The official LaLa.com Thread

thrasher73 wrote:

Eyesore,How do you like the Dyecrest?

I dig it. Solid CD!

Thrasher....I see you have me as a friend....I don't know to put you on my list!

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Thrasher....I see you have me as a friend....I don't know to put you on my list!

Easy Bro,just click on my avatar,then it will take you to my karma page.Upper right corner,click on add as friend.

No more lala for me.

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

No more lala for me.

Why not?

i got a couple with no art at all. Plus, the stuff i had for trade wasn't getting taken.

just not my thing. All the stuff I ever wanted i never got. Not really my cup o' tea.

I would be interested in it if I didn't have to use a credit card. My dad is helping me out in budgeting and payin off my debt and part of the aggreement is that I use only cash for food and non-essential items. My card can only be used to buy gas, for emergencies, and pay my car insurance. Maybe in a year or so, once I'm on my feet and supportining myself (or I marry some rich babe, as if).

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

i got a couple with no art at all. Plus, the stuff i had for trade wasn't getting taken.

just not my thing. All the stuff I ever wanted i never got. Not really my cup o' tea.

Those dicks that send no art at all should be suspended. I can't stand that. I had one guy do it to me TWICE! And the first time I was annoyed, the second time he said he did it on purpose to piss me off! He wrote this in a blurb to me. Is that not grounds for suspension? They suspended me for saying "gay," but a user can admit to exploiting the rules to intentionally piss someone off, and that's cool? Pffft!

I'm not jaded, though. Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

SoldierUnderCommand wrote:

i got a couple with no art at all. Plus, the stuff i had for trade wasn't getting taken.

just not my thing. All the stuff I ever wanted i never got. Not really my cup o' tea.

Those dicks that send no art at all should be suspended. I can't stand that. I had one guy do it to me TWICE! And the first time I was annoyed, the second time he said he did it on purpose to piss me off! He wrote this in a blurb to me. Is that not grounds for suspension? They suspended me for saying "gay," but a user can admit to exploiting the rules to intentionally piss someone off, and that's cool? Pffft!

I'm not jaded, though. Haha.

How did you like that Fates Warning CD?

Chairman_Smith wrote:

How did you like that Fates Warning CD?

Great CD! I used to own it, but it's one I sold when I downsized my collection because it was too big to fit in dorm rooms when I was in the Air Force. Looking back, I should have just kept everything in boxes under my bed, or made a table out of the boxes, or something. Selling was a bad move because I've re-bought tons of them!

I have a friend who uses those binders for his CD collection, so he gives me the jewelcases. He never takes the back inserts out, so I always keep those that I may need, in case I don't get the back insert through lala. It's worked good for me a couple times, but I also now have a few I set aside that I didn't end up needing (got the back insert).

So I have a few some of you may want:

Badlands - Badlands
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
Strung Out - An American Paradox

yeah I've got artwork for Angra-Fireworks if anyone needs it.The disc was split when I got it.

I have about reached the end of my rope with these guys....

Out of the last 6 cds I have received 4 have been cracked (most recent today!!)

I asked the post office about it and they said they could do nothing, that their machine shouldn't cause this....I NEVER hadany damage with the plastic shells they used to use and would gladly pay up to a dollar more if they went back to that....

Stupid cheap hippies!!!Argh!!

Shiney wrote:

I asked the post office about it and they said they could do nothing, that their machine shouldn't cause this....I NEVER hadany damage with the plastic shells they used to use and would gladly pay up to a dollar more if they went back to that....

They don't use the plastic shells anymore? (I've been on vacation mode @ Lala for the past several months so I haven't been keeping up to date on what's happening over there.) What are they using now?

I guess I can throw away the last couple of shells I have hanging around in my desk drawer then?

cardboard sleeves....but the forums are littered with sts by people (like me) complaining about all the broken discs...so maybe they'll go back to the plastic ones....

Shiney wrote:

I asked the post office about it and they said they could do nothing, that their machine shouldn't cause this....I NEVER hadany damage with the plastic shells they used to use and would gladly pay up to a dollar more if they went back to that....

This is most definitely got to do with the post office processing facilities. I have not gotten any cracked CDs, but it seems that some people continuously get them. That's a trend that says wherever your mail is processed is breaking them. I would contact lala. I know they supposedly spent a lot of money and time working side by side with the post office for these envelopes and the way they're processed. And apparently it's new technology. If lala knows about this, they may be able to work with your local mail people and get it sorted. I know they have a guy that works strictly with the post office issues.

Shiney wrote:

cardboard sleeves....but the forums are littered with sts by people (like me) complaining about all the broken discs...so maybe they'll go back to the plastic ones....

It's not the shells. It's how the mail is sorted now. Ever see those videos of how letters are zipped through those machines? These new envelopes go that way now, too. So the only thing I can think is happening is that people are putting too many things through at once and the pressure is breaking the CDs. I mean, you can't break a letter, you know, so post office employees likely are in the habit of shoving more letters through than they're supposed to. The CDs, however, can break, and do. That's all I can think of.

At first I thought people were exaggerating at how often CDs came broken, but now reading all the forum complaints I think I'm more inclined to believe them (even though some are clearly liars).

I did contact the 209ers and was told they are monitoring the damage ratios and working on a solution....


rada rada rada....

Shiney wrote:

I did contact the 209ers and was told they are monitoring the damage ratios and working on a solution....


rada rada rada....

Well, hopefully they get it together.

....rather than start a new thread and since it's semi-related....

Has anyone ever tried Peerflix? http://www.peerflix.com/help/tutorials/howitworks.jsf

Apparently its similar to LALA but with DVDs.

SwapaDVD.com has been awesome for me with DVDs.

The Gathering's Home is available on SwapaCD with all art. Great CD. Nothing like Mandylion or Nighttime Birds, though.

Is anyone still doing lala? I had been throttled since forever, and was not checking in much anymore, but I just got my second ship this week.

I'm still doing it. I get 1-5 a month it seems....

Well then ship me something, fool!