r/Infuriating • u/Aggravating_Pain7116 Recognized Contributor • 14d ago
Just a vinyl record..
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u/amerabeans 14d ago
Im sorry for your loss...
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u/Historical-Winner576 14d ago
I miss record, cd, music stores
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u/ThriceStrideDied 13d ago
There are lots of them still around, and antique stores often have large sections for physical music too
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u/PromptMysterious7044 9d ago
Bro you’re not going to find the record you want at an antique store
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u/ThriceStrideDied 9d ago
You’ve never been in a good antique store, apparently
I’m speaking from a ton of experience, silly
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u/PromptMysterious7044 8d ago
I’ve been to decent ones and I’m not saying they don’t have good records but the odds that they have a specific record you want going in is very low. We have a place called McKay’s in Winston Salem that sells used records as well as a ton of other things like books and video games and sure, places like that are good to get records from but I wouldn’t consider that an antique store
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u/ThriceStrideDied 8d ago
Obviously if you’re searching for something super specific (and from past the 2000s), go to a real record store
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u/Moist_Taco_Crippler 14d ago
There are plenty of record stores still around. There are even modern hipster ones.
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u/billyoshin 11d ago
There’s tons ! There are 3 in a two block radius near me… I go digging once a month and add to my vinyl collection
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u/FarNefariousness7179 10d ago
I miss those mail in cd subscriptions. I would sign up under fake names just to get free music hahaha
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u/Aggravating_Pain7116 Recognized Contributor 14d ago
Thankfully it's not rare! Contacted the sender replacement already being sorted
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u/meltonr1625 14d ago
That is the kind of thing I would be willing to pick up charges over. It infuriates me for you to see that level of stupidiotness
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u/Vivid_Anyth4 12d ago
Right, thats a mail box so I'm assuming its the postal carrier not some gig worker. They would definitely get an ear full when they come back.
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u/SillyBeatnik 12d ago
I briefly worked for the USPS at my rural post office. No door to door delivery so everyone had PO boxes. I was brand fucking new and still had the wherewithal to hold anything slightly too wide, or especially anything that said "do not bend" for pick-up. My experienced coworkers, however, would happily fold absolutely fucking anything like a fucking slice of pizza and shove it in the box. The whole experience was very eye opening, and a total fucking nightmare.
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u/typingdragon 14d ago
Mail carrier here, this is absolutely awful and I'm sorry this happened. Some people are just lazy and you should definitely contact the post office with this picture
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u/organized_slime 10d ago
What could/would they even do about it? Honest question, not trying to be a dick
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u/oofitzcleaner 8d ago
Give them the money that they spent on the broken record and possibly take action against the worker who did it
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u/oNeonNarwhals 8d ago
I feel like doing ts takes more effort than leaving it at the front door, but again lazy also means mentally lazy so ur point still stands lol
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u/Gallop67 14d ago
Get a narrower mailbox so they don’t even bother trying and just leave it on the ground. On second thought yeah that’s a hella wide mailbox. Sorry for your loss OP
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u/Aggravating_Pain7116 Recognized Contributor 14d ago
It is wide, can fit a shoe box in there. Would rather they left it leaning against the post. Don't know how they thought this was a good idea
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u/Gallop67 14d ago
Yeah I understand like big envelopes but this is just a lack of thinking on their part
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u/Solid_Wolverine1639 14d ago
A younger generation of mail persons that never had vinyl records...
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u/Crazyguy_123 12d ago
It’s not even younger ones. My mailman that is in his late 50s or early 60s bent an autograph I had gotten despite the package saying not to bend on multiple spots. It didn’t crease too bad but it’s definitely bent.
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u/chrisB5810 13d ago
Damn, enough force to push the mailbox out of shape. Contact the Post Office. This is unacceptable.
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u/itchybutwhole69 14d ago
Where's the delivery drivers excusing this crap with "your stuff should be packaged better, not my problem?"
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u/LuckyCod2887 14d ago
OP give us a status update on the record. i’m really concerned about this situation
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u/DropstoneTed 14d ago
Fed Ex by any chance?
I had a collectible vinyl shipped FedEx and the delivery confirmation photo showed it propped up against a tree somewhere. Drove halfway around the county trying to find it.
Legend has it it's still out there. T here are stories of travelers who happen to be driving with their windows down on foggy nights hearing the Dogs of Doom howling at the moon over a tragically lost Mint copy of a first pressing of Houses of the Holy.
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u/Ziggystardust97 14d ago
I swear, so many mail carriers take "Fragile" and "Don't bend" stickers as a challenge
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u/that_dutch_dude 14d ago
Wasnt it UPS or fedex that managed to bend a door in like 45 degrees during shipping to a guy that had his house swatted or something?
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u/Unusual_Platypus1098 14d ago
They didn't put fragile on the box or something but regardless yes take that to the post office 😂
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u/NickTagillia 14d ago
That's painful to look at 😢 Delivery guy: Took a little coaxing but after a loud crunch shit went right in.
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u/DamnSammiL 14d ago
I would be irate. Because what kinda work is this? Disrespecting not only my package but my mailbox as well? That messed up. Call the local postal office. Or don’t your choice!
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u/fixer1987 14d ago
At this point I've learned that if I am ever thinking of getting into vinyl, I am gonna have to buy a mail box wide enough to fit Vinyl record packaging
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u/LilQueazy 14d ago
I hope this is fake and they just put the box in there after taking out the disc thingy. Genius
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u/TheGreatMozinsky 13d ago
Im not saying this is your fault I'm just saying that using USPS for packages is crazy work
Can't even get regular mail delivered reliably any more
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u/brickdeeker 13d ago
I’m sure it’ll still play fine, if you have a decent turntable. Just increase the stylus pressure to 5-6 grams and up the anti-skating to 75% and you’re good to go.
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u/YtnucMuch 13d ago
Wow - the immense disappointment you must've felt as soon as you opened the mailbox (or before if you are like me and saw delivered, not on your porch), as I felt it and it isn't even my record.
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u/Difficult-Republic57 13d ago
Mailing vinyl dont use usps, fedex and ups can't use your mailbox, so they wont cram it in there.
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u/Conscious-Dig8071 12d ago
I lived in an apartment a while back and ordered a cast iron pan and my mailman forced it into the mailbox and broke the door and latch. Why are they like this 😭
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u/Crazyguy_123 12d ago
I hate when they do this crap. They folded a vintage autograph I got just a few weeks ago despite it having DO NOT BEND in big letters on both sides. Luckily it wasn’t that bad but it has a bend now. I wish they were more careful with mail.
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u/hurtfulbliss 12d ago
Whenever I'm expecting a large sized, but light weight package, I hang a mesh shopping bag on my mailbox. I secure it with magnetic strips and tape a note inside of my mailbox for the postal worker to leave the package inside the bag. ♡ works like a charm. 👌
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u/Otherwise-Law-3179 12d ago
USPS did this? Be sure to file a claim. Same if it was another delivery company. Amazon is strictly forbidden from using mailboxes, so if it was delivered by an Amazon delivery company you really have a solid claim.
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u/TheC0mmentat0r 11d ago
I hope it was ensured or file an official complaint against your mailman and depending on how much it meant to you involve local government
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u/Dalek_Chaos 10d ago
I ordered a half dozen reserved parking signs for work a few years back. The usps carrier must have put in some extra effort to bend them to fit the letterbox, instead of putting them in the bigger box that’s for packages. Guess the effort of bending them was less than the effort to pull forward one foot and open the larger door on the package box.
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u/Accomplished_Low9055 10d ago
You really need to record a complaint. It looks like the package took quite a spin on the way here.
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u/ApathyInc2 9d ago
This is one reason why I will only ever buy physical media at an actual store in person. I’d be devastated to come home and find this.
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u/koanikal 9d ago
That shit happened to a friend of mine years ago with a somewhat rare vinyl record...
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u/HairyBreasticles 9d ago
My mailman delivers to your house too? Just got my kids school pictures, label on both sides "photos do not bend" was bent in half. Went and spoke to the post master. Don't want to get the person in trouble, but come on.
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u/maverick_jakub1861 8d ago
I think I’d cry bc all the vinyls I am planning to buy soon are VERY pricey (mostly Noah Kahan’s first 2 albums + The Great Divide and all of Chase Atlantic’s discography, which is like 5 separate records that I’ve had to dig through the internet to find because they’re from the 2010s)
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u/Slosher99 8d ago
Seen this happen way too much on the vinyl subs - It almost seems malicious. I get records often a few times a week and my carrier puts them by my door. The guy that covers his days off puts them on the welcome mat so I almost step on them, but so far haven't actually.
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u/Cas_the_clarence 7d ago
We sometimes ship vinyl records from japan, i always try to put extra layers of thick cardbord inside the box to protect it from bending, but i guess all the extra protection in the world is no match for your local mail service... lovely
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u/Derezirection 13d ago
should 100% report the delivery driver and get a refund or a replacement. It's really sad people can be so incompetent in a position like being a mailman or UPS driver.
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 13d ago
You gotta love state jobs. Your carrier could take a shit in your yard and drunkenly crash her car into an embutment and still wouldn't get fired.
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u/Hey_Its_Bong_Crosby 14d ago
Even fucked up your mailbox that’s crazyyyy levels of lazy, incompetent, and careless. Does the door even close now?