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The Shipping News
July 2024
Most the time I send parcels through the local Post Office, and occasionally I use Royal Mail’s online/collection service. In their unquestionable wisdom the Royal Mail have given their online service cheaper postage prices than the Post Office, but, the next day collection adds another 48 hours to the whole process. Generally, 80% of the time, I prefer to keep things speedy and use the local Post Office. It gets me out of the house, too.
Both options, online and Post office, as of July 2024, include a third postage rate for inland first and second class parcels/large letters that is called With Tracking.
I haven’t changed my checkout/postage set-up, the options remains the same, either Standard or Signed For. I’m going to leave it that way for the time being. Setting up the store’s checkout system with the correct postage rates is a sodding nightmare (anyone who has tried selling on Discogs will know what I mean). Royal Mail don’t help matters by constantly changing their services and price rates.
And so, as a general guideline, for the time being, I will send all orders with a value of £20 or more via the new With Tracking postage rate, and at no extra charge to yourselves.
Does it make a difference to you? No, not really. From what I can gather so far, this new Tracking rate offers-up a bit more information on a parcel’s journey from me to you, (that’s if you can be arsed to type in the number on the Royal Mail’s online tracking site, they don’t make it easy). And it offers a better compensation rate for missing /damaged parcels – up to £150, compared to the Standard rate of around £20.
You don’t have to do anything different at checkout. But, on the rare off-chance that something goes wrong with your parcel – delay, damage, whatever – you now have better recall/back-up. This is all worth knowing, because you might now hesitate before paying extra for the Signed For option – which is still a worthwhile service if your local postal delivery service is a bit unreliable/unpredictable (and it will also come with tracking added-on).
The same as before, if there are any issues with your order, get in touch with me and I’ll sort it out straight away. Things very rarely go wrong, and if they do, they always get resolved, no matter which postage rate you opt for.
My old policy on larger orders still applies: for an order with a value over £100 choose the cheapest second class option at checkout, and I will then pay the extra and send it First Class Signed For. And if it’s over £150 I will use Special Delivery (it costs over £17, but has really good insurance, and is guaranteed next day delivery before 1pm).
Does any of this make any sense? No? Oh well… don’t worry about it… as you were
Cheers! Pete
Current in-house playlist:
Gimic, Yambag, Irked, Hellscape, Speed, The Dark, Ikhras, Vidro,
New Arrivals:
Tuesday 3rd September 2024
New Releases:
88 Fingers Louie “Behind Bars: Mr. Precision Remix 2019” repress LP (Hopeless)
Armor “Afraid Of What’s To Come” 12″ (11 PM) sold out, due back soon
Brotherhood “Till Death…” repress LP and 7″ (Southern Lord)
Codeseven “Division Of Labor” LP repress (To Live A Lie)
Disarm “Existence Demo 1985” LP reissue (Beach Impediment)
Farside “Rigged” LP and booklet, repress (Rev)
Harvest “Transitions” repress LP (Trustkill) sold out
Instant Ruin “Hardcore New Wave” 7″ sold out
Kidnapped “Disgust” 12″ (Daze)
Leeway “Adult Crash” repress LP
Mess “Intercity” 12″ repress picture disc (Pirates Press)
NoMeansNo “Wrong” repress LP
Orange 9mm s/t 12″ repress (Rev)
Poison Ruin “Confrere” 12″ (Relapse)
Red Cross “1981-1982 No Message” LP reissue (Beach Impediment) sold out, due back soon
Ribzy “81-84: 29 Tracks Of South Bay Punk” LP reissue (Punk N Vomit) sold out
Seized Up “Modify The Sacred” LP (Pirates Press) sold out . I have some Seized Up promo 7″ flexis (for this album) – message me if you want a copy added to an order!
SSD “Get It Away” LP repress (Trust)
Trail Of Lies “Only The Strong” LP (Triple B)
Unbroken “Life. Love. Regret.: 30th Anniversary Edition” double LP sold out
Vidro “Upp Till Dans” 7″ (Beach Impediment) sold out, due back soon
Orstralia: A Punk History 1974-1989 (by Clark, Tristan) Book sold out
Restocks:
7 Seconds “The Crew: Deluxe Edition” LP
7 Seconds “Walk Together Rock Together: Deluxe Edition” LP
Adrenalin O.D. “The Wacky Hi-Jinks Of…” LP
Agnostic Front “Victim In Pain” LP
Alienator “World Of Hate” 7″
American Culture “Hey Brother, It’s Been A While” LP (Convulse)
Angel Du$t “Rock The Fuck On Forever” LP sold out
Annihilation Time self-titled LP
Bad Brains self-titled LP sold out
Beyond “No Longer At Ease” LP
Big Boys “No Matter How Long The Line Is At The Cafeteria…” LP
Black Flag “Slip It In” LP
Body Farm / Dry Socket “Body//Socket (Split)” LP
Buggin “Brainfreeze b/w Gratitude” 7″ Flexi (Flatspot)
Buggin “Concrete Cowboys” LP (Flatspot) sold out
By The Grace Of God “For The Love Of Indie Rock” LP sold out
By The Grace Of God “Perspective” LP sold out
Canal Irreal “Someone Else’s Dance” LP (Beach Impediment) sold out, due back soon
Cap’n Jazz “Analphabetapolothology” double LP sold out
Caveman “Something’s Got To Give” 7″ (To Live A Lie)
Caveman self-titled 7″ (To Live A Lie)
Circle Jerks “Group Sex: 40th Anniversary Edition” LP sold out
Coheed And Cambria “The Second Stage Turbine Blade” LP (Equal Vision)
Cosmic Joke s/t LP (Triple B)
Dag Nasty “Flame” T-Shirt
Dead Kennedys “Bedtime For Democracy” LP
Die Kreuzen “Cows And Beer” 7″
Discordance Axis “JouHou” Double LP
Dry Socket “Sorry For Your Loss” LP (To Live A Lie)
Fugitive “Maniac” 12″
Gulch “Burning Desire To Draw Last Breath//Demolition Of Human Construct” 12″
Have Heart “Songs To Scream At The Sun” repress LP (Bridge 9) sold out
Have Heart “The Things We Carry” repress LP (Bridge 9)
Have Heart “10.17.09: Silver Anniversary Edition” LP (Bridge 9) sold out
Heroin “Discography” double LP
High Vis “No Sense No Feeling” LP (Six Feet Under) sold out
Husker Du “New Day Rising” LP sold out
Husker Du “Flip Your Wig” LP sold out
Ignite “Call On My Brothers” LP (Rev)
Ingrown “Gun” LP repress (Alternative)
Iron Chic “Not Like This” LP
Jawbreaker “Bivouac” LP
Jawbreaker “Etc.” double LP
Juice “Festival Of Fools” LP (War)
Last Rights “Chunks” 7″
Long Knife “Rip City Bonerpunk Classics Vol. 1” LP
Magnitude “Of Days Renewed…” LP
Melvins “Ozma” LP
Mindforce “Excalibur” LP (Triple B)
Mindforce “New Lords” LP (Triple B)
Minor Threat “LP Cover” Short Sleeve T-Shirt
Minor Threat “In My Eyes” Short Sleeve T-Shirt
Minutemen “Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat” Mini-LP
Minutemen “Project: Mersh” 12″
Minutemen “The Punch Line” LP
Minutemen “What Makes A Man Start Fires” LP
MS Paint “Post-American” LP (Convulse)
Negative FX self-titled 7″
Night Verses “From The Gallery Of Sleep” double LP (Equal Vision) sold out
Night Verses “Into The Vanishing Light” LP (Equal Vision) sold out
No Way Out “Better You Than Me” 7″ (Triple B)
Open City “Hands In The Honey Jar” LP
Paint It Black “Paradise” LP (Jade Tree)
Paranoid “S.C.U.M.” LP (Beach Impediment)
Peace Decay “s/t” LP (Beach Impediment)
Pillsbury Hardcore “Eighty Sixed” LP
Poison Idea “Record Collectors Are Still Pretentious Assholes” LP (TKO)
Poison Idea “Get Loaded And Fuck” 12″ (TKO)
Poison Idea “War All The Time” LP (TKO)
Poison Idea “Young Lords: Live At The Metropolis, 1982” LP (TKO)
Praise “Coming Up For Air 7” (Rev)
Repulsion “Horrified” LP
School Drugs “Disposition” 7″ (Indecision)
School Drugs “Absolution” 7″ sold out
Scowl “Psychic Dance Routine” 12″
Screamers “Screamers Demo Hollywood” 12″ sold out
Shudder To Think “1987” LP (L.G.)
Slint “Spiderland” LP
Spitboy “Body Of Work: 1990-1995” double LP
Stimulators “LOUD Fast Rules!” 7″
Suicidal Tendencies self-titled LP
Sunami “7” + Demonstration” LP
Truth Cult “Walk The Wheel” LP
Ultras “Ultras II” 7″ (Convulse)
Vanguard “Rage Of Deliverance” 12″
Void “Decomposer (Black)” Short Sleeve T-Shirt
World I Hate “Years Of Lead” LP (War)
Youth Of Today “Break Down The Walls” LP
Youth Of Today self-titled 7″
Why Be Something That You’re Not: Detroit Hardcore – book
Bad Brains self-titled tape cassette sold out
The Freeze “Land of the Lost” tape cassette (Taang) sold out
The Freeze “Rabid Reaction” tape cassette (Taang) sold out
Lemonheads “Creator” tape cassette (Taang)
Poison Idea “Blank Blackout Vacant” tape cassette (Taang) sold out
Siege “Drop Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition” tape cassette
SSD “Get It Away” tape cassette (Trust)
SSD “The Kids Will Have Their Say” tape cassette (Trust) sold out
Torso “Due Cosa In Una” tape cassette (Rev)
Upside Down Cross self-titled tape cassette (Taang) sold out
Friday 30th August 2024
Jerry A and the Neo Girls / Norman Silver and the Gold split 7″
Thursday 15th August
New/restocks from Crew Cuts Records:
Gimic “We Are Making A New World” 7″ New
Skrewball “Deluxe Edition” 7″ New
Thought Control “Sick And Tired Of The Talking Heads” 7″ New
Perp Walk “Permacrisis” 7″
Final Dose “Void Inside” LP
Tramadol “Demo” 7″ sold out
Consolation “Repulsive Reflections” 7″
Various “Group Therapy: A Crew Cuts Records Comp” 7″ (Gel, Spaced, Dry Socket etc.)
Thursday 8th August
New/restocks from Donor Records:
Hellscape s/t 7″ New
Whipping Post “Cheating The War Game” LP
MM And The Peculiars “Paean” 12″
Frisk s/t 12″
The Wound “The Way Of Death” 7″
Fiend s/t 7″
Friday 12th July
Irked 12″ EP (Wrong Speed) sold out, back soon
Waiting
Siege Fire “The Devastating Cost” LP (Black Water)
Alarm! self-titled LP (Armageddon)
Yambag “Mindfuck Ultra” LP (Convulse)
Raein “A Collection Of Splits and EPs 2004 – 2015” LP (Persistent Vision)
Raein “Il N’y A Pas De Orchestre” LP repress (Persistent Vision)
Sonagi “Everything IS Longing” 7″ (Secret Vision)
Drought self-titled 7″ EP (Iodine)
State Faults “Children Of The Moon” double LP (Deathwish)
Avskum “Crucified By The System” 7″ repress (Prank)
Nails “Every Bridge Burning” LP (Nuclear Blast)
Battery “Whatever It Takes…” LP repress (Rev)
Drug Church “Prude” LP (Pure Noise)
High Vis “Guided Tour” LP (Dias)
The Get Up Kids “Something To Write Home About: 25th Anniversary Edition” repress LP (Polyvinyl)
Jivebomb “Primitive Desires / Demo” LP (Flatspot)
Berthold City “Where Did We Go Wrong?” LP (War)
Life Abuse “Systematization” LP (Armageddon)
Chat Pile “Cool World” LP (Flenser)
Rival Schools “Found” LP (Run For Cover)
Brain Tourniquet / Deliriant Nerve Split 7″ (Iron Lung)
