thirdtry Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 I ordered in the first few hours of the first day and still nothing for me. I used PayPal and chose UPS shipping. I guess I picked the wrong combo of payment and/or shipping and have been moved back in the line. Kind of a bummer. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 I'm in exactly the same boat. I think it's because we used PayPal. They have our money already, we drop down the list. Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted January 21, 2023 Report Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Brad said: They opened up the ordering around December 12th or so. December 13 is the date I ordered it. On Monday the 16th they told me the authorization had expired. So, in other words, a one month window. Yeah that's right. I checked and I ordered it on the 13th. So I guess they had a very tight window, delayed a few days and oops. Quote
John L Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) Well, I have listened through the box already and it is pretty incredible. I was surprised at how little of this music I had previously. It turns out that the vast majority of my previous JATP recordings from this period were unofficial and therefore not even included on this set. I think that Mosaic is under-selling this set a bit in its advertisements. Most of this music is rare. Nothing much of it was ever released on CD with the exception of the Krupa/Rich Drum Battle and the Opera House recordings of Hawkins/Eldridge, Getz/J.J. Johnson and Ella Fitzgerald (A track was actually omitted from the Hawkins/Eldridge CD for space reasons that is restored here). Hell, there is some Pres and Bean here that is previously unreleased in any form! I seem to recall that Larry Kart posted here that he was at the September 1957 concert at the Chicago Opera House that included Lester Young, Sonny Stitt, and Illinois Jacquet. Interestingly, it would appear that the LP that was released as the "The JATP All-Stars At The Opera House" included music not from that concert but from a performance done one month later at the Shine in LA. This set presents the known music from both concerts, including previously unreleased performances from Chicago. I am VERY SATISFIED with this set. Bravo, Mosaic! Edited January 22, 2023 by John L Quote
sidewinder Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 Great to hear this report - looking forward to receiving the set ! Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 3 hours ago, sidewinder said: Great to hear this report - looking forward to receiving the set ! Me as well—thanks, John! Quote
hbbfam Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 I ordered it on January 8, used Paypal, and will get it tomorrow. For whatever that is worth. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 22, 2023 Report Posted January 22, 2023 Wow, didn't even know one could order on the 8th. I am sure you will enjoy it! Quote
Big Al Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Mine is on its way and John's review has me even more excited to receive it! Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 I just sent an inquiry as to when I might expect mine to ship. Quote
thirdtry Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Let us know what you hear back. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 I heard back from Fred that he was expecting me to re-order with credit card info. . . but I paid with PayPal and last time was told that my order would just proceed therefor. I just responded with that info and have not heard back again yet. Quote
jlhoots Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Some screwy shipping stories here. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Okay Fred responded that they have my order and it is possibly shipping today. I think that they are perhaps missing some of these PayPal orders thinking they are credit card orders that need to be re-ordered and are waiting to receive a re-order. 1 hour ago, thirdtry said: Let us know what you hear back. thirdtry, I would email Fred at info@mosiacrecords.com and mention that you have a PayPal order you have not received a shipping notice on. Yours too may have been overlooked. Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 I'd think they'd have a simple system in place to handle PayPal orders first, since those orders are helping their cashflow/liquidity. Not doing so is a bad look, imo. First paid, last served, no thank you. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Yes, I would have assumed that they would have a way to differentiate pre-paid and pending orders. After some patience depleted I've had to inquire about my last three or four orders in order to get some action, and I've been using PayPal for a number of years and think that is the reason for delay. If you pay with PayPal I recommend following up after you hear of the commencement of shipping. Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Mine just arrived! The book is printed on unusually thick stock, making it massive. Nice looking box. Today is really Mosaic day. I also received in the mail a used copy of the Grachan Moncur III select. Plus I bid successfully on the June Christy Peggy Lee set. Yay! p.s.: The paper stock is thicker than usual but it also turned out I had several duplicate leaves, not bound but just stuck loose in the book, hence my surprise when I first picked it up. Recently I got an old Django book with missing leaves and now I got this one with extras. Edited January 23, 2023 by Stompin at the Savoy Quote
thirdtry Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Thanks jazzbo. I'm kind of surprised these things keep happening over and over again. Hopefully mine will be in the mail soon too. Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Well that was my hope too. . . but I think if I hadn't nudged their attention it would still be in limbo with them awaiting my (totally unnecessary) re-order. I do think it would be wise to just email them a query about a shipping date and nudge them to look for your order. Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, jazzbo said: Yes, I would have assumed that they would have a way to differentiate pre-paid and pending orders. After some patience depleted I've had to inquire about my last three or four orders in order to get some action, and I've been using PayPal for a number of years and think that is the reason for delay. If you pay with PayPal I recommend following up after you hear of the commencement of shipping. An organized customer action would stop ALL preorders thru PayPal until they get their act together. Let's see how much they appreciate losing those interest-free loans! Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Why not? I get that they like to get their money in the bank as early as possible and have it there as long as possible. So do I! Quote
Stompin at the Savoy Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 33 minutes ago, JSngry said: Why not? I get that they like to get their money in the bank as early as possible and have it there as long as possible. So do I! I think it is simpler than crafty pecuniary motives. You have here researchers, discographers, explorers of tape vaults, managers of a record release. And they are great at that. They are not that good at the sales end. Quote
sidewinder Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 Got my ‘processing’ message some days ago but yet to hear anything about ‘shipping’. Should I contact them? Quote
jazzbo Posted January 23, 2023 Report Posted January 23, 2023 42 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Not going to happen. An orgainzed customer action? Not going to happen. Quote
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