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Blur - The Ballad of Darren (signed) UK only

https://shop.blur.co.uk/gb/blur/vinyl-collector-bundle-signed/50541...

if anyone could hook me up in the US I would appreciate it lol

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Permalink Reply by terry berry on May 18, 2023 at 4:11pm

thanks! £3.99 inc post

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Permalink Reply by Vamonos on May 18, 2023 at 5:31pm

Muse did this as well. I would expect it to be available for a long time. I think the idea is to keep resale price low as fans can just buy it for £1 directly from them.

Muse ended up signing thousands, and even now that it is no longer avaliable, it does not fetch much on ebay.

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Permalink Reply by Jor-El on May 19, 2023 at 2:57am

I don't believe the record company cares about resale value. All they care about is to move physical product hence the bundles. Offering these makes no sense otherwise they would offer them with CD-only purchases as well.

It makes more sense that this is unintentional. I think they use the individual product to be able to keep correct stock for the bundles (ie. they don't have 500 "vinyl and CD" bundles, but are keeping stock on a product level no matter which combination of bundle you order).

You can make it so the product doesn't show up on the front-end, but they forgot to do that.

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Permalink Reply by itf on May 19, 2023 at 3:04am

Agree. I hope what doesn't happen is these get fulfilled to the detriment of those who ordered bundles yesterday. This whole thing feels a bit of a mess given no order confirmations etc...

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Permalink Reply by Tobysautographs on May 19, 2023 at 3:10am

Totally agreed! Lets just hope they honour them like MUSE did. I don't think they'll last much longer. Lots of webstores seem to be having this problem recently with bundles, I had a similar success with Julian Lennon a little while back...

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Permalink Reply by Vamonos on May 19, 2023 at 3:12am

I think it's a direct request from the band.

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Permalink Reply by Matt M. on May 19, 2023 at 3:19am

Yeah, I think you’re right about this. I remember Belinda Carlisle had a separate page for the signed print only but was priced same as the EP/print bundle ($22.99). Product page for print only was glitchy and I could never add the print only to cart.

The print-only does not show up in her store currently, unless you add the EP to cart, go to cart and remove it, and select continue shopping. Then shows as sold out.

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Permalink Reply by itf on May 19, 2023 at 2:46am

SuperDeluxeEdition on twitter posted this so it may get caught. Let's see.

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Permalink Reply by Dan on May 19, 2023 at 2:54am

What a bunch of idiots, this is how you get everyone's orders cancelled.

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Permalink Reply by David Blaydes on May 19, 2023 at 3:14am

thats blown it damon wont be happy! cant see them signing so many ,makes no sense buying the bundle! cancelled orders on the way!

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Permalink Reply by Full Time Flipper on May 19, 2023 at 3:35am

Remember the signed postcards cards from newbury in the end he just signed D and couldnt be bothered to even do a full signature on a much smaller run i could be wrong but he isnt going to sign 10,000 of these is he