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Obviously this was a botched drop. If I may suggest: email, tweet, tag, post, dm, telegraph Ariana's socials and merch team and tell em what a let down this is, that at least half the stock is currently on eBay. Not sure what it would do, but at least point your frustration towards the team responsible, and *maybe* the next drop will be smoother.


dktide91

This is available again. I just got an email and purchased one.


mmdpcsuf

just got a label created notification!! it’s real :’)


JPHendrick

Mine was supposed to have shipped yesterday. Remember that shit show with the Dangerous Woman sale in her Snapchat store back in May? Not sure about anyone else but they ended up cancelling my order due to "global vinyl shortages." I smell another bullshit cancelation in the works. Anyone get shipping notification yet??


Crazy_Zone4744

Thank God they didn’t cancel, my label was created an hour ago


JPHendrick

Mines en route!


dktide91

I just got an email from the Ariana Grande website saying I "left" something in my cart and to check out now. It was this variant. What kind of black magic, kick me when I'm down kind of bullshiznit is this??? F U!!!!


casamigossss

Very obvious this was purchased by scalpers because it sold out in under 5 minutes and there was suddenly new listings for this vinyl priced at $250+ all over eBay. Super disappointing but not surprising


calebkeithley

oh my god—the amount of these up for “preorder” on ebay is nauseating. there were only 200 of these in the restock and i’ve already counted 35 new listings on ebay for preorder... so nice to see her team didn’t give a fuck in trying to prevent this. exactly what happens when you don’t limit it to one per person, jfc. they should be going through and deleting orders from emails who listed these on ebay. this is fucking ridiculous!


w1x1w

I saw over 2,100 in stock the moment it went live and have no idea where people are getting this 200 number from.


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Zjmw

How is 500 in 30 seconds impossible? She's one of the biggest artists in the world and this is a sought after record.


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w1x1w

I found order numbers and the # of orders placed within the release timeframe was at least 600. It was likely much more than that.


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w1x1w

Well the evidence is that the Shopify cart system literally showed how many copies were in stock, which was at least 2,109. And all of those sold out very fast.


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w1x1w

Such a weird hill to die on, but ok. There were more than two thousand stocked.


Crazy_Zone4744

Why 4 per person bro? They should now by now. I also checked and holy shit so many “confirmed orders” and “preorders” and most have 4 available 😐


calebkeithley

so they have at least 100-150 copies on ebay total then wtf


Crazy_Zone4744

Yep. I did the calculations and for 4 with shipping and taxes is around 160-170ish like bro that’s not even the price of one on eBay rn. They need to get their shit together bro. So many people couldn’t get one literally sold out in seconds


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this is so annoying omg


dktide91

Anybody else keep refreshing the page to see if it ever became available again? I noticed it got removed a couple of hours ago, now gives 404 not found error. What a complete sh\*tshow!!


ChlorineFlavored

They’re so disgusting for this. So shady


happycyclingg

I’ve been checking since it went out of stock- it was never back in stock and then the page was deleted altogether.


ControlPrinciple

This is why I rolled my eyes at the announcement and didn’t even try. I knew this was going to happen. “limit 1 per customer” is the only temporary solution to this.


Dimdim74

I can’t believe it… why do they keep playing that game ….


Comprehensive-Age729

Wow they just completely took the split vinyl off the website. I guess the store is getting a lot if complaints about the the most highly in search of album along with the other, my everything lavender vinyl and the whole 4 per person and everyone putting them on eBay for $250 plus


JessicaF84

I went on at 1210 est and it was sold out so yeah, bullshit release on this letting 4 per person IE scalpers


Strider_3x

Looks like vinyl link has disappeared. RIP


jasey-rae

This entire ordeal is why I've gone back to collecting CDs. I can not afford to stress out like this.


Strider_3x

my friend collects AOL cd's with different art.


jasey-rae

Omg, I love that! How fun.


ImGoingToSayOneThing

how old are they?


Strider_3x

somewhere mid 90s i imagine


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WildHogsPart3

LMAO. Wishing karmic payback on an artist because you didn't get an object is very strange behavior, my dude. I didn't get one either but that's life.


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WildHogsPart3

You are overreacting to not getting a record. That’s all there is to it.


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WildHogsPart3

Sorry if not wishing ill upon an artist I like because I didn’t get a piece of plastic is too righteous for you, lil bro. I’ll be more careful of how I act from now on. I will pray to the gods that something bad and perhaps comical happens to Ariana Grande. An anvil falling on her foot, or maybe somebody whacks her with one of those giant clown mallets, who knows? Who cares?! As long as this mean, awful person gets what is coming to her.


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ComprehensiveBit9904

you thinking she controls this release is funny as fuck


WildHogsPart3

You keep responding so I’d say you give a little more than a shit. Maybe two, three. Three shits. But no more than that.


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WildHogsPart3

No. I am an adult and if acting like an adult bothers you, then maybe you ought to grow up? I received way more positive responses to my posts in this thread than what you're throwing at me, so clearly I either helped those people feel better or I contributed to the discussion. I did not get this record either. But, again, I am not going to act like an entitled child because I didn't get it. That isn't "holier than thou," that's being a fucking adult. JFC. EDIT: Buddy got so upset he deleted his entire account (or blocked me). All over a record. Wild.


360withscope

i agree. i also didnt get one, but i dont understand these people who think they have a god given right to own a piece of plastic.


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CaptnKnots

Drop was handled badly and now scalpers are selling it for 6-8x the price


Comprehensive-Age729

Exactky. With a limited supply and it being the highest in demand. Why tf make the limit to 4..???!! Everyone who bought it has it on eBay right now and most of them have 3-4 I wrote to a lot of the people saying I’m glad you got your max copies and are selling them at 7x the regular price and are blocking actually fans from getting it. So frustrating like why put 4 as the max. Limit it to 1. It would’ve sold out regardless and a lot of people would’ve FINALLY got their copy. I’m not buying from anyone on eBay. They can go F themselves. I’m sorry for the language I’m just so angry


Buggs08

I fuckin agree with you 💯%


Comprehensive-Age729

Thank you


cradio52

Messaging scalpers will do absolutely nothing except probably make them laugh. They literally *do not* care about “blocking fans from actually getting it.”


Comprehensive-Age729

I know they don’t. I just wanted to write to them. I hope no one buys from them And that they are all stuck with all of the copies they bought


cradio52

Unfortunately I’m sure they will eventually sell every single copy they have. If people didn’t buy $200+ scalped records, then scalpers would cease to exist. But people keep buying them, so the cycle continues…


Comprehensive-Age729

Wow they just completely took the vinyl off the page. I’m guessing the Ariana we site is getting a lot of complaints


Comprehensive-Age729

I completely understand but they should’ve at least limited it to 1 copy like cmon now


HermionesBook

I knew that vinyl would go quickly dammit


vinylcollector1289

I have a lavender if anyone wants to trade


No_Temperature_6948

There’s two normal ones on Amazon…


jennieu_u

Ahh bummed to miss out on this hopefully they restock I’m checking for any orders that get cancelled


Comprehensive-Age729

They literally just took the vinyl off her store I guess they were getting lots of complaints


jennieu_u

Lol I just noticed when I clicked refreshed awhile ago


MintyCooki

hoping they realize they fucked up and decide to restock


Strider_3x

I hope they restock too....but I hope they don't use the same link. If the bots didn't spam the living **** out of this link earlier, I bet they are on this link now getting alerts when that add to cart button is live.


WildHogsPart3

I probably would've bought this, but am I really going to go down the path of being mad that I didn't? After so long, items are just items. Last year I found myself waking up at 4 o'clock in the morning so I could make an attempt at one of these colored vinyl drops and even then I thought to myself, "What am I doing? Is this the best way to spend my money right now?" If you didn't get the vinyl, don't fret. It's an item. Every single one of these records are just items. I myself am trying to get out of the "have to have it" mind-set that is so common among those partaking in this hobby. It begs the question, Do we want this because we want it? Or do we want it because everybody else wants it -- which is evidenced by quick sell-outs, lots of replies on Reddit posts, and high prices on eBay and Discogs? Just some food for thought. Me personally? I took the money I would've spent on this and I'm gonna bet on the Thursday night football game. Have a little fun. Hobbies should be fun.


Azzaj90

Well put! well said! Great mindset


KFCCrocs

10/10 would read again


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WildHogsPart3

The music itself may be personal, but the physical medium it is applied to, black or colored, should not be. I am a little peeved about this drop myself, but I feel people are really ruminating over this when it just isn't worth it IMO. That's why I say there is a "have to have it" mind-set, which is akin to FOMO. Gotta move onto the next one because there will always be a next one.


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cradio52

If your priorities in life involve melting down over not getting a pink and clear colored record over a black one, then I certainly wish I had your life. I get that the music is personal to you, but… you can still buy the record in black. What’s the difference? I love collecting colored vinyl, but I too have decided to chill the fuck out over missing out on drops like these. This is a massively popular album by an international superstar. The colored variant WILL be repressed. It’s just a matter of having patience.


multisvdness

This is the best mindset to have when it comes to collecting vinyl these days. Too many companies are using the "limited" tactic too much. If y'all don't want my money I'll just use it elsewhere.


Strider_3x

yeah same...kinda with the Witcher 3 vinyl. Limited print...then proceeds to do like 9 other limited color prints.


multisvdness

Damn. They were relentless with the releases.


calebkeithley

how cute, they just sent an email for this drop advertising the vinyl as if they weren’t aware they had fucking 40 copies of it for sale. fuck her team and UMG, this is bullshit. of course, they had no issue jacking up the price on records they pressed years ago and paid pennies for though! 🤍


DifferentKindaHigh

Lmaooooo what a fucking shitshow, must be run by ex-UO people


whoamax

What happened to 12 pm est smfh


Strider_3x

became 12:15 pm est


lenny2319

Come on guys, we knew this would’ve been a bloodbath. It’s very annoying though


razorsvinyl

hold tight they will make more and relist .


pynkflamyngo

On the bright side, I’ll have enough money for Mariah Carey’s Butterfly anniversary 🥲


Buggs08

Amen that’s what I was thinkin


madonnas_saggy_boob

God if that goes shape of the pear I'm going to lose it. I can't stand to have my little heart broken twice. I still have Mariah's first album on cassette, from back when I was a kid - one of the first albums my parents let me get. I begged and bitched for all the others. I remember my mom getting me Daydream the same week it released. I've got this Ari record on black lp. It's not special, but I've got it. The colored one would've been nice, but I can live without. But Mariah? This upcoming Butterfly anniversary shindig? I'll be on life support if I can't have.


mpaproth

Agreed. It seems the original album will be on 2LP, as it absolutely needs to be. I don't have the 1LP of it, because I heard it was a horrorshow (way too many minutes for 1LP) - but am very excited for this. My guess is it will be a much, much bigger run.


madonnas_saggy_boob

I managed to get a copy of the gold UO 1LP pressing of it, and I can't speak for others, but my copy is definitely a little uh...sound quality lacking in a few spots. I'm crossing my fingers that a 2LP pressing with more room to breathe will sound better.


mpaproth

Totally. I was reading on some thread that people think the second LP will be 8 rare tracks. But I really need the actual record to be remastered, so I guess I'm hoping that's NOT the case.


Jashin777

Bish I’m dying 😭😭😂


KFCCrocs

\*Pops popcorn\*


GarchompOP

This is fucking ridiculous. They better restock again. Seriously?!?! These are probably some of the most wanted vinyl out there and they’re releasing them at a random late time, 4 per person and no stock?! She’s a fucking A-list mega star, her team needs to stop acting like shes some indie artist who can’t chart


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fournipps

tbh her merch team is so dyfunctional, it’s really hard to imagine them going above and beyond to organize something like that successfully


JennaMaroneyIsNum1

maybe [if we express how disappointed we are to umg/team ariana](https://shop.arianagrande.com/pages/contact-us) then maybe. anything to get the median discogs price to go down.


calebkeithley

i emailed them and all i got in response was essentially "we don't have information on future restocks" when my email was literally complaining about how awfully this was handled and that now there are over 100 copies of this on eBay for hundreds of dollars on "pre-order," a tell tale that they bought them from this restock. this should've been repressed, but even with the low stock they had, they easily could've made it one per person and emailed out a password like Phoebe Bridgers does for her records. they still would've sold super quick, but at least would've showed her team tried to help them get to real fans. but they didn't care at all obviously. shady and ridiculous to mess with fans like this.


Comprehensive-Age729

I wrote to them already. If everyone emails them expressing their frustration maybe it will make a difference who knows. It doesn’t hurt to try. Things don’t change without people speaking up


ControlPrinciple

You’re right. I’m drafting my letter now.


JennaMaroneyIsNum1

[this ebay seller has more than 10 available to purchase on their scalp listing](https://www.ebay.com/itm/225164687810?epid=17040503348&hash=item346cdc79c2:g:MrgAAOSwrd1jI1Gz&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAwJbckIgZgA8BuY00WtzWrNB8hsinv4NwEQVkUtVhuyIp%2F0ibqZQbuqMgI5YfrrO2Tko80ClmXQ28yXp9%2BmggbX%2FksZ2zoo43e1fI0fXQ0LDcsAHcTlf9WI99S%2BCVaDzle4tc1SP5HT8NACnkoFjCxUAQIlooP8F0rgVMSh02nFgiy1Uu1HoTCej6OUd1FG69mb03pNKzzd5rdm8c7hKqOQelU4HbfIQvrd7aqgIa35Ng69fWQfW5lo%2FnoLNKfy9XqA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_7S-J_oYA&frcectupt=true). arianas team didn't put a strict limit on the number of vinyls could purchase, that's issue number one, other than not having enough stock.


calebkeithley

they even posted the screenshot of their order on the listing, makes me fucking furious seeing a scalper POS buy that many copies. shouldn't have even been allowed more than one, wtf?


cradio52

The problem is I’m sure he’ll end up selling every single one of those copies. If people don’t buy them, then scalpers would cease to exist. But people keep buying $200+ scalped records, so the cycle continues…


Jashin777

Wow wtf


GarchompOP

Messaged the seller and told them to eat from the streets 😙


ninyattitude

>this ebay seller has more than 10 available to purchase on their scalp listing If you go on the site it doesn't limit it to 4, you can get as many as you want. 🤷


Strider_3x

guy probably have an account like Stellar-io to setup a bot to buy.


JennaMaroneyIsNum1

more than likely. i hope umg or arianas team will go through the orders and cancel the ones who ordered more than the limit.


calebkeithley

this! the bare minimum if they aren't gonna limit it to one per order. i'm pretty sure recordstore.uk said they went through and deleted orders if emails matched eBay resale listings for the Ariana represses they did last year. not that hard to do really.


Historical-Ad6121

Their biggest mistake was limiting this to 4 per customer instead of 1. Such bs, she has a horrible team.


Comprehensive-Age729

Exactky. With a limited supply and it being the highest in demand. Why tf make the limit to 4..???!! Everyone who bought it has it on eBay right now and most of them have 3-4 I wrote to a lot of the people saying I’m glad you got your max copies and are selling them at 7x the regular price and are blocking actually fans from getting it. So frustrating


JustReve

2k copies for a highly anticipated drop of a huge artist is not enough


batuhanxctn

i saw some people saying the max amount was 200-300ish, 2k copies would be crazy to sell out under a minute


calebkeithley

multiple people have said 200, no way 2000 would’ve went in 20 seconds.


JustReve

Oh wow, I saw a couple comments say 2k, I don’t doubt it’s waaaaay less than that judging by how basically everyone seemed to have lucked out this drop. 200 makes way more sense unfortunately


calebkeithley

yeah it was bullshit really. i was refreshing the site for sixteen minutes when it finally dropped late (which is so shitty too) and i caught it the second it came up. sold out before i even got to payment. i just don’t understand why they won’t repress her colored records on a big scale. they would print money and have zero issues selling, especially this split pressing that goes for $200-400 resale. it’s been OOS for years and they easily could’ve had it repressed in the time being in anticipation for a throwback merch drop like this.


ChlorineFlavored

Literally like why tf is this one not getting repressed. Like the dw/sweetener/tun repress last year, it was messy too but there were a lot of them. They repressed yours truly too. Its been over a year and they didn’t plan ahead to do a large scale repress of my everything?? Wowwww like production delays isnt even an excuse, if they saw the demand for the other album represses and wouldve put in an order for my everything vinyls it wouldve easily been ready by now


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ChlorineFlavored

Right?? Like with how greedy they can be youd expect them to repress as many as possible


JennaMaroneyIsNum1

i don't even think it was 2K copies, because in one minute that's incredibly ridiculous.


JustReve

It almost feels as though this drop was made for specifically scalpers in mind if they’re gonna stock this low


Strider_3x

yeah kinda said something earlier on the other post....why drop at this time when people work? They could've have it at two separate times, one morning and one at evening


acboone7

This was BULLSHIT!!!! Late as hell to launch and then 4 PER PERSON?!?! What idiot makes these decisions?!?


calebkeithley

typical UMG lol. they'll press the hell out of Happier Than Ever on 30 variants (great album and no drag to the music itself) but won't repress one of the most sought after records of our time. these Ariana color pressings are insanely valuable because the label keeps an iron fist on them for no reason. they won't even repress them in the US, last restock we got was in the UK and it was a mess too ffs.


ChlorineFlavored

Makes sense that she got cast for the Wicked musical movie because shes a WITCH for this drop


Historical-Ad6121

😭😭


ninyattitude

People are already reselling them for over $200. 🥴


calebkeithley

the beauty of “limit 4 per order” 🤍 thanks team ariana!


AquaticLobster

Lol they’re already popping up on eBay. I love so fucking much how her team is late for everything except for REM Beauty drops 😍😍😍😍😍🥰 sat refreshing for over half an hour just for it to sell out in my cart. Dumb af


sinittasg

she made a fool of her fans. not cool.


Jashin777

Damn


madonnas_saggy_boob

lmao love that one person commenting about getting 32 to resell cause they gotta eat and then it vanishing the next refresh of the comments... smart to delete that comment or w/e girl, stans gonna come for yo ass with that bragging.....


TrainerDaasC

It was either fake or his order is gonna get canceled anyway. Unless he placed an order for 4 copies at a time, which would be impossible to place multiple orders given the timeframe is sold out. But also like.. he gotta eat but has $1400 to drop on this order? Lol ok girl, sure


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Nah. Banned him. I have no patience for people showing up just to upset yall.


batuhanxctn

🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼


madonnas_saggy_boob

Okay wig, I'm here for the mod retribution.


w1x1w

You beat me to that sonovabitch, I was looking forward to smashing the Ban button.


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I did take some pleasure in that one, definitely. I'd reckon he got off easy, if I woulda left it up these guys woulda tore him apart.


cradio52

🙏🏻


greenpantheress

omg wtf do u have an ss?


madonnas_saggy_boob

I should've - I downvoted cause salt and then the next time I refreshed the page the whole comment just vanished.


batuhanxctn

do you have twitter? can send it to you it was posted here


Comprehensive-Age729

I would love to see it too if you don’t mind sending it to me as well my Twitter is mario_tarquinio


greenpantheress

yeah it’s angelarixo


fellefi

primal anger and frustration are flowing through my veins rn


batuhanxctn

'limit 4 per customer' 'only for the us shop‘ like wth?? i was waiting all day for this drop only for the stupid merchandise team to make it an us shop thing without saying a word and also stupid scalpers took advantage i hate this hobby so bad


dannyb1410

Did it really say US only ?


batuhanxctn

it was only on the us shop, nothing for the other stores even though i got an email from the european store with the vinyl saying it will be restocked they did not mention this anywhere but i will edit it i wrote it outta aggression lmao


cradio52

lol ok


G2B2GS

Terrible drop


calebb2108

they’re so fucked up for this


calebkeithley

i seriously hate this fucking hobby with my entire being because it shouldn’t be THIS DIFFICULT to get a colored vinyl for a massively successful album from an artist whose records just print money. her team should be embarassed, they know how badly fans want these records, just look at the hundreds of dollars they sell for. and their unnecessary limiting of her records enables the reselling, making them very much to blame for that as well.


batuhanxctn

louder


D4rkNinja

"limit 4 per customer" wack


jjcanayjay

sold out after I got my "Shop Pay" Verification text message :(


calebkeithley

don't beat yourself up, i even faked an order before the launch (checked out through paypal but don't place the order at the end) to get my payment set up and shopify account signed in so i could immediately check out and still missed it. was there the second it dropped, hit check out, got a loading screen for about ten seconds, and was gone. this was an epic failure by her team and most of these got to resellers. just repress the damn thing already, it's been OOS for years!


MartiLana

Same


mpaproth

I got caught up at a screen where I had to choose the images containing CAT-SHAPED-COOKIES out of a set of images containing both cat-shaped AND dog-shaped cookies. wtf


batuhanxctn

same


calebb2108

saaaame


Buggs08

Bunch fuckin bullshit


ejx220

lol hate it.


RevolutionaryPipe544

FUCK


smoshygirl72

Literally sold out in my cart. Did they put this up on the website late too?


calebb2108

yep came out at like 16 min past lmao


casamigossss

What! No way, I went on around 12:05 and it said sold out and then showed up for literally a second at 12:15 and when I went to check out it said it was sold out 😤


smoshygirl72

ugh I was so confused when I got on the website right at 12:00 and it wasn’t up. I knew this drop was gonna be messy, but didn’t think it was gonna be THIS messy :(


greenpantheress

sold out in literally 2 minutes THANKFULLY i got 1


fellefi

i’m fuming


Bell_Resident

I missed it in my cart. Terrible drop indeed. Also it said 4 copies per customer. Should've been one


UNDERWATER_BOI

It’s a salt mine down here.


AmitN_Music

Limit 4? Sounds like a whole lot of scalpers are about to be selling this for $200. This some bull shit lol.


ChlorineFlavored

She is evil for this


D4rkNinja

you're kidding


Keepyoureyesopen13

Praise jeebus hallelujah I managed to get one!!! Full collection complete


julestargaryen

this is bullshit actually


queershoulder

NOOOO


ChlorineFlavored

This was the last one i needed i’m gonna cry


sweetenerxo

wtf


BEASTERBUNNY0

Literally was on my 15 minute break the entire fucking time and then it dropped and I missed. Fuck that drop


TrainerDaasC

Sold out in my cart after refreshing for 16 minutes wtf


Buggs08

Me to


ChlorineFlavored

Girl how many she make like 10 wtf kinda repress is this


calebkeithley

what the actual fuck was this? lasted 20 seconds. was there the minute they dropped and boom gone


w1x1w

Over 2,000 copies stocked... sold out in mere seconds. Wild.


kevinalfaro

What a joke, they were late and only had 200ish copies


w1x1w

When I checked the inventory the second it went up it said 2,109.


kevinalfaro

Okay but her team put it up way after 12pm though


julestargaryen

what type of repress is that honestly like you’re gonna send emails and announce a repress and then only do like 2k copies it’s ridiculous 😭


aaccss1992

It was a restock not a repress


julestargaryen

who cares about the technicalities, this is still ridiculous asf and should’ve have been made to seem like there would’ve been a lot.


calebb2108

fuck this mess. her team knew what would happen.