Read Before Ordering CDs/Merch Online: Good and Bad Distros

[Edgy]

Has anybody ever ordered from Ominous Domain? They seem to be the only U.S. distro I can find carrying the new Blut Aus Nord album.

[Lex Dangler]

Originally Posted by Necrovore

I used to rely on The End all the time, but they really let me down the last two times I ordered from them. Then again, it's possible that it was the shitty Chicago postal system, but it was suspicious that it only seemed to happen with The End. I'll be giving them a chance again when I'm back in California, so if they fuck up this time I know it'll be their fault.

No, The End is a bunch of fuck ups. I ordered from them 4 times and they fucked up twice. At least I got a refund.

[Skull Knight]

Ordered a tee from Necroharmonic on Jan 10, USPS Priority. It isn't here yet, sent an email this afternoon. I can't recall the last time I ordered from that site but ...

[Robinator]

Originally Posted by Lex Dangler

No, The End is a bunch of fuck ups. I ordered from them 4 times and they fucked up twice. At least I got a refund.

Ordered from The End numerous times.. never had a problem with them whatsoever...

[Schwenger]

Haunted Hotel Records is the shit. Super fast shipping, all order prices include US shipping, they're always adding new titles and the dude Raplh is a really cool dude, always at shows around here.

[Skull Knight]

Originally Posted by Skull Knight

Ordered a tee from Necroharmonic on Jan 10, USPS Priority. It isn't here yet, sent an email this afternoon. I can't recall the last time I ordered from that site but ...

No reply from Necroharmonic, sent another email just now. How flaky is Roy?

[entwinedwithsickness]

Originally Posted by Skull Knight

No reply from Necroharmonic, sent another email just now. How flaky is Roy?

Keep emailing.

What shirt did you order? A lot of more obscure stuff he'll print a few at a time so it takes a while. Its unreasonably slow and he'll insult you for expecting to receive your shit in a reasonable timeframe based on what I've seen on the NWN board.

I'd never order off him again, only way he sees a dime from me is at MDF at his booth. Dude can't be trusted via mailorder now. Sad too, I used to order off him 10-15 years ago. Every month or two I'd grab some vinyl or CD's off him but those days are long fucking gone.

Last order was a Devourment vinyl off him like 1-2 years ago and it seriously took him 4-5 weeks to ship it. No response for 2-3 weeks.

[Chromaticity]

Originally Posted by Skull Knight

No reply from Necroharmonic, sent another email just now. How flaky is Roy?

The first time I ordered from Necroharmonic, my shirt was shipped in barely 1 week. I ordered again, thinking he was reliable and now, I'm still waiting for my package (Incantation zip-up hoodie + Crematory Shirt) 3 months after I ordered it.

After emailing him a few times, I had to spam the shit out of his inbox and necroharmonic's facebook page to finally get a reply and he told me he was gonna ship my stuff today. I literally had to lose my temper with him and spam him non-stop to get him to finally send my stuff. So fucking unreliable.
I'm never ordering from Necroharmonic again. It sucks because I was thinking of grabbing a Rottrevore shirt next but fuck that.

[Robinator]

Originally Posted by Schwenger

Haunted Hotel Records is the shit. Super fast shipping, all order prices include US shipping, they're always adding new titles and the dude Raplh is a really cool dude, always at shows around here.

This. I've always had a nice rapport with Ralph myself and every now and then when you buy a certain amount of CDs from him he even throws in a free promotional CD of some cool band or other. Wish more distros operated like he does.

[Skull Knight]

Thanks for sharing your experiences, entwinedwithsickness and Chromaticity. That's god awful. I ordered an Evoken tee. I sent him my second email yesterday and there has been no reply. I went over to Paypal and filed a dispute.

Your dispute is open
Thank you. We’ll email you when the seller responds. If the seller does not respond, your dispute will automatically close on Feb 16, 2012 unless you escalate it to a PayPal claim. Don't worry; we'll email you a reminder before the dispute automatically closes. Please note that when you escalate a dispute to a claim, you're asking PayPal to review the case and decide the outcome.

I intend to escalate it to a claim within 48 hours. Fun fun fun times!

EDIT: That was quick, he responded to the dispute opened through Paypal. How professional.

"From Seller - Roy Fox1/27/2012 11:19 EST
well we print to order and I made your item , but whatever Ill send a refund , latttterrr

From Seller - Roy Fox1/27/2012 11:21 EST
thanks for wasting my time"

I sent him a reply. He then refunded me the money. He later sent me an email to explain what had happened, something about sheep and a shipping line and such. He said I was being 'slaunderous' and he would 'let them know' whoever that is. Case closed, not going to order from the guy again.

[entwinedwithsickness]

Thats about what I expected.

All he has to do is fucking send an email saying it'll be shipped soon and people would back off on this stuff. He's a moron.

[Eschaton]

It feels a little weird giving props to people who normally post on these boards, but here it goes:

The good:

Willowtip: this isn't unknown around these parts, but I have always gotten my order within 2-3 days with no shipping charge even when I lived in California.

Fallen Empire: Great communication and very prompt service, highly recommended.

Dark Descent Records

The Flenser

Pesanta Urfolk

W.T.C Productions: I ordered the new Svartidaudi/Perdition split and some other stuff and got it in the U.S. within two weeks. Shipping's a little pricey, but what do you expect?

The Bad:

Rhinoservs: Ordered from them three weeks ago and haven't heard a word or gotten my order since. I was pretty annoyed when my WTC order from Germany, which I ordered a week after, got here before this.

Also, does anyone know a good U.S. distro which stocks the new Lantlos or Alcest albums?

[entwinedwithsickness]

maybe theendrecords

[De Profoundis]

Okay, more props and slanders:

Fuck Crepusculo Negro, don't buy from them direct, try Xullios@Fallen Empire Records first for their titles! I'm still waiting for 4 tapes from Crepusculo Negro and I ordered them 2 months ago.

Analog Worship are fucking great, they send their shit bulletproof and fast, definitely recommend.

Rhinocervs are actually good, I always give labels a little more time cause I'm in Australia but these guys came through for me pretty fast.

Abysmal Sounds, I can't praise enough, pity Stu isn't doing his own distro anymore.

[Eschaton]

Originally Posted by De Profoundis

Rhinocervs are actually good, I always give labels a little more time cause I'm in Australia but these guys came through for me pretty fast.
anymore.

My order came yesterday, so I'm not as critical anymore. Still, three plus weeks within the United States is a little long. Maybe I caught them at a bad time, though

[gm69]

Rip Off scumbag right here - P4nz3r
NAME - Renato Nuñez-Melgar Posadas
Address -
VALLADOLID: La CAPILLA Mz:Z Lt: 11
La Molina (district)
Lima 12 (zip code)
PERU (country)
SMN - P4nz3r
FACEBOOK - Renato Nuñez-Melgar Posadas

My payment for GS shrt - 06-17-2011 (June)
Then our dialogue-

10-23-2011, 10:53 PM HEY BROM FINALLY I RECEIVED THE PACKAGE!, it took a lot but things are ok. I'll send ya the shirt next week.

10-26-2011, 03:40 PM Date of shipping?

10-28-2011, 04:31 AM well i dont know exactly when I'm gonna send the shirt yet, but its gonna be any day of the nex week

11-07-2011, 06:33 PM WEEK PASSED, SO WHAT!?

Then he simply stops to answer my PM's...
What the fuck...

[De Profoundis]

Originally Posted by Eschaton

My order came yesterday, so I'm not as critical anymore. Still, three plus weeks within the United States is a little long. Maybe I caught them at a bad time, though

Motherfucker, I did not say "anymore" at the end of that sentence. Stop miss quoting me.

[De Profoundis]

The best place I order from though is

http://www.adverseordermusic.com/

Fucking cool stuff, great fast service from Mitch who runs it.

[Eschaton]

Hmm, yeah, I don't know how that "anymore" got in there; probably a proofreading error on my part. In any case my sincerest apologies!

[brainimpalement]

Three weeks for a Brutal Bands order. Not too bad, except I just got an email telling me my Abominable Putrditiy pre-order is being shipped today...despite getting an email when I ordered it saying it'd be shipped on the 27th of Jan.

OH WELL, I GOT A PACKAGE TODAY :D

[Beacons]

Any updates on Unique Leader? I haven't ordered from them but sent them an email asking how long they think it would take to send an order to me. I dont get why they have such shit service. Id spend a grip of money there with all the dope bands they've had on their roster.

[Chromaticity]

Originally Posted by Chromaticity

[Rant]

Still haven't received my package.

No one should ever order from Necroharmonic Productions.

[Shemhamforash]

Originally Posted by Beacons

Any updates on Unique Leader? I haven't ordered from them but sent them an email asking how long they think it would take to send an order to me. I dont get why they have such shit service. Id spend a grip of money there with all the dope bands they've had on their roster.

I ordered from them about 3 months ago, it shipped in 2 months and the order I placed was different from what I received. For example, they shipped me a short sleeve shirt instead of the longsleeve that I ordered, as well as the hoodie "Reduced To Ashes" with a slogan on the back turned out to be only the Deeds of Flesh "smoke" logo. That was enough of a hardship to make ordering from Unique Leader a one time thing for me.

[Skull Knight]

Originally Posted by Chromaticity

Still haven't received my package.

No one should ever order from Necroharmonic Productions.

I concur. My recent experience with the owner was ... blargh. He seems to have that "I'm so old school no one can frakk with me and you're all beneath me" kinda attitude.

[tattooedsean777]

It has been a long while since I made many online orders but didn't Bizarre Leprous have a US distro at one point? Do they still or is there just the one overseas?

How reliable are they currently?

[Chromaticity]

Originally Posted by Chromaticity

Still haven't received my package.

No one should ever order from Necroharmonic Productions

Still haven't received anything.

[AlexanderTheGreat]

I've gotta recommend Paul and Blast Head Records. It's a relatively new label/store, but right now now he's got about 300 CDs in stock and is an absolutely stand up guy. He runs his stuff the right way.

http://blastheadrecords.com/store/

[UGH]

Anybody gotten anything from waronmusic.com? Was lookin' at that Gorguts - Obscura vinyl pre-order and had that old highly skeptical feeling come over me.

[YellowBrutalizer]

Have anyone used http://www.eitrin.com/ or Debemur Morti store before?
I doubt this record ship stuffs without any ripoff, just want to buy BAN stuffs and some others...

[(((OdiumNostrum]

I intended to do it like 3 times but at the end I never did...but I am up to date with their releases, facebook stuff etc, and I never saw any complains or anything similar, I have been in contact with merch dude and he is cool...so they seems legit...