Incredible Jazz Sale At Concord/OJC - Not Necessarily Good News

I got my order! Nothing I ordered was back-ordered, and everything was packed as well as could be expected. I mean, whatta ya want for $2.98/CD and free shipping?

Incidentally, the shipper is Fedex Ground, their UPS equivalent, not regular Fedex. So four or five days from West Coast to East Coast. Thanks for posting this sale; it really is a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

 

I just called Concord to find out the status of my last two orders. The order placed on the July 14th shipped out on August 2 but I received no email confirmation. Anyway, the customer service rep was very helpful and gave me my tracking number and the estimated delivery date which is August 8th. Hooray! That's the order with the box sets.....(plus 30 more ceedees)

The order placed on the July 19th has not yet shipped and Concord cannot say when that will happen. They must be extremely busy over at there. And I have to believe most orders are in the 30+ item range.

The orders are getting out. Just need a lot of patience.

 

My July 13th order#5627 should arrive 8/7/06. (according to the tracking system)

 

Man, considering I picked out my titles on dumb "feel," I'm really happy with the discs I've auditioned so far. The "Living Legends" series is highly recommended to anyone who loves traditional jazz.

 

Well, being unemployed at the moment this thread really hurts me. Against all of my better judgement, I placed an order. It was just too hard to pass up. Looks like my re-issue mono yellow submarine, and my nude electric ladyland are headed to the auction block to finance this purchase. Besides all of the jazz titles, I also picked up a few titles listed under R and B. Joe Hicks, Betty Everett, and Carla Thomas. Just thought I'd mention that there are other things besides Jazz. All of the CCR's can also be had for $3 a piece to anyone interested. This forum never ceases to amaze me with its' ability to remove cash from my wallet. Thanks a lot!....LOL.

 

Well, my order arrived today. Why do I feel like the guy who just took four plates from the buffet? Lots of good listening ahead.

 

Right on schedule. The July 14th order arrived yesterday, August 8th. I just need the July 19th order now and then I'm done. I figure middle of next week. That's okay, I've got enough music to keep me occupied for weeks.

Cheers

 

How slow can Concord be? I placed a few orders, starting on Jul 17. Not one of them has shipped...(The one from Jul 17 is #583*.)

I mean, 4 weeks to ship? Do they have one guy working one hour a day or something?

Kwad

 

I am really glad for all of you who can really go for it and take advantage of this super sale! Enjoy it for those of us who do not live in the US and cannot.

Cheers!

Simon

 

I hear ya man (as opposed to hearing CDs)

I ordered 2 Bill Evans box sets which did show up about a week ago, but the big single disc order has had nothing but the original order confirmation.

 

Still waiting for my July 19th order. A month without a shipping notice. Must be some kind of a record.

 

Well, now I'm getting annoyed...

I placed four orders between 7/17 and 7/19.

I just got notice that the LAST of the four orders has shipped. None of the others has shipped. And the order number attached to the order that did ship changed completely (was 58xx, now 124xx!)

Oh, and the following titles were not shipped, as they are apparently out of stock:

Coltrane boxed set
Sonny Rollins - Worktime
Art Pepper - Smack Up
Ted Curson - Plays Fire Down Below

What REALLY sucks is that because of the cancellations, this order got a lot smaller, yet they didn't reduce the shipping. I probably wouldn't have even placed this order, given the shipping cost, if I'd known they were going to reduce it this much...

Kwad

 

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Same here. Order #5886. I'm going to call them today. In my previous two orders, not once did I receive shipping confirmation via email. I had to call them to get the tracking number for the second order. The first order just showed up unannounced.

Concord is completely unprepared for this sale. This has now become ridiculous.

 

I got my shipping confirmation 2 days ago. I'll get it after a month.

 

I placed my order on July 19 and I received an e-mail today saying my order was shipped yesterday.....I must admit they are slow and they have a lack of communication skills....

 

At least you're getting notifications.

I called Concord (again, very friendly service reps) and my July 19th order shipped on August 15th with an expected arrival date of August 21st. They gave me the tracking number as well.

 

I called Concord today to ask why my 4th order shipped, but not orders 1-3. They said that because order 4 was much smaller, it shipped first, and that the larger orders are "taking a long time to process". I can't imagine why...I would expect they would have bins with each title, and they'd just pull based on item number. But that's what they told me...So my orders 1-3 have STILL not shipped, and he didn't know when they might ship (although he was polite about the whole thing).

Kwad

 

I called Concord today to ask why my 4th order shipped, but not orders 1-3. They said that because order 4 was much smaller, it shipped first, and that the larger orders are "taking a long time to process". I can't imagine why...I would expect they would have bins with each title, and they'd just pull based on item number. But that's what they told me...So my orders 1-3 have STILL not shipped, and he didn't know when they might ship (although he was polite about the whole thing).

Kwad

 

I called Concord today to ask why my 4th order shipped, but not orders 1-3. They said that because order 4 was much smaller, it shipped first, and that the larger orders are "taking a long time to process". I can't imagine why...I would expect they would have bins with each title, and they'd just pull based on item number. But that's what they told me...So my orders 1-3 have STILL not shipped, and he didn't know when they might ship (although he was polite about the whole thing).

Kwad

 

Order received today. Thirty more gems. So much great music that I had no idea existed. I love this sale.

 

For $2.98/disc, I can wait six weeks!

In the words of Comic Book Guy, "Greatest . . . music . . . sale . . . ever." Really.

 

All four of my orders have FINALLY shippped...

Now Out of stock titles include:

Coltrane Lush Life
Coltrane Traneing In
Eric Dolphy Outward Bound
Sonny Rollins Worktime
Art Blakey & JM Ugetsu
Miles Davis Collectors Items
Eric Dolphy At Five Spot
Bill Evans Explorations
Shelly Mann My Fair Lady
Red Garland Garland's Piano
Thelonious Monk Misterioso
Thelonious Monk Himself
Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
Sonny Rollins Sound of Sonny
Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below
Dave Brubeck Jazz @ Oberlin
Al Cohn Broadway
John Coltrane Lush Life
Miles Davis Bag's Groove
Jon Eardley From Hollywood to NY
Bill Evans Everyone Digs
Honi Gordon Sings
Coltrane boxed set

 

Plus, I believe Art Pepper 'Smack Up' K2 is gone as well. Fortunately, that was in my first order so I got that one. Love it.

All three of my orders are now in hand. About 50 titles total, plus the Evans boxset. I already owned the Coltrane boxset. Put a little [big] dent in my wallet, but what a collection of great music I just received. Lots of fun listening to these.