That's the EXACT same reply I got from them when I asked!

I got my cmdistro pre-order today though, LOVE the vinyl case, and the vinyl itself is sexy as hell too.

Nice!

Where in the world are you? I'm going to be doing near 2000km of driving over the next week (from Saturday morning) and I'd been really looking forward to getting some quality time with these albums since I ordered them on the first day of preorder in May, here was me hoping there is a slight chance I'd get the albums on the release date.... gotta admit, getting a bit frustrated now.

I am in UK , it arrived today , but still took 9 days to get here

Well it's hear, and hey it was only 9 days but I gotta say that I almost forgive CMDistro because off the packaging job they did, came in a nice box with packing peanuts and some of the plastic pop stuff to keep everything safe. Now that's almost forgive CMDistro all the nice packaging in the world really can't make up for the nine day's it took.

but the good thing is that I got it here in Hawaii so hopefully all off you will get yours soon.

Still nothing for me today...this cycle of being hopeful and then disappointed at the end of the day really sucks.

In the meantime, I've purchased the albums from iTunes so that I could at least listen to them and have the bonus tracks.

Emailed CM Distro, here was the response:

Hi Sean,

Thanks for contacting CM Distro. Your order shipped last week via USPS First Class and is currently in transit to you. Based on your location delivery should occur within 3-7 business days. We are terribly sorry for the wait due to a back up in our warehouse and appreciate your patience.

Let us know if you have any further questions and we’ll be glad to help out.


Thank you,

CM Distro
2323 W. El Segundo Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
http://www.cmdistro.com/index.aspx


Could this email be any more unspecific? Last week could mean any effing day from last week, which makes their window of 3-7 days completely worthless to me as I still, once again, have no idea what day it could arrive. And even worse, that means their previous notification that my order had shipped a complete lie. Did I mention I'm never ever EVER ordering from CM Distro again?

Yep, that's basically the exact same crap they fed me when I emailed them last week. Almost verbatim.

And holy crap the vinyl cover is sweet. Love the water DTP.

Still nothing here. It's just amusing at this point. I thought the point of pre ordering was to get the album earlier?

I'm not angry, I'll just never pre order again.

You thought wrong.

Pre-ordering is just to lock in your purchase for when it gets released.

[swervedriver]

You thought wrong.

Pre-ordering is just to lock in your purchase for when it gets released.

True, but it usually means the items are either sent out on release day, or sent out so they arrive on release day. Not sent out a week or more after, I'd say that's just poor stock management.

Ah well. They will get here eventually. So I guess there really is no point to pre ordering...it's not like the albums are going to sell out straight away and not be restocked ever again.

Really kicking myself for not knowing about the 7" vinyl that came with the CM version. I would have loved that. Don't know how the hell I missed that, though it might be something to do with having multiple versions of the release out from multiple different sources

[Octillus]

The CM Store was the only store that ever indicated that it had it.

Well, my order finally arrived just now. Aaaaaaaaand back it goes. Fuck off, CM Distro. $30? I can get it on thru Amazon for almost half that w/free two-day shipping. So I will.

Record labels. Lame.

Mail came today. No Devy. Again. Tomorrow is a national holiday in Canada, so no postal service again until Monday.

Oh well, I can be patient so long as it comes in good shape and has my 45

Got mine yesterday finally. It shipped via USPS, which I know is slow, but it is usually no more than 4 days from anywhere in the country to get here. oh shit! just thought of something...

Alright guys, how fucked is this? I just dug the box out of the recycling bin. The postmark is dated JUNE 25TH. Dickfaces said they shipped it on the 17th!!!

Fuck CM.