moonhead
Dragonfly Trumpeter
Posts: 187
Likes: 108
|
Post by moonhead on Oct 6, 2021 10:51:29 GMT
Another beautiful but useless release about Queen The Greatest. Four 45rpm discs with the faces of our guys (like the IWTBF release in the 1984). The first is a release about Roger, an Hit on Side A and a "deep cuts" as B-Side.... 1000pcs... 500 sold online. Another lost opportunity to release new material....
|
|
|
Post by wijnand on Oct 6, 2021 11:30:54 GMT
It's quite ugly if you ask me...
|
|
highlander
Banned
Dragonfly Trumpeter
Posts: 165
Likes: 97
|
Post by highlander on Oct 6, 2021 13:00:32 GMT
At this point I don't even bother with new old releases like this. It only takes too much energy from you.
|
|
dave76
Dragonfly Trumpeter
Posts: 169
Likes: 185
|
Post by dave76 on Oct 6, 2021 14:30:27 GMT
This 50th anniversary turned out to be a real disaster for loyal Queen fans. I have seen other bands turning 50 and had better celebrations but Queen's 50th is the worst of them all. There was NOTHING exciting this year except Roger's new album but when it comes to Queen releases we got multiple Greatest Hits related releases. Brian's BTTL box which offered nothing new and there is the horrible Queen The Greatest youtube serie which is 90% Days Of Our Lives documentary footage. They really shit on the fans who had stuck by them all those years. Their 40th anniversary was way better with some new outtakes, a great documentary and the excellent 40 years of Queen book. This year, ah well forget it, i am so done with this band.
|
|
|
Post by macduff77 on Oct 6, 2021 15:24:00 GMT
I had a sneaky feeling that each cover of the 7" would be like the Queen Greatest Hits individual covers. Not sure on the whole color scheme, but will I try and buy it? Probably. Although that means it'll go onsale online at 3am my time, so we will see.
|
|
|
Post by macduff77 on Oct 8, 2021 14:25:54 GMT
Welp, set my alarm for 3:00am (my time), logged in and purchased the 7" and went back to sleep. Woke up this morning to a cancellation email from QOL Store saying:
"Sadly, demand today was incredibly high for a very small number of units of the Roger Taylor single.
The system has now allocated the stock for the first 500 people and unfortunately you were not successful this time, so your pre-order has now been cancelled."
Oh well. Pretty annoying that the system still let me order it and it's really annoying that I'll soon see these on Ebay at inflated prices.
|
|
|
Post by badboybez on Oct 8, 2021 14:29:14 GMT
Yep I had it in my basket - sticking card info in and then it disappeared.
F@ck em!
|
|
ncc1701q
Tatterdemalion
Posts: 45
Likes: 25
|
Post by ncc1701q on Oct 8, 2021 14:46:59 GMT
Put it in my basket, paid for it, got the confirmation email..... and then received the cancellation email. Useless.
|
|
|
Post by macduff77 on Oct 8, 2021 15:14:54 GMT
...and what's more annoying is that they took my PayPal payment and it will be 3-5 days before I get a refund. Pretty poor, tbh.
|
|
|
Post by lurexbulsara on Oct 8, 2021 15:51:23 GMT
I've encounter the exact same problem: order placed at 11:00:39, received a confirmation email two minutes later, then another one at 12:20 saying that my order was cancelled...
That's quite disappointing, what's the purpose to confirm an order only for it to be cancelled one hour later?
|
|
|
Post by breakthru80 on Oct 8, 2021 16:13:34 GMT
I've encounter the exact same problem: order placed at 11:00:39, received a confirmation email two minutes later, then another one at 12:20 saying that my order was cancelled... That's quite disappointing, what's the purpose to confirm an order only for it to be cancelled one hour later? I had the same experience, with my order placed at 11:00:37. I think that this way of treating fans and collectors is not adequate for a band like Queen. Considering how many people are in the same situation, they should make a second pressing and give us our orders. Which annoys me the most, is to see the singles in EBay at 150 pounds and fans like us without the vynils! It is time for them to think how to sell their records to fans instead of people who only want to make money…
|
|
Dimitris
Ploughman
Posts: 476
Likes: 282
|
Post by Dimitris on Oct 8, 2021 17:12:35 GMT
I also had the same experience 11:00:44
The prices in internet are high.. While buying original first pressings LPS or really rare singles is lower.
|
|
moonhead
Dragonfly Trumpeter
Posts: 187
Likes: 108
|
Post by moonhead on Oct 8, 2021 17:45:06 GMT
12.06pm... item was sold out... insane
On eBay... the lowest prise is 90€...
|
|
Dimitris
Ploughman
Posts: 476
Likes: 282
|
Post by Dimitris on Oct 8, 2021 18:19:40 GMT
After the movie, there are some new "fans" who buy and then sell collector's editions and some don't buy Queen discography only the new re-releases including limited editions.
Queen productions doesn't care about old fans and collectors. They love what is happening in social media where new audience love everything, from songs like body language were many cited as their favorite to every stupid product queen online might come out. This is the target group.
|
|
chicco87
Banned
Tatterdemalion
Posts: 34
Likes: 10
|
Post by chicco87 on Oct 8, 2021 18:36:52 GMT
Good evening guys, like you too, I was able to pay for the single, but then after about 1 hour and a half I received the cancellation email. The thing that makes you laugh is that there is not a damn program that automatically scales the number of LPs while stocks last. absurd ... their behavior is really bad
|
|
|
Post by macduff77 on Oct 8, 2021 22:16:12 GMT
I’d be happy if they release a second non-numbered batch of releases so the rest of us can have a copy. Limited or not.
|
|
|
Post by hoopdiddy on Oct 9, 2021 0:04:50 GMT
I wonder how many actual Queen fans managed to order one for themselves. these limited quantity online releases always attract scalpers who use bots to automatically place an order as soon as they go live.
|
|
|
Post by badboybez on Oct 9, 2021 7:22:34 GMT
Lots of unhappy people on the Official Q FB - order taken and then getting an email saying that the order was cancelled.
|
|
pg
Queen Mab
Posts: 2,081
Likes: 1,347
|
Post by pg on Oct 9, 2021 11:21:23 GMT
Lots of unhappy people on the Official Q FB - order taken and then getting an email saying that the order was cancelled. Rightly so. Having a system that can't count to 500 is pretty poor....
|
|
|
Post by dragonkiller on Oct 9, 2021 11:45:29 GMT
I stopped buying from QOL a long time ago because of the above reasons. Queen fans don`t have a chance to buy these limited issue releases. It always amazes me how fast they go up on Ebay though.
|
|
dysan
Ploughman
Posts: 314
Likes: 454
|
Post by dysan on Oct 9, 2021 13:25:41 GMT
As far as I could see, the Queen pop-up shop in Carnaby Street had numbers 700-1000 out of the run of 1000. You'd think they'd fulfil the online orders first innit.
|
|
dcw70h
Tatterdemalion
Posts: 17
Likes: 17
|
Post by dcw70h on Oct 9, 2021 22:05:36 GMT
I agree with the sentiment above, I have collected Queen since 1983, it has been a joy. Even my kids are involved. But recently I am less inclined to keep up and to contribute to the pension scheme. I was fortunate to get a copy of this first single - but there is little hope for the other three to get ‘the set ‘. The releases are not for commercial gain individually to the band or record company. It’s purely a means of creating interest on social media - which I do not monitor. - but in terms of turnover it all adds up. It’s not lost on me that the chance to get a number 1 with minimal sales has resulted in the plethora of ‘signed bundles’ - 1 purchase - 4 or5 physical sales. That is pure vanity on a Bono- like scale. Frankly I expect better from Queen - who in my experience have always looked after their fans. Fred would be ashamed, John saw the writing on the wall and has my complete and utter respect. I feel let down by the keepers of the legacy - who still can make the hairs on my neck stand in concert.
It will be of no interest to BHM or RMT, but I am now quitting. Roger at least produces new stuff, but other than that the enterprise Is based on sellling the same tat - nothing for the long term fan. Minimum effort for maximum profit. Great business model - shitty way of treating the people who have made you and your future generations financially secure. Brian/Roger it’s time to take a cold hard look at yourselves
|
|
|
Post by badboybez on Oct 9, 2021 22:07:46 GMT
I agree with the sentiment above, I have collected Queen since 1983, it has been a joy. Even my kids are involved. But recently I am less inclined to keep up and to contribute to the pension scheme. I was fortunate to get a copy of this first single - but there is little hope for the other three to get ‘the set ‘. The releases are not for commercial gain individually to the band or record company. It’s purely a means of creating interest on social media - which I do not monitor. - but in terms of turnover it all adds up. It’s not lost on me that the chance to get a number 1 with minimal sales has resulted in the plethora of ‘signed bundles’ - 1 purchase - 4 or5 physical sales. That is pure vanity on a Bono- like scale. Frankly I expect better from Queen - who in my experience have always looked after their fans. Fred would be ashamed, John saw the writing on the wall and has my complete and utter respect. I feel let down by the keepers of the legacy - who still can make the hairs on my neck stand in concert. It will be of no interest to BHM or RMT, but I am now quitting. Roger at least produces new stuff, but other than that the enterprise Is based on sellling the same tat - nothing for the long term fan. Minimum effort for maximum profit. Great business model - shitty way of treating the people who have made you and your future generations financially secure. Brian/Roger it’s time to take a cold hard look at yourselves Ditto
|
|
|
Post by herebemonsters on Oct 10, 2021 10:07:17 GMT
I agree with the sentiment above, I have collected Queen since 1983, it has been a joy. Even my kids are involved. But recently I am less inclined to keep up and to contribute to the pension scheme. I was fortunate to get a copy of this first single - but there is little hope for the other three to get ‘the set ‘. The releases are not for commercial gain individually to the band or record company. It’s purely a means of creating interest on social media - which I do not monitor. - but in terms of turnover it all adds up. It’s not lost on me that the chance to get a number 1 with minimal sales has resulted in the plethora of ‘signed bundles’ - 1 purchase - 4 or5 physical sales. That is pure vanity on a Bono- like scale. Frankly I expect better from Queen - who in my experience have always looked after their fans. Fred would be ashamed, John saw the writing on the wall and has my complete and utter respect. I feel let down by the keepers of the legacy - who still can make the hairs on my neck stand in concert. It will be of no interest to BHM or RMT, but I am now quitting. Roger at least produces new stuff, but other than that the enterprise Is based on sellling the same tat - nothing for the long term fan. Minimum effort for maximum profit. Great business model - shitty way of treating the people who have made you and your future generations financially secure. Brian/Roger it’s time to take a cold hard look at yourselves I find it difficult to argue with this. It's some consolation that I completely forgot to log-on on Friday to attempt to get the limited Roger single, given that in all likelihood I'd have got one of the 'sorry about that' emails so many others did. I suspect at some point I'd also have questioned why I'd spent so much on such an obviously skewed release - what was it, 15 quid? The value for money there is straight out of the window, I'd never have sold it so I'm left with a strangely expensive 7" which will never be played and fundamentally isn't something you'd frame. Watching prices rocket on eBay isn't something I take any comfort from, it's just depressing. As has been pointed out so many times, the one obvious thing they can do for fans is to open up their live archive. Whether it's following the Pearl Jam model of doing this or Neil Young's, we know for sure that Brian recorded countless gigs and none of us are in the least bit bothered about fluffed lines or the occasional drop-out. They only mean something to us and the uniqueness of each performance, good or bad, keeps the passion for their music alive. They way they're currently shielded from us almost gives the impression that we'll suddenly learn that they couldn't play very well live, something we know is ridiculous. I'd don't actually mind the crazy roster of GH releases - it's right that new fans should be catered for - they're not for me but they aren't doing any harm. However, for those of us who felt like a live recording of Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke was like finding the Turin Shroud is real, it's a sad situation.
|
|
Lord Fickle
Global Moderator
Posts: 20,874
Likes: 7,464
|
Post by Lord Fickle on Oct 10, 2021 10:31:02 GMT
I agree with the sentiment above, I have collected Queen since 1983, it has been a joy. Even my kids are involved. But recently I am less inclined to keep up and to contribute to the pension scheme. I was fortunate to get a copy of this first single - but there is little hope for the other three to get ‘the set ‘. The releases are not for commercial gain individually to the band or record company. It’s purely a means of creating interest on social media - which I do not monitor. - but in terms of turnover it all adds up. It’s not lost on me that the chance to get a number 1 with minimal sales has resulted in the plethora of ‘signed bundles’ - 1 purchase - 4 or5 physical sales. That is pure vanity on a Bono- like scale. Frankly I expect better from Queen - who in my experience have always looked after their fans. Fred would be ashamed, John saw the writing on the wall and has my complete and utter respect. I feel let down by the keepers of the legacy - who still can make the hairs on my neck stand in concert. It will be of no interest to BHM or RMT, but I am now quitting. Roger at least produces new stuff, but other than that the enterprise Is based on sellling the same tat - nothing for the long term fan. Minimum effort for maximum profit. Great business model - shitty way of treating the people who have made you and your future generations financially secure. Brian/Roger it’s time to take a cold hard look at yourselves I find it difficult to argue with this. It's some consolation that I completely forgot to log-on on Friday to attempt to get the limited Roger single, given that in all likelihood I'd have got one of the 'sorry about that' emails so many others did. I suspect at some point I'd also have questioned why I'd spent so much on such an obviously skewed release - what was it, 15 quid? The value for money there is straight out of the window, I'd never have sold it so I'm left with a strangely expensive 7" which will never be played and fundamentally isn't something you'd frame. Watching prices rocket on eBay isn't something I take any comfort from, it's just depressing. As has been pointed out so many times, the one obvious thing they can do for fans is to open up their live archive. Whether it's following the Pearl Jam model of doing this or Neil Young's, we know for sure that Brian recorded countless gigs and none of us are in the least bit bothered about fluffed lines or the occasional drop-out. They only mean something to us and the uniqueness of each performance, good or bad, keeps the passion for their music alive. They way they're currently shielded from us almost gives the impression that we'll suddenly learn that they couldn't play very well live, something we know is ridiculous. I'd don't actually mind the crazy roster of GH releases - it's right that new fans should be catered for - they're not for me but they aren't doing any harm. However, for those of us who felt like a live recording of Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke was like finding the Turin Shroud is real, it's a sad situation. Can't disagree. And we don't need extravagant and cost prohibitive box sets full of reproduced tat for each release. Bog standard double CDs of completes shows would be well received.
|
|
|
Post by Brian's Wig on Oct 11, 2021 13:01:18 GMT
As some of you will know, QOL cancelled a great number of orders last Friday, with the excuse that stock had been allocated. What's interesting is I have spoken to a few people about this and it is clear that stock has NOT been allocated according to the time the order was placed. This is a complete joke.
I sent this message to them today and I would like to suggest that many other people complain as well:
Dear Sirs,
Regards the cancellation of my order of the Radio GaGa single last friday.
Would you please provide a proper explanation as to how your system allocates orders?
I have checked my order status and it says the order was made at 11.00 and 43 seconds.
A friend of mine whose order was not cancelled has checked his order time and it is 11.01 and 13 seconds.
My order was clearly placed BEFORE his, yet mine was cancelled and his wasn't.
You have disappointed, upset and angered a LOT of people over this and I should like to recommend that for the next 3 singles, you reduce the number allocated to the pop-up shop to 100 and have 900 for worldwide sale online.
The number that have appeared on Ebay for upwards of £100 and over is disgusting and I can only assume these are from people who have bought from the Carnaby Street store.
Are THEY limiting numbers to one per person?
I look forward to your timely response.
Kind Regards,
|
|
pg
Queen Mab
Posts: 2,081
Likes: 1,347
|
Post by pg on Oct 11, 2021 23:05:33 GMT
You have a point about the timelines, and I agree that the online store was an absolute farce.
But "I have written a letter of complaint" within the existing thread would have been more than sufficient.
Plus, there are bigger issues than being diddled out of an overpriced reissue of a 40 year old song....
|
|
|
Post by ThomasQuinn on Oct 12, 2021 4:53:30 GMT
Sorry if you find this offensive, but that's what you get for allowing yourself to be suckered into one of the many unethical money-grabs by QPL. I'd simply suggest not buying pointless overpriced crap like this. Because people who will shell out waaaay too much for totally pointless stuff is the reason QPL keeps putting out crap like this - there's easy money to be made from suckers who will throw money at them for essentially nothing, so why bother with good releases that take work?
|
|
BrƎИsꓘi
Administrator
They called it paradise, I don't know why...You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye.
Posts: 3,738
Likes: 2,868
|
Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Oct 12, 2021 5:35:58 GMT
as pg states, no real need for a new thread. posts relocated to original thread.
|
|
dave76
Dragonfly Trumpeter
Posts: 169
Likes: 185
|
Post by dave76 on Oct 12, 2021 10:50:30 GMT
Sorry if you find this offensive, but that's what you get for allowing yourself to be suckered into one of the many unethical money-grabs by QPL. I'd simply suggest not buying pointless overpriced crap like this. Because people who will shell out waaaay too much for totally pointless stuff is the reason QPL keeps putting out crap like this - there's easy money to be made from suckers who will throw money at them for essentially nothing, so why bother with good releases that take work? AMEN!
|
|