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Which album formats have you pre-ordered? 32 members have voted

  1. 1. Select everything you've ordered!

    • CD [Standard Version - Unsigned]
      6
    • CD [Standard Version - Signed / Amazon]
      2
    • CD [Deluxe 2CD Version - Unsigned]
      8
    • CD [Deluxe 2CD Version - Signed / Official Store]
      11
    • Cassette
      7
    • Vinyl [Black - Unsigned]
      2
    • Vinyl [Black - Signed / recordstore]
      0
    • Vinyl [Violet - Unsigned / Official Store]
      0
    • Vinyl [Violet - Signed / Official Store]
      10
    • Vinyl [Transparent Blue / HMV]
      1
    • 3x Vinyl [3LP Deluxe Book / Official Store]
      8
    • Digital Download
      5

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Changed my mind and preordered the HMV vinyl :wub: I can’t afford it but I won’t be charged until it’s shipped so I should be okay by then hopefully :’)
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Emails were sent out to international fans, saying...

 

Dear customer

 

International postage costs have risen since your order as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately shipping companies have limited capacity to ship via aeroplane and have increased their costs as a result.

 

With deep regret we have cancelled your order as the postage cost charged to you was incorrect. We therefore kindly ask you to place a new order via this link: https://store.melaniec.net/collections/reorder-collection

 

Please place your order within 48 hours to ensure you receive the same products.

 

and then sent this follow up...

 

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Melanie C tweeted which adds to the confusion...

 

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... :drama: To me this seems like a disaster. I don't see how Melanie C can tweet that orders aren't cancelled, when people have been refunded and are expected to re-order?

 

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Anyway if any of you missed out on certain items, you have another opportunity to order: https://store.melaniec.net/collections/reorder-collection

Now cancelled the HMV vinyl and gone for the Violent one (Signed :cheeseblock:), thanks *.*
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I'm glad you've got the version you wanted after all, Andrew! :wub:

 

I'm pretty amazed that they've done this! :drama: I'm sure there'll be quite a lot of fans who are put off by the increased postage and therefore decide to not re-order. Others might not be able to afford re-ordering right now, and could miss out because other people will snap up the items instead.

is it for everyone the email of the cancellation of the order? I haven't received anything in my mailbox
What a disaster. She's definitely going to lose sales over this.
is it for everyone the email of the cancellation of the order? I haven't received anything in my mailbox

 

 

I think it's just for countries that have a heavy increase of shipping costs. They may be absorbing those that only have a slight increase. What a horrid thing to happen for her so close to release date she is definitely going to lose sales now :cry:

This is awful and I'm so sorry for her... Her international sales might be what bring in a bit more cash as the UK ones are not enough. Specially now that she might have lost so much money already from all her cancelled promo earlier in the year...

 

Hope it wont affect her too much and she recovers some of the costs. But I will say this: the way the fans are treating her online over this, is disgusting. Erros happen, jesus... People are being quite brutal and vile towards her.

 

Hope she manages to turn this around...

The countries concerned for this problem are the USA, Brazil and Australia
The countries concerned for this problem are the USA, Brazil and Australia

 

Damn... She has done quite a lot of promo in those countries so hopefully she will be able to get those sales back...

This is awful and I'm so sorry for her... Her international sales might be what bring in a bit more cash as the UK ones are not enough. Specially now that she might have lost so much money already from all her cancelled promo earlier in the year...

 

Hope it wont affect her too much and she recovers some of the costs. But I will say this: the way the fans are treating her online over this, is disgusting. Erros happen, jesus... People are being quite brutal and vile towards her.

 

Hope she manages to turn this around...

 

 

Thank you so much, I have been quite upset about the way people are speaking about her calling her vile names and saying she is unprofessional and underhand. This is not her fault at all it's the postal offices faults for changing the postage charges, she has no control over that and unfortunately with some of the quite high increase in costs her small company is unlikely to be able to cover the costs of this.

 

I'm avoiding Spice Circle at the minute because the reactions are just making me feel angry and upset tbh (that place often does though) :cry:

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I mostly ignore Spice Circle, it's for the best :tearsmile:

 

I do think this situation is messy and unfortunate, but I know Melanie herself isn't at fault.

I mostly ignore Spice Circle, it's for the best :tearsmile:

 

I do think this situation is messy and unfortunate, but I know Melanie herself isn't at fault.

 

 

PREACH! :yahoo:

 

She is likely very upset about the whole thing too, and then to have 'fans' calling her out and calling her names is so unfair.

Yeah she is clearly not the one making those mistakes, but she is the face of them to the public so Im not surprised.

 

It has been handled not very well, unfortunately and her team should have just taken the brunt of it. It sucks because since the UK post office system was privatised, it is so expensive and it is ever more expensive to ship and receive things from outside the country.... Im sure they would have lost a bit of money, but this probably meant they ended up loosing quite a bit more instead...

 

Bad moves indeed, unfortunately...

 

It's so sad what is happening in the UK with privatisation of everything. This stuff will continue to happen more and more, unfortunately...

Tbf it has been absolutely awful what they have done, not Mel personally. Imagine you went into a shop purchased a can of Coke and about to walk out the door the shopkeeper said I'm taking that can back unless you pay 50p more, how would you react?

 

That is essentially what they have done, cancelled people's orders and have said you can only have ito now at a higher price. Not only that but they have been very under hand about it and disastrous in their communication of it.

 

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This is what happens when you release an album in the middle of a pandemic.

 

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Tbf it has been absolutely awful what they have done, not Mel personally. Imagine you went into a shop purchased a can of Coke and about to walk out the door the shopkeeper said I'm taking that can back unless you pay 50p more, how would you react?

 

That is essentially what they have done, cancelled people's orders and have said you can only have ito now at a higher price. Not only that but they have been very under hand about it and disastrous in their communication of it.

 

 

As I said on Spice Circle... not the same at all:

 

In the shop I'm not expecting the shopkeeper to deliver me that can of coke so it's not comparable at all.

 

Let's say however I bought that can of coke for 70p and paid 30p postage, but then the post office changed the rules due to unseen Covid and said the postage was now £2 so technically the coke now costs the shopkeeper £1 to allow me to have it and he unfortunately goes bankrupt because he has to honour that for 5000-10,000 cokes that he has also sold and now owes £5000-£10,000 pounds...

 

Now imagine this on a larger scale and being told that the postage prices are now £10 more than they were previously and you have to honour that for 5,000-10,000 worldwide orders which now means a loss of £50-£100,000... she would go under.

 

 

Ps so much for avoiding Spice Circle :kink:

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This is what happens when you release an album in the middle of a pandemic.

 

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If that is you, then you have a lovely smile :wub:

If that is you, then you have a lovely smile :wub:

No, it's not me, but I agree. :lol:

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