pop will eat itself

Did anybody else order one of these and if they did.
Has it arrived yet?

Del.

Yes to order, no to arrival.

It's being discussed in the "Re: pledge music t shirts" thread.

I've asked Pledge Music several times to give me an update but they don't seem to want to respond.

After I posted I then read the other thread.

Still waiting for a direct reply from Pledge.

Thanks.

Still waiting on any kind of reply from Pledge too.

I got in touch with Crabbi though, he's going to try & get an update for us as Pledge are in control of the manufacturing process.

Latest Pledge email said they're chasing up the vinyl

Should be sent out around the 17th.

or the end of the month if you got a signed one

Are Pledge/Kickstarter etc. always this bad? I've only had 1 experience other than for WTBB.

Kickstarter - Beautiful Noise, funded Dec 2012 (yes, 19 months ago) & all backers are still waiting on fulfilment.

In PWEI's case I don't get what's so difficult, you have been pre-paid for everything including manufacturing, so get on with it. At least Crabbi's trying Shop Will Eat Itself to retain some control over things in future - good move sir!

Odd that you think this is bad...

With Beautiful Noise, they implied a long tail (though it's been longer than expected). They've been upfront enough that I'm not too bothered (personally).

Some (with framework in place) can move faster. Some working more independently (PWEI) are slower. Add the international issue for signed stuff... the only REAL delay has been the vinyl... and if you read anything about RSD, it implies REALLY long waits for pressing - and I suspect they couldn't get in line (such as it were) until they had the funding confirmed for fear of putting a payment down and not making their funding mark.

They've been a little less regular on the updates - but regular enough that it hasn't bothered me - and we got the digital files right away, so I've been listening to everything... maybe I'm giving too much slack - but it's so much better than the VE stuff, so maybe that's set an unfair baseline? LOL

(That being said - I've had some REALLY fast turnarounds - Mike Doughty was lightning fast with vinyl, but I suspect he fronted the cash before closing the Pledge so he could be in line already)

So, 17th July has come & gone (the date they were supposed to be shipping)...don't suppose anyone has heard anything about the vinyl?