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I know the us shops aren't always stocked with the latest releases, but i'm tired of paying 30 pounds for shipping and still having to wait at least a fortnight to get my records. does anyone have any good recs for stateside online shops.

i'll start with a few i've come across. all of these combined still probably wouldn't match the catalog of chemical or red-eye, but it's a start.

www.turntablelab.com
decent selection and free shipping on orders over $50

www.sectorshop.com
a modest selection of records and i believe free shipping on orders over a certain amount.

www.forcedexposure.com
beware of this site they'll lead you to believe they still have every deep medi release available only to email you 4 days later saying they're waiting on new stock.

http://stores.ebay.com/Ear-Candy-Music
some store out of montana that sells on ebay, prices are a little steep, but they are pretty well at keeping up with the new releases.

www.bestbuy.com
they actually sell vinyl records on the best buy site. they carry some of the bigger labels like tempa and hyperdub. unfortunately the search engine is abysmal.

i seen some of ear candy's listings.....kinda expensive if you ask me.

this guy is super reliable:
http://www.discogs.com/seller/DNB.DUB.DC

nice link...that discogs seller has some good listings

and yeah ear candy's prices are super taxed.

dj jahson wrote:i seen some of ear candy's listings.....kinda expensive if you ask me.

this guy is super reliable:
http://www.discogs.com/seller/DNB.DUB.DC

Mr_Frost wrote:http://www.forcedexposure.com
beware of this site they'll lead you to believe they still have every deep medi release available only to email you 4 days later saying they're waiting on new stock.

yeah they got my hopes up big time once. never actually made an order cause EVERYTHING in my order was not in stock.

dj jahson wrote:i seen some of ear candy's listings.....kinda expensive if you ask me.

this guy is super reliable:
http://www.discogs.com/seller/DNB.DUB.DC

He also has a direct site (I think this is him): http://www.dnbdubrecords.com/

I've been meaning to contact him as he's local to me, but he doesn't have a storefront, it's all mail order.

redeye has super low shipping rates and usually comes within a week of shipment. most records end up being around $9 with shipping

south3rn wrote:redeye has super low shipping rates and usually comes within a week of shipment. most records end up being around $9 with shipping

good to know...i'm going on at least two and half weeks waiting for my current order from chemical. and yesterday i got totally jacked on shipping from sounds of the universe, but they had some titles i wasn't finding elsewhere.

Mr_Frost wrote:
http://www.bestbuy.com
they actually sell vinyl records on the best buy site. they carry some of the bigger labels like tempa and hyperdub. unfortunately the search engine is abysmal.

WOW.

Mr_Frost wrote:

south3rn wrote:redeye has super low shipping rates and usually comes within a week of shipment. most records end up being around $9 with shipping

good to know...i'm going on at least two and half weeks waiting for my current order from chemical. and yesterday i got totally jacked on shipping from sounds of the universe, but they had some titles i wasn't finding elsewhere.

SOTU and Boomkat have the best selections but their shipping is criminal. same with hardwax.

prisoner wrote:

Mr_Frost wrote:
http://www.bestbuy.com
they actually sell vinyl records on the best buy site. they carry some of the bigger labels like tempa and hyperdub. unfortunately the search engine is abysmal.

WOW.

i ordered J:kenzo roteks for 11.69 shipped and had it in 48 hours.

south3rn wrote:redeye has super low shipping rates and usually comes within a week of shipment. most records end up being around $9 with shipping

$12.37 with card stiffeners.

anyone else got recs...

Here's a little self-serving link to our webstore. http://www.crosstalkintl.com

A little more useful on the house / techno side, but lots of different stuff up on there. We order regularly from Hardwax, Clone, Rubadub, Rush Hour etc etc plus all the US stuff from Chicago, and all that small-run stuff from the D.

If you have any questions / comments, feel free to PM me.

south3rn wrote:redeye has super low shipping rates and usually comes within a week of shipment. most records end up being around $9 with shipping

Chemical is similar as well. My last order only took 9 days total to arrive.

So the general answer is "there really aren't any" then, right? Shipping from redeye isn't too bad, but I'm primarily looking for stuff coming out of Detroit..which they don't have much of. Plus I live in the US, feels retarded ordering Detroit and Chicago shit from the UK. All other alternatives (discogs, label sites), stateside or not, aren't any cheaper.

jamesgarfield wrote:So the general answer is "there really aren't any" then, right? Shipping from redeye isn't too bad, but I'm primarily looking for stuff coming out of Detroit..which they don't have much of. Plus I live in the US, feels retarded ordering Detroit and Chicago shit from the UK. All other alternatives (discogs, label sites), stateside or not, aren't any cheaper.

try gramaphone? if their website represents their store stock you should be in good shape.

south3rn wrote:

jamesgarfield wrote:So the general answer is "there really aren't any" then, right? Shipping from redeye isn't too bad, but I'm primarily looking for stuff coming out of Detroit..which they don't have much of. Plus I live in the US, feels retarded ordering Detroit and Chicago shit from the UK. All other alternatives (discogs, label sites), stateside or not, aren't any cheaper.

try gramaphone? if their website represents their store stock you should be in good shape.

^2nd this!

dj jahson wrote: this guy is super reliable:
http://www.discogs.com/seller/DNB.DUB.DC

Great seller, I've purchased more than my fair share from this vendor. Highly recommended. Reasonable prices as well if you purchase more than 1.

I still buy most of my plates from Redeye, good prices and great shipping rates. I tend to avoid ordering one at a time and instead order in bulk, it seems to save on the shipping a bit.

Also, check out Bleep.com. Pretty sure they aren't US based, but I've found a number of hidden gems on this site.

ordered 5 records off chemical last week, total w/ shipping and VAT in the UK was 30 pounds... once i switched the destination to USA and the VAT was dropped and shipping adjusted the new total was 28 pounds... awesome... dont mind waiting tbh, still cheaper to order the records in the UK from chemical/redeye/bleep/surus and have them shipped over. OP says 30 pounds shipping where the hell are you buying records from where they charge THAT much for shipping?!

hendramarshall wrote:ordered 5 records off chemical last week, total w/ shipping and VAT in the UK was 30 pounds... once i switched the destination to USA and the VAT was dropped and shipping adjusted the new total was 28 pounds... awesome... dont mind waiting tbh, still cheaper to order the records in the UK from chemical/redeye/bleep/surus and have them shipped over. OP says 30 pounds shipping where the hell are you buying records from where they charge THAT much for shipping?!

i think i meant 30 dollars...i had placed an order from sounds of the universe and the shipping came out to 19 or 20 pounds.