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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 13:59:10 GMT -5
I wanted to get it right away and I worried about it selling out, but I knew there'd be more new merch pretty soon after and I didn't know if I should order anything yet from the U.S. Online Store. I was going to wait a little and see what happened and I didn't expect the blankets to sell that fast. I remember the stock was in the 500's or 600's or something in the afternoon and then later in the evening I looked and they were all gone. If I caught the blanket still low in stock, I think I probably would've made an order of probably just the blanket. I sure as hell hope they restock the blankets, because it will be frustrating if they don't. I hope they restock all of the items, and hopefully they will add stuff back once they get the physical stock, because they should probably have extras left over from cancelled orders or just ordering of extra stock for the purpose of selling it. I have a feeling they’re going to do a restock around Christmas for certain popular items. The way the merch store has been about countdowns this year, I get the feeling we might get a 13 days of Taylor type deal. I know this is wishful thinking but fingers crossed! I'm just confused why the merch for this era isn't getting restocks like it should be. They're restocking some items, but some of them have sat sold out for a long while like the blanket and the hoodies. They should be wanting to make more money, not allowing things to be sold out for a while. I sure hope there will be more stock of everything once they get everything in to start to ship it all to people. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:05:14 GMT -5
Despite my US address all my orders of the signed cd got cancelled, would someone mind to order one for me? If you give me your Paypal address I will send you the money right away, and the shipping to me as soon as you tell me how much it will be. That's ridiculous. I understand the U.S. Online Store is cautious about forwarding addresses, but is it really any of their business?? No. They only need to worry about making sure that their packages get delivered to the given address. If there are issues with a package not being delivered, the customer can try to contact the mail carrier to get it sorted out or claim that a package is missing. These forwarding addresses should be and need to be professional and they can't or shouldn't say that a package never showed up even if it did and the person takes it home or something. It likely happens very rarely. The U.S. Online Store gives literally 10 copies for the whole world (international fans) to fight over (except for the favorite child U.K. I guess) and doesn't give international fans the chance to try to get one from the U.S. only copies after the international copies sold out. Then they cancel orders. :/ I've seen a lot of people even in the U.S. have their orders cancelled and they did nothing wrong, so I don't know what's going on. I would be so pissed off if that happened to me. But if that ever happens to anyone here, don't give up on it and keep badgering customer service about it. Someone on a Taylor group on 'Facebook' had their order of two signed 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' albums cancelled for no reason and they emailed customer support wanting to talk to a higher person or employee or manager and they finally got ahold of one and the employee said they could reinstate their order if they paid the same amount through 'PayPal' to them. And they successfully got their signed albums. I would do the same if my order(s) were cancelled, because it would be b*llsh*t if an order was cancelled when you did nothing wrong. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:10:53 GMT -5
Why does the uk get their own CD’s but Canada has to fight all the other international customers for CD’s. This is exactly what I thought when I saw there were listings for U.S. only, U.K. only, and international only signed albums. I don't get why the U.K. gets special treatment and is the favorite child. Taylor shared a video somewhere of her talking to the camera and she said there were copies for U.K. fans because they sold out the international copies last time...Meanwhile fans from all over the world sold out the international copies...And people on social media were talking about how if they were looking at the numbers and a lot of the copies purchased were from people in the U.K., it's based on what time they were released. It was 8 AM CST when they've been released, which is the afternoon for the U.K. or the middle of the night for Australia and Asia. Like did they not think of that?? I think it's pretty disappointing that the U.K. got copies specifically for them, but the other international online stores didn't. It would've been so cool to see there be copies for the Canadian Online Store (and I was able to get it from there) and the other international online stores like Australia and Germany. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:15:53 GMT -5
They really need to put a limit of 1 on the signed CD’s to stop scalpers. I think four is around the right number so people can order a few extra than just one, but two might be a better limit (like there is for the U.K.). It was a bit unfair when the international ones were limited to just one, because it's hard enough for people to get the international copies before they sell out (which seems to be like 10 or so minutes every time). So I think people should be allowed two at least. They are making attempts to stop resellers recently I think because I've seen people try to make orders of more than one order (more than four copies I think?) and at checkout if they're logged into the same account or use the same email or the store somehow recognizes the same person, it won't let them checkout. It says the online store cannot accept payments at that moment. And they have been cancelling a lot of orders for some reason lately. I don't know if it's random or if it's based on suspicions they have or their systems think that person could be a reseller. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:31:00 GMT -5
Signed albums are available now Did you get one? I missed the email. I really hope this won’t be the only drop, this is the first time U.S. signed CDs have sold out since the first folklore drops, but it did say it would ship by the 12th… I was able to... I was frustrated at first the morning they were made available because I absentmindedly put my phone in my backpack while I was eating breakfast (around 8 AM CST when they dropped) and of course the morning I did that signed albums would come out. I guess I wasn't thinking they would drop them this late and so close to the release date of the album. I was thinking and had an idea or feeling that there would be signed albums in time for the album and vinyl record release, but the two week and one week marks passed, so I sort of forgot about it or they weren't on my mind and I was trying not to get my hopes up about them being released soon. As I was going to leave to go to work (around 15 minutes after 8 AM), I saw notifications on my phone and went to open my laptop to try to make an order, and I saw the international ones were already gone. :/ I was lucky to see the 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' signed albums on the U.S. Online Store almost right after they were released, so I was able to purchase from the international copies. But I wasn't as lucky this time...But I placed an order for the U.S. only copies and used my U.S. address. I was disappointed at first because it would obviously be easier if I could have the order sent to me here like for the last signed albums. But it's not the end of the world. I will say that I am really quite shocked that the signed albums sold out this quickly for 'RED (Taylor's Version)'. I don't know if it's because there's more interest in signed albums from her or if it shows it really is a fan favorite album. I don't know...I was trying to add thousands to my cart from the U.S. copies after I made my order to get an idea of how much they had in stock, but it wouldn't work this time for some reason. But I read on social media that other people were able to and they estimated there were maybe 60,000 copies or more. There was probably the same amount as there was for 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' (up to 75,000). So I'm shocked that they sold out the same day, and hours after they were released. I think I read somewhere on social media too about someone estimated there were 1,300 international copies, but I don't know if that's correct...I would think (and would sure as hell hope) there'd be more than that for the millions of international fans in the world. The signed 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' albums did sell out a day or two after they were released, but then they came back in stock again from cancelled orders or items. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:31:48 GMT -5
Anyway, the price being $20.10?? For Fearless it was $19.89. These numbers mean something. 2010 is perhaps for Speak Now? The first thing I thought when I went to see the signed albums on the U.S. Online Store was that "she's really f*cking with us". Because I automatically knew $20.10 was referring to 2010 ( 'Speak Now' was released that year). I was spun out a little so I didn't notice the purple font until later when I read someone's post about it on social media. I'm glad again that they at least aren't $25. It was a nice change for them to be $19.89 and then $20.10. |
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Post by FearlessStarlight on Nov 11, 2021 14:32:55 GMT -5
They really need to put a limit of 1 on the signed CD’s to stop scalpers. I think four is around the right number so people can order a few extra than just one, but two might be a better limit (like there is for the U.K.). It was a bit unfair when the international ones were limited to just one, because it's hard enough for people to get the international copies before they sell out (which seems to be like 10 or so minutes every time). So I think people should be allowed two at least. They are making attempts to stop resellers recently I think because I've seen people try to make orders of more than one order (more than four copies I think?) and at checkout if they're logged into the same account or use the same email or the store somehow recognizes the same person, it won't let them checkout. It says the online store cannot accept payments at that moment. And they have been cancelling a lot of orders for some reason lately. I don't know if it's random or if it's based on suspicions they have or their systems think that person could be a reseller. This is what happened to me when I was trying to check out and I've done nothing wrong to warrant it (I'm not saying others have either). It literally said can't accept payments right now like ok...everyone else is buying them why is this doing this to me. Unless my VPN was sending signals from another place somehow, like I don't get it. I'm a returning customer that has given thousands of dollars in merch and this is how sh*t goes down really, I don't resell or anything I buy for me. I really hate the UMG store. Now I have missed out on these signed cds because of them being stupid. It had already approved me for the pay in 4 and then I couldn't finish check out so I ultimately missed them, thanks to umg. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:34:52 GMT -5
YES!!! this makes a lot of sense because of Enchanted trending on TikTok just as Wildest Dreams did. It would be so chaotic with RED releasing this week but who even cares at this point. I can't remember the dates for some reason, but did they really line up like that - 'Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)' came out after the signed 'FEARLESS (Taylor's Version)' albums that were priced at $20.10? It may just be a coincidence or a very weird coincidence that it happened like that. She released 'Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)' after the original recorded song was becoming popular on 'TikTok' - so Taylor cannot plan that herself, it's the fans or public who decide that and make a song viral on there. I've seen that 'Enchanted' has become really popular on there too lately, so maybe it will be released soon as the re-recorded version. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:36:40 GMT -5
Wow, the scalpers really went hard on this one.. I missed out, even being able to forward to my US address :/ Edit: in addition, these signed CDs (and most limited releases) are always released at the same time (like 3/4am my time). Would it hurt them to change this up once in a while 🙄 I've sadly seen a lot of people have their orders cancelled that they were sending to a forwarding address. They literally make it impossible for international fans to get anything. :/ And that is the reason why people think the U.K. got copies specified only for that country/area, because when they were released in the past Europe was obviously awake in the afternoon or early evening (and likely bought most of the international copies). But it was the middle of the night in Australia and Asia, so few of those people were able to get it. I think the pattern of this time is nice since we can expect things to happen around the same time at 8 AM CST (or 9 AM EST), but it's not good when it's the middle of the night for someone like you. I thought the midnight EST thing they often did late last year for merch releases was kind of useful or good. Because it was at a time when a lot of North Americans are still awake, and I'm pretty sure Asians and Australians would be awake (I'm not sure what time it would be), and it would be earlier in the morning for Europe. |
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Post by FearlessStarlight on Nov 11, 2021 14:48:31 GMT -5
Wow, the scalpers really went hard on this one.. I missed out, even being able to forward to my US address :/ Edit: in addition, these signed CDs (and most limited releases) are always released at the same time (like 3/4am my time). Would it hurt them to change this up once in a while 🙄 I've sadly seen a lot of people have their orders cancelled that they were sending to a forwarding address. They literally make it impossible for international fans to get anything. :/ And that is the reason why people think the U.K. got copies specified only for that country/area, because when they were released in the past Europe was obviously awake in the afternoon or early evening (and likely bought most of the international copies). But it was the middle of the night in Australia and Asia, so few of those people were able to get it. I think the pattern of this time is nice since we can expect things to happen around the same time at 8 AM CST (or 9 AM EST), but it's not good when it's the middle of the night for someone like you. I thought the midnight EST thing they often did late last year for merch releases was kind of useful or good. Because it was at a time when a lot of North Americans are still awake, and I'm pretty sure Asians and Australians would be awake (I'm not sure what time it would be), and it would be earlier in the morning for Europe. This is why they need a better strategy with releasing signed items. Batches would be nice not just drop all in the morning and call it a day. Most people are still sleeping, at work, at school or in a country where they stand no chance. It's just ridiculous. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:49:07 GMT -5
I really wish they would release the signed items in batches, that way people have a chance at getting them. If there was a 2nd batch I could have probably gotten mine once I figured out the glitch but there wasn't so I missed out and I had a plan for these signed albums and now I don't know what to do without spending triple on one which I really don't want to do. I really really hope she sees the demand for these like folklore and puts more up, RED is a huge fan favorite so I don't know why there weren't more of them her poor hand but I think she should have waited a bit to release these that way she could have signed more, knowing this album is a popular one with the fanbase. Now I'm just hoping they release more. Maybe sometime down the road to get it back on top of the charts like shes been doing, maybe she'll release more then. Just absolutely frustrating. They should do them in batches. I don't know why they haven't learned that yet. Or do any restocks of signed albums like they did for 'Folklore'. I think she still signed a lot of them, but I am confused as to how they sold out this quickly. I guess it really must be a fan favorite album if they sold this quickly. I think there's a good chance she may sign more copies whenever the anniversaries come around for these re-recorded albums. I also think there's a chance she could sign some copies of all of her six re-recorded albums once they're all released and sell them in a package for fans to buy, or separately also. I don't think this is the end or last chance for someone to get these. When she was a smaller artist she would sell signed copies of her first three albums at different times even a few years after they were released. |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:49:20 GMT -5
The store answered my question why my orderes of the signed cd all got cancelled. They blacklisted many freight forwarding adresses, which means I'm back to where I was until the beginning of the year and can't order anymore signed CDs. What a stupid thing. You could possibly try to ask someone like taytaytay if they could help you? I don't mean to volunteer her on my behalf but I know she's been very nice and helped some of us before with U.K. exclusives. They are in the U.K. still I'm pretty sure and the U.K. Online Store still has copies of signed albums I'm pretty sure. I don't know if she's busy though. I tried to ask her about if I could use her address for an order from the U.K. Kacey Musgraves Online Store but she didn't see my message (which I understand)... |
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Post by TaylorSwiftFan on Nov 11, 2021 14:50:11 GMT -5
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Post by FearlessStarlight on Nov 11, 2021 14:53:44 GMT -5
There's more new merch going to be added to the U.S. Online Store (Will edit this once they are put on the online store) How did you find this out?! Unless all of the other merch is coming back. |
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Post by FearlessStarlight on Nov 11, 2021 15:00:28 GMT -5
I really wish they would release the signed items in batches, that way people have a chance at getting them. If there was a 2nd batch I could have probably gotten mine once I figured out the glitch but there wasn't so I missed out and I had a plan for these signed albums and now I don't know what to do without spending triple on one which I really don't want to do. I really really hope she sees the demand for these like folklore and puts more up, RED is a huge fan favorite so I don't know why there weren't more of them her poor hand but I think she should have waited a bit to release these that way she could have signed more, knowing this album is a popular one with the fanbase. Now I'm just hoping they release more. Maybe sometime down the road to get it back on top of the charts like shes been doing, maybe she'll release more then. Just absolutely frustrating. They should do them in batches. I don't know why they haven't learned that yet. Or do any restocks of signed albums like they did for 'Folklore'. I think she still signed a lot of them, but I am confused as to how they sold out this quickly. I guess it really must be a fan favorite album if they sold this quickly. I think there's a good chance she may sign more copies whenever the anniversaries come around for these re-recorded albums. I also think there's a chance she could sign some copies of all of her six re-recorded albums once they're all released and sell them in a package for fans to buy, or separately also. I don't think this is the end or last chance for someone to get these. When she was a smaller artist she would sell signed copies of her first three albums at different times even a few years after they were released. Yea I don't get it either. Fearless didn't sell out this fast. I just hope they're mostly going to actual fans and not resellers which is I know is unlikely. It's just really frustrating 😫 So I am hoping for a restock soon! I know Taylor sees the demand for them, so maybe she'll sign more for us. |
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