At 02:55 PM 1/25/99 -0800, you wrote:
quoted 40 lines On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:18:32 -0500 "Danny Wyatt" <danny@arbitrary.com>>
>On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 11:18:32 -0500 "Danny Wyatt" <danny@arbitrary.com>
>writes:
>>
>>From: §të¶ÌñTîmÉ lester <stepintime@juno.com>
>>>the thing about Sonic Groove is that they keep everything they have
>>ever
>>>had in stock in the online catalogue. most of what you see, they
>>won't
>>>have. thats what they said when i called them about a year ago. i
>>mean
>>>come on, Q-Chastic. i doubt they ever had that at all....well maybe.
>>
>>
>>
>>Just to step in in their defense, their website does say (albeit
>somewhere
>>not very noticeable and a plain CMA gesture) that it's there for
>>discographical purposes. The obvious rarities they don't have, but you
>>would still be surprised by what they do have. I found Quadrastate and
>>Llanga there on the same day, for normal prices. And though I can't
>vouch
>>for it, people say that their back catalogue of techno and electro is
>not to
>>be questioned, or even stared at directly for too long.
>>
>>All in all, they're a good shop and from my experience I wouldn't accuse
>>them of trying to get orders through bait and switch.
>
>well i guess that's fine and all (if you actually get to enter the store,
>look around and pick your own stuff) but when you have to mail order like
>most of us, it is a bit of a different story. yes they had Digeridoo and
>Xylem Tube there that i did buy, but when i got them they were the
>crappiest looking copies i had ever seen. the vinyl was all poppy and the
>sleeves were worn to shit. i guess they push all their reject 12" off on
>unsuspecting mail order kid such as i. AND...not only were the labels
>WRITTEN ON, but when i peeled the price tags off, the art came with it. i
>mean WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT! i can't even sell these to anyone (the
>indignity is to much to bare). they are worthless.
>
In some instances, what Sonic Groove does regarding
rarities is, when a
rare record is orderd that they do not
have in stock, they will call on many of the local djs
(or resident djs)
who shop in Sonic to see if they will
sell that record. So when you do get a rarity from sonic,
very often it is use (and abused).
Now i'm not saying that good or bad. I've gotten some
records from them that are pristing, while others had
seen quite a bit of wear. I'm just letting you know what
you're getting into when ordering from Sonic.
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