME BACK IN STOCK!!!
Every time we restock and GEMM customers find out, whammo! More of the same.
If Pavlov were alive today, he wouldn't need dogs. All he'd have to do is
log on thru GEMM!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for your time, sorry about your order. Charlie*
(*i'm the guy that gets to pull all of the orders that come through the
internet! yay.)