martin burbridge wrote:
quoted 50 lines Geoffrey Elgey wrote:
> Geoffrey Elgey wrote:
> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > --- Original Message ---
> > From: Boffin <aphex@mtco.com>
> >
> > Anybody hear of this On-line record store called "iVMS". I ordered
> some
> > really rare stuff from there...almost too good to be true items. Of
> course
> > they didn't have them in stock, and I'm only receiving the Plaid EP
> (3.51
> > UKP). Anybody have any experience with them? Did anybody get what
> they
> > wanted?
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > If it's too good to be true, it usually is :-)
> >
> > I've used iMVS before - about 90% of what I order eventually (after
> about 3
> > months) gets cancelled as is 'deleted by manufacturer' :-( They even
> had an
> > Atom Heart CD listed at UKP1.35 once - but of course it never showed
> up. In
> > fact, I just got a message from iMVS today saying that a title I
> ordered
> > back in December is 'deleted'.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
>
> this seems to be a common ploy - albumsup also springs to mind - of
> luring punters w/ rarities, and only supplying the easily available
> stuff. i think it stinks. try 'em out first, order one of the hard to
> gets *and nothing else*, sit back and wait. even if they're only slow
> in
> removing deleted or unavailable items from they're site what is that
> gonna tell you about the rest of they're service. 5 months for a
> reply!!
> if you want reliable supply, and delivery w/in a couple of days to a
> week, and genuine supply of ltd and hard to get items, you can't go
> too
> far wrong w/ modern music and bent crayon. you know it makes sense.
> this
> wa not a paid commercial.
>
> thanx
> -martin