Paint by#'s lafayette blues-lets shake hands:

edwardcarlton · Post by **edwardcarlton** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:04 pm

artstudent13 wrote:thanks for the photos trickster! i wonder how much they went for at thirdman if they are going for $150 on ebay...?

TMR was selling them for $15 on RSD, but it was such a mess that day. It took them over 4 hours to have 60 people go through the check out line. They had huge problems as if they never practiced checking people out before they opened the doors. It took 4 people and 25 minutes to ring up my records and all I bought were the RSD specials, 3 records. They couldnt figure out how to find the items in the register system and people kept cutting in line. They ended up selling me my Paint by numbers for the regular single price ($6) and they couldn't figure out how to charge me tax so they just didn't. It was the usually TMR unorganized cluster F. It made me vow not to attend anymore of their special events. I was very disappointed in the way they handled things. People were actually yelling at the staff because they kept letting people in from the back of the line ahead of people who had been there hours before. The door man also told people they were sold out of the special releases and prevented people from getting in line for them even though they still had plenty of the special releases. It was a complete mess and the staff really didn't seem to care. I purchased my records and left. I didn't stay for the music because I couldn't stand to be in that building anymore. Completely unorganized, no one knew what was going on. Worst TMR event I've attended.

gst510 · Post by **gst510** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:51 pm

edwardcarlton wrote:
artstudent13 wrote:thanks for the photos trickster! i wonder how much they went for at thirdman if they are going for $150 on ebay...?
TMR was selling them for $15 on RSD, but it was such a mess that day. It took them over 4 hours to have 60 people go through the check out line. They had huge problems as if they never practiced checking people out before they opened the doors. It took 4 people and 25 minutes to ring up my records and all I bought were the RSD specials, 3 records. They couldnt figure out how to find the items in the register system and people kept cutting in line. They ended up selling me my Paint by numbers for the regular single price ($6) and they couldn't figure out how to charge me tax so they just didn't. It was the usually TMR unorganized cluster F. It made me vow not to attend anymore of their special events. I was very disappointed in the way they handled things. People were actually yelling at the staff because they kept letting people in from the back of the line ahead of people who had been there hours before. The door man also told people they were sold out of the special releases and prevented people from getting in line for them even though they still had plenty of the special releases. It was a complete mess and the staff really didn't seem to care. I purchased my records and left. I didn't stay for the music because I couldn't stand to be in that building anymore. Completely unorganized, no one knew what was going on. Worst TMR event I've attended.

It's sad really. Not sure how their hiring process works, but I've had similar experiences.

artstudent13 · Post by **artstudent13** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:25 pm

wow, now im glad i couldn't make it lol.. thanks for the info !

dr.dano · Post by **dr.dano** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:39 pm

edwardcarlton wrote: TMR was selling them for $15 on RSD, but it was such a mess that day. It took them over 4 hours to have 60 people go through the check out line. They had huge problems as if they never practiced checking people out before they opened the doors. It took 4 people and 25 minutes to ring up my records and all I bought were the RSD specials, 3 records. They couldnt figure out how to find the items in the register system and people kept cutting in line. They ended up selling me my Paint by numbers for the regular single price ($6) and they couldn't figure out how to charge me tax so they just didn't. It was the usually TMR unorganized cluster F. It made me vow not to attend anymore of their special events. I was very disappointed in the way they handled things. People were actually yelling at the staff because they kept letting people in from the back of the line ahead of people who had been there hours before. The door man also told people they were sold out of the special releases and prevented people from getting in line for them even though they still had plenty of the special releases. It was a complete mess and the staff really didn't seem to care. I purchased my records and left. I didn't stay for the music because I couldn't stand to be in that building anymore. Completely unorganized, no one knew what was going on. Worst TMR event I've attended.

this is very sad.

Kali Durga · Post by **Kali Durga** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:04 pm

Having worked in retail for a verrrrrrry loooooooooong time and having just gone through a store expansion in which we installed a new POS system, I can tell you that no amount of practice transactions will fully prepare you for having hundreds of customers in your face. In a perfect world, TMR would have had a soft opening before Black Friday so they could have been a bit more prepared. But that wouldn't have been as exciting as tying their grand opening in with Record Store Day. Jack has apparently never worked point-of-sale, so making a big splash won out.

I had a terrific experience there on Sunday of that weekend, the staff was great. Obviously still figuring things out, but very gracious and friendly.

artstudent13 · Post by **artstudent13** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:14 am

Kali Durga... THANKS good to know

Alabama Woody · Post by **Alabama Woody** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:22 am

You had to know going in that is was going to be over the top total chaos.
That's why you have to camp out and be up front or go later and try to control your anxiety and have extreme patience!

I'm going to wait and go later on when the madness has died down. I can't wait to go!

But I guarantee you the folks at TMR tried their very best

dr.dano · Post by **dr.dano** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 2:35 am

mangry · Post by **mangry** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:41 pm

dr.dano wrote:

You're awesome!

dr.dano · Post by **dr.dano** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:16 am

Alabama Woody · Post by **Alabama Woody** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:30 am

dr.dano wrote:

Bikedo · Post by **Bikedo** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:26 am

Impressive.

JonnyH · Post by **JonnyH** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:39 pm

That's beautiful!

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:56 pm

Thanks very much for the scans, and glad to see people actually painting them. Good job.

carne517 · Post by **carne517** » Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:07 pm

dr.dano wrote:

Did you use the paint and the brushes provided? Or did you purchase some? Either way looks great. I let my daughter paint mine, so it's not as...precise. They put these out to be painted, and have fun with.

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