( #JackWhite, #Stupid, #Fanboys )
This has been making the blog rounds the last few days, but I would be doing my readers a disservice if I did not report on a musician actually making sense and telling the fans to shut the hell up.
Fans of Jack White’s Third Man Records have been complaining about poachers going into the store, buying the limited press vinyls and then selling them on ebay at massive mark-ups. White had this to say:
“We sell a Wanda Jackson split record for 10 bucks, the eBay flipper turns around and sells it for 300,” White wrote. “We’re not in the business of making flippers a living. We’re in the business of giving fans what they want.
He went on to say (pissing all the whiny fans off):
“We’ve done giveaways, contests, auctions, etc. a lot of different ways for vault members to get first crack at limited records when we don’t have to … seriously stop all of the whining, because what you communicate to us is that all of the trouble we go to isn’t worth it because nothing we do will make you happy. we’ll try to do back rubs door to door when we get a chance. sincerely the staff at third man records.”
(Quotes courtesy of AntiQuiet).
So fans are pissed off that White is producing special edition records, giving them first shot at the product if they sign up for site membership, and then when they miss out on the early sale (since these assholes are all procrastinators) and the product sells out, they bitch because they paid $300 bucks for a record. I hope Jack White kicks them all in the balls (nipple twists for the ladies) with his Seven Nation Army.
