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From:
Peter Bense
To:
Alex Reynolds ,
Date:
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 20:58:30 -0400
Subject:
Re: (idm) 611 records
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At 08:26 PM 6/20/97 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 12 lines not to bad mouth 611 (too much), as nigel+co. know their goods, but after>not to bad mouth 611 (too much), as nigel+co. know their goods, but after >a short three-minute conversation i got a vibe that, because I'm not >wearing baggy pants or a dreadbag on my head i'm not 'hip,' and therefore >unknowledgable about the music i'm after, and, finally, unworthy to >discuss stock in hand. point 2: the import selection is way overpriced; >when i was in 611 over christmas, i saw RDJ for 30 dollars! you've read >correctly -- a hop, skip, and jump to tower records yielded same warp >release for 17 dollars; just who are we kidding here? on a positive note, >the guy was nice enough to offer to mail order anything out of stock, and >when i bought the three album leo anibaldi rephlex set and found only two >records in the sleeve after a half-hour drive, they were nice enough to >refund the purchase price.
I would strongly advise against using 611. I have called their mail order numerous times [okay actually I only ordered twice..] and I was hung up on... they give you that infamous line of "okay call back in 15 minutes and ask for so-and-so.." and I call back and the guy is not in or on the shitter or out to break or some bullshit like that. Furthermore they won't let you pay with a credit card which means you have to pay their crappy-ass COD charges. I have tried many places [611, Modernmusic and a few others which I can't remember the names of at the moment.. oh yeah Sound Factory being one of those others...] Anyways after all of that hassle and being overcharged (Modernmusic charges $6.99 for most of its domestic releases) I found a place in south florida called the dj store that hooks me up great whenever I call. There is a supernice guy named kimi who always helps me out whenever I'm buying slabs... they have a website too... www.djstore.com /$0.02 poorer.... pt