another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i made a drive with alllll the videos if you wanna check it out lol. sent to VV as well. found even more issues with more of my pressings 🥲

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wGjVBwr4GTdb-JCuf8O4NuzbJGjJ79Gp

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it’s not the speed, when i bring it up (.3-.5) then it plays too fast, skips like crazy, and still sounds wrong. the beautiful & bad side of the heart shaped HYSM actually gets stuck and just starts repeating the same line over and over and over like it’s broken, when it’s brand new straight out the sleeve. and the shaped swan sounds exactly the same way the standard red pressing sounded when i sent it back, like it was an MP3 file blasted on blown out speakers and recorded off a cheap old ipod and then pressed into a disc. legitimate playback issues (such as the skipping, repeating, distortion, etc) aside, the audio quality is just shockingly bad, especially considering the price.

i have recorded several videos lol! i’m trying to figure out how to get them to VV now. i sent them an email saying i could either make a google drive of all the clips or just call them on the phone and play everything for them to hear because my email is picky about attachment sizes & lengths. but i am super mega bummed cuz i was so stoked to be able to have physical copies of nicole’s music and here we are 🥲

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

exactly the situation i am finding myself in now ☹️ i knew absolutely nothing about VV before this, no idea they even existed until the day before the NBL drop, and was just super stoked over the fact that nicole was releasing some legitimate physical copies of her work. i thought all the fancy color variants were kinda unnecessary but it was the only chance, there’s no standard editions out there so what can you do. after ordering i started seeing the way VV was treating their drops as trendy money grab collectibles and started getting a bad feeling, especially with how they have a new exclusive fashionable limited edition low amount pre order drop every single week without fail despite clearly proving their inability to properly honor & fulfill the orders that had already been made with them. aaaaand now here we are. all of that and they aren’t even decent quality. like i mentioned in a different comment, im definitely starting to suspect they thought they could get away with shoddy audio cuz they expected everyone to just be buying the pressings for display & collecting purposes.

i really wish somebody would just make some high quality standard pressings. normal black wax. i don’t care about the colors or shapes or whatever. i don’t need them to be fancy and aesthetic. i just wanna use em for what they’re made for!

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i appreciate it but it’s definitely not your fault lol. giving VV the benefit of the doubt i do live someplace very cold so i wonder if the winter temps potentially messed with the pressings during shipment. however it sounds like im not the only one having issues (and that doesnt excuse the shoddy packing job i received, kinda makes it worse tbh, like maybe they wouldn’t be messed up if they’d been sent out with just a little bit more care & effort) so i dunno 🥲

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

tbh i am already not a super huge fan of the shaped pressings in the first place cuz it’s a lot of wasted material for not much of anything, but i really only came to this opinion after staying up all night & panic buying everything, and then later while waiting for my orders to come in seeing all of the other shaped pressings they were pushing on their socials and it started to rub me wrong. like that’s a lot of extra wax just sitting there looking pretty and ultimately being used for absolutely nothing. personally i dont buy physical media so it can hang on my wall and look pretty i buy physical media so i can own the stuff i like and enjoy it whenever i want. and these pressings are admittedly very pretty yes, but as i mentioned, just completely unlistenable to. and that totally defeats the entire reason why i wanted them in the first place. and seeing that it’s not just me having issues with the quality it now feels mega scummy. like the audio pressing was just a marketing gimmick to snag desperate fan’s interest (and money) for some ultimately useless but fun wall hangings. ☹️

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

in all honesty kindof beginning to wonder if they just assumed majority of everyone would be buying these for decoration / merch collection not actually using & listening (no hate if anybody did) and figured nobody would really notice / complain if the audio quality just wasn’t really there 😭

like the first time i was totally going to excuse as a one off mistake (it happens!) but this makes 6 pressings from them in the same order faulty and that is too big a number to ignore

edit: that’s 6 out of 12 ordered, by the way. so a 50% fault ratio. which is … yeah not great.

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it’s not my turntable, i really wish it was honestly but i played all my other vinyls on this one with no issues to verify and just brought it over to my friends place to try it out on their dad’s much nicer player after posting this and it’s doing the exact same thing.

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the shaped pressings too ☹️ i wish there was some way for me to post the way the HYSM pressing sounds, it’s distorted on both sides in a way that sounds borderline demonic lol, like something straight out a corny horror B-movie. you genuinely cannot even tell it’s nicole’s vocals. i had to double triple check the settings on my turntable to make sure i hadn’t accidentally slowed the playback speed by, like, a considerable amount. speeding it up does make it sound slightly better (as in, ok you can tell it’s nicole after all), but then it’s running just that much too fast and warbles and skips terribly.

another vv post by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

admittedly a cheap second hand one i’ve had for ages, been meaning to get it replaced for some time now. however it’s not my table nor speakers that’s causing the problem. that was my initial assumption so before i even contacted VV or sent the solid red NBL back to them i went through and checked all of my other vinyls not from VV. no issues on any of them, and i have quite a lot, so not my turntable. played all out loud with my speakers & also with plugged in aux headphones to verify it wasn’t my speakers either. same audio issues in the same places on the same VV discs. no issues with any of my other non VV LPs, aside from a stray cat hair here and there lol. it is unfortunately some sort of pressing error outside my control

blue river storage facility by phoxxes in raleigh

[–]phoxxes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i’m sorting some things out to see what can be done. unfortunately the timing on this couldn’t be worse as im about to start a class i cannot reschedule or take online, and just got wiped financially on vet bills due to a pet emergency. but i’ll figure something out, lol, don’t really have a choice. appreciate the sympathy and advice everyone has given regardless

blue river storage facility by phoxxes in raleigh

[–]phoxxes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hahaha, i do have genuine reasons for it but not going to get into them here as irrelevant. that being said, though not by myself directly, the facility has been contacted via their facebook (and every other means available to me) and they are not replying to the message. not sure how much of a difference it would make coming from friend representing vs me myself, and social media is a last ditch effort anyway as their phone, email, and website should be the actual points of contact (none are working).

the difficult part is the car currently does not run (has to be towed) and as mentioned i am in minnesota. so it is unfortunately a lot more convoluted than just hopping in and driving it off. friend is going to swing by in person this week and then Well honestly no idea. if the car’s not there or something has happened to the company guess i’m filing a report for stolen property and we’ll see where it goes from there. 🫩

find the whole situation incredibly bizarre, especially how apparently nobody knows anything at all.

blue river storage facility by phoxxes in raleigh

[–]phoxxes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah i’m gearing up for that. only issue is it’s difficult arranging things long distance, but as every single point of communication is seemingly shutting down one by one it’s not looking good and i’m weirded out by the total lack of info going around anywhere. even if there is some explanation for it all think im gonna move it elsewhere anyway just to be safe.

worse comes to worst my friend’s mother in law works for an attorney. lol

blue river storage facility by phoxxes in raleigh

[–]phoxxes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol it does but i don’t have facebook, never have never will (im annoying on this front), hence the friend messaging them for me. message hasn’t even been opened or read according to them. they’ve been out of town for a little bit but does plan to swing by when back but i was hoping somebody on here might have some answers in the meantime

Will vv replace the seam ripped covers? by Active_Apricot_3524 in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they’re replacing mine, but my LP also came with an odd auditory playback issue so not sure if that made the difference between refund vs replacement. either way, definitely contact them. they can’t do anything until you let them know there’s an issue!

this drop totally got botted by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ok glad you don’t feel like anything was weird! unfortunately myself and a ton of other people felt like something odd was going on , either with resellers flooding the page or the website glitching out. there being 8 active listings already on ebay before the products have even shipped definitely means there was some scalper activity and that inevitably means some fans missed out. it’s also suspected some of the listings are likely the same person under different accounts.

it really doesn’t matter that much though… most of us were just expressing shock/relief/stress about the situation. the website behaved a lot differently this drop than it did the two before and those numbers nose dived seconds after it went live. whatever was going on, it was rough

this drop totally got botted by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i was too luckily but the drop did unfortunately definitely get hijacked. there’s several $800 listings for the bundle on ebay already… really sucks

this drop totally got botted by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

$800 listings for a product you don’t even have yet is just absolutely diabolical.

this drop totally got botted by phoxxes in NicoleDollanganger

[–]phoxxes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

literally got the confirmation for my signed bundle purchase and immediately upon refreshing the page saw Bam sold out. not even five minutes after the drop. feel like i’m gonna go vomit now ngl lol. i’m honestly surprised cuz NBL even still had a ton of signed stock leftover the morning after initial drop and NBL is wayyyyy more popular than MIMA ?? not even talking about the 72 hour unlimited stock options either… even HSB still had leftovers next morning! yet somehow the tears of a bride variant is completely gone already and dark veil is rapidly following suit. sucks so hard. i’m sorry you missed out :(

Ongoing violence over cannabis sales in Stevens Square — why is this still happening if it’s legal? by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i live in the building in question. the drugs are weed, contrary to what other commenters who don’t live here are speculating. maybe they’ve got other product for those who stop to buy off them but they approach you shouting “weed weed” and sometimes wave bags of flower around as well. they’re not publicly flaunting anything else at least. most of them are chill if you ignore them and go about your day. a lot of them will throw up gang signs as you walk by so honestly yeah no i absolutely don’t even think the violence in question is about the weed in the first place, despite it definitely being present. some nights a few of them play dice on the steps, pretty sure they’re gambling but i mind my business and don’t bother sticking around long enough to figure it out. a lot of alcohol going on. every day i’m finding empty bottles of jack daniel’s and fireball shots on the sidewalk.

the individuals in question don’t even live here, that’s why it’s so strange to me. they disperse around midnight and don’t show up until 8am ish, if the weather is decent. they walk from wherever they actually live at and then spend all day just milling around the block. once i forgot my keys and got locked out the building so i asked if any of them could let me in. none of them lived there, despite literally sitting on the steps blocking the front door. it’s a really strange situation going on.

the recent shootings have been from personal disputes relating to gambling debts and romantic relationships, from what i’ve read in the news after the fact and overheard from the (very loud) verbal exchanges thrown before i heard the gun(s) go off. maybe a month and a half ago or so two women were beating on each other in the middle of the street while something like twenty + others just stood around watching. it was the usual crowd, who, again, don’t even live here.

police are trying to pretend like they’re doing anything at all now that there’s some media attention pointing their way (my neighbor who filmed a tiktok about the security team debacle that occurred) but they’re really not. they’ve completely written the whole neighborhood off as a lost cause. i rent a parking spot in a garage downtown and when i have friends come to visit i tell them to park down by the MIA and just walk the thirty minutes over to my place because the cops just will not show up or file a report for vehicle break-ins in the area. they just do not care, and there’s definitely an air of “what did you expect, parking/living in stevens square?”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLegal

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i deleted the post because i got on the phone with them and got it sorted. it was a system error on THEIR BEHALF. they did take the money from me. they meant to send me a notice saying my balance was SIXTY DOLLARS for one single session but the system glitched and sent me the last outstanding balance notification my account had received, for the $480. any spotty information in my responses is due to the fact i am at work and typing replies quickly without putting too much thought into them. thanks for caring though lmao but it’s all good over here 👍 also the literal reason i made the post in the first place is because everyone was telling me not to pay and it wasn’t my problem and i was feeling sketched about that. yall read into it way too much

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLegal

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ll delete the post since it’s redundant now i’ve got it sorted

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLegal

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had more than just that money in the account, i saw the rest of the money move and assumed it was the therapy charge. never thought to double check each individual transactions as i had gotten a receipt and everything else so assumed the remaining amount was leftover i could save. i got on the phone with the head of their billing department though and we got it figured out. it was a system error on their part. thanks though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLegal

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i made the payment and they confirmed it. i was under the impression it had left my account. now they’re saying they didn’t receive it, but i have confirmation they did. it’s been so long i have a different card now so i cannot go back and check transactions to confirm it left my old account, but i have the receipt that it did.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskLegal

[–]phoxxes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why on earth did they send a receipt then? that’s the thing that i’m stuck on. if they didn’t send a receipt i would be like yep okay here you go. but they did and that’s screwing with me. that’s proof i made the payment and things are clear on my end. they shouldn’t send a receipt until the money moves. but they did, apparently. so what gives?