Vinyl Or Ashtray?

OoGuN · Post by **OoGuN** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:27 am

May not be interesting to all you jammy lot in the UK who can just stroll down your record shop while having a spl*ff on the way and pick up the latest tunes but...
Just got two mail orders in today from Boomkat and Chemical and as usual, the Boomkat one was way worse packed than the Chemical one. The Chemical vinyl came in a stiff cardboard sleeve with TWO bits of card sandwiching the vinyl. The Boomkat one came in an easily bent envelope and wrapped in some semi-transparent shite that wouldn't stop the tune from being bent (unless it has some magical power I'm missing).
Put the two on my tables and the Chemical one is as flat as

, while the Boomkat one has got a wobbly warp in it.

So I just wondered who is best.... cause that's where I'm shopping from now on, given that I caught my postie slinging my records from his van to my doorstep not long ago..

Obviously I can only put in the ones I've used, so if you want to add any, post here and I'll add to the list..

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:49 am

chemical or redeye I'd say, theyre the only two I use

Steve AC23 · Post by **Steve AC23** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:04 am

bro

use redeye

tunes are cheaper for start and postage is cheaper! AND u just tick a little box saying "insert card stiffeners" and they arrive perfect.

TIP: never buy records as individuals.....thats how u end up with fucked records...its just another parcel and its travelling 12k miles and thru loads of hands.

if i have to buy white labels from odd stores like SOTU, Rooted, Bare Files Shop. I tend to buy 2 or 3 copies of the same tune to guarentee they stay straight and just flog the others to my mates.

only single tune ive got in perfect order was direct from cotti i think
package made of a huggys box haha arrived flat tho

chur chur n all that stuff u kiwis chat haha

stryfe · Post by **stryfe** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:28 am

Dubloke wrote:chemical or redeye I'd say, theyre the only two I use

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:37 am

ac23 wrote:bro

use redeye

tunes are cheaper for start and postage is cheaper! AND u just tick a little box saying "insert card stiffeners" and they arrive perfect.

TIP: never buy records as individuals.....thats how u end up with fucked records...its just another parcel and its travelling 12k miles and thru loads of hands.

true story

fork · Post by **fork** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:41 am

Red Eye have never dissapointed me in about 3 years of using them, plus the postage is cheap as chips!!

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:07 am

SOTU is very good as well.. a bit expensive but very reliable...

btw I think the person who labels the white labels at SOTU has the coolest handwriting ever!

djake · Post by **djake** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:14 am

OoGuN wrote:May not be interesting to all you jammy lot in the UK who can just stroll down your record shop while having a spl*ff on the way and pick up the latest tunes but...

i wish it was like that in this part of the uk, but its not

edit: also rooted records is pretty good, quick delivery....but thats cause im in the uk

marty · Post by **marty** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:58 am

i miss hardwax on this list. always my #1 choice. never have ordered in the UK so far...

monkeytown · Post by **monkeytown** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:02 pm

Blackmarket, easy.

Boomkat is shocking.

felixgash · Post by **felixgash** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:21 pm

Juno, without a doubt. Buy one record, and it'll arrive as safe as if you'd bought 10. Cheapest records and postage too.

dubstepper · Post by **dubstepper** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:03 pm

Schamotnik wrote:SOTU is very good as well.. a bit expensive but very reliable...

btw I think the person who labels the white labels at SOTU has the coolest handwriting ever!

Agree with you on that, i got I don't give a dub gangsta for life and caspa remix of moments of love from them and the writting is pretty swanky if i do say so myself. Alot better then my fucked up writting thats for sure . I would say the best record store for quality quick delivery and Cheapness has got to be chemical records and red eye

dubloke · Post by **dubloke** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:40 pm

Schamotnik wrote:btw I think the person who labels the white labels at SOTU has the coolest handwriting ever!

haha I agree, I've only got Alicia from there with the writing (Gangsta for Life didn't have it written on), but its spelt Alesha

OoGuN · Post by **OoGuN** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:15 pm

If I wasn't so WASTE that I didn't realise you can't add to a poll, I'd have added Hardwax, Rooted, SOTU and of course Blackmarket.

Hmmm..lots of useful info..didn't realise you could choose to have super-packaging from redeye...

@AC23 : That is great advice mate, I'll be on me way to my first million NZ$ soon by buying extras and flogging on to my mates....

ChurChur Cobba(?)

analogdj · Post by **analogdj** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:34 pm

ive always used rooted, seeing as i live above the shop. but a friend of mine also in Bristol orders from there because hes a lazy shit and they always come through packaged really well.

whenever i go in there the guys are always sending off shit and they take real good care of the vinyl!

trouble@t'mill · Post by **trouble@t'mill** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:13 am

Boomkat take ages to ship

Chemical is my favorate can get me bits of gabba n dnb there 2

RedEye is good like chemical but dont seem to get stuff in as quick as chemical

Juno dose get as much stuff in + dosnt get it in as fast as chemical dose + postage is exspensive

HTFR who r they ?

rootedrecords.co.uk is a great store

thief · Post by **thief** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:51 pm

Packaging from Chemical is always solid, and yeah all about ordering the records in two's at minimum for extra support.

dubnerd · Post by **dubnerd** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:30 pm

felixGash wrote:Juno, without a doubt. Buy one record, and it'll arrive as safe as if you'd bought 10. Cheapest records and postage too.

Redeye are cheaper, on both points. Singles on redeye are £5.50 while singles on Juno are £5.99 and sometimes more.

trouble@t'mill · Post by **trouble@t'mill** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:06 am

felixGash wrote:Juno, without a doubt. Buy one record, and it'll arrive as safe as if you'd bought 10. Cheapest records and postage too.

juno's postage is one of the most exspensive

out of curiousity i added 10 x 12" records to my cart
n it came to £9.90 for rayal mail 1st class

stores like redeye give u free shipping when u buy over 10 vinyls
n a maximum of 2.25 when u order less

10 x vinyl delivered to uk @ chemical only came to £2.00

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