VMP only hour

@xrayeyes Cool.

@xrayeyes oh is it?

@xrayeyes

Guess I’m into Total Bullshit.

@xrayeyes May I interest you in a bunch of sour grapes?

@xrayeyes

@xrayeyes

I would need the assistance of a true expert (such as you apparently are), to be able to know that for sure.

@lynnr13

I’m about to drive so can’t look it up. But check the FAQ.

@lynnr13 Very Mediocre Person it’s like a club for the weird dysfunctional people who like shopping on websites with below average sales and below average product offerings most of the time except during battery candy corn and other select periods

@ctheiner you can’t it’s an exclusive club for the original hanger ons and some later arrivals but you sir are to late (maniacal laughter)

@ctheiner You are a mere ordinary member. With a heart in your shield. VMP’s have a V.

The program was originally called MVP. Then they stopped it, reduced the benefits (from not much to even less) and changed it into being just a member. VMP’s were grandfathered in, but heaven help them if they let their membership lapse as then they can’t get back in and have to join the mere mortals as a lowly member.

@Kidsandliz

The program was originally called MVP.

Oh?

@therealjrn She is delusional, but the sad thing is that she really believes her delusions.

@therealjrn Typo. Thanks for catching that.

@Barney Yup I have this delusion that you are actually nice to me. It’s a really lovely delusion I hope to believe in for a really long time.

@Kidsandliz

Typo. Thanks for catching that.

Your backstory of VMP has errors as well. : )

@therealjrn I am sure the people who care about historical accuracy would appreciate it if you’d post a more accurate history than I did. I don’t recall all the finer points of what VMP used to be like. I vaguely remember we’d get things like free mediocre socks and a few other things. I joined and dropped it several times prior the final call. Free stuff stopped well prior to meh ending the program. Now shipping is the same deal as members and pretty much the only perk we get now is VMP hour. Well and the cool badge.

@Kidsandliz I’m just saying if your going to be recounting a story, at least get it half-way right. ; )

@therealjrn Well since I am not a robot (I got one of the first round IRKs!!) I don’t have a perfect memory. And I don’t really care one way or another anyway. It is close enough. It existed. There were perks. Most went away. Then the program went away and if you drop you can’t get it back (well outside of the wine site where they let people on for a limited period of time if they contributed to the kickstarter maybe? I don’t remember anymore). Now all we have is a cool badge and VMP hour. If it bothers you fix it. I am not a historian.

Look, I don’t want to cause an existential crisis, but you did just fail to prove that.

@mediocrebot Nope I proved I am not a robot as I got one of the first round irks!!

@Kidsandliz

I am not a historian.

Clearly.

Don’t getcher jimmies all rustled Kal. It’s not good for your health.

@therealjrn But here I thought we’d be a matched pair with the rustled up jimmies we both have. We could have done the “jimmies all rustled up” dance competition together. I’m so disappointed

@Kidsandliz What, do you have to have the last word? Ok. There ya go, you got it in.

@Kidsandliz @therealjrn

What, do you have to have the last word?

Last!

@Kidsandliz @therealjrn 10% off at Morningsave is a better perk than crappy socks once a year. Oh, wait, we were supposed to keep that secret.

@sammydog01 Oh yeah. I forgot about that. That’s a good deal for those who buy from there. Haven’t bought anything there so that may be why I forgot.

@Apostlii did you contact support when that happened? I know they fixed it for someone else who had (I think) a credit card expiration update and didn’t get it fixed here in time for the credit card charge.

@Apostlii @Kidsandliz they did but I feel like it’s better to be a piece of shit and save $60 a year plus all the shit you would have bought

@riceatusc I’m really curious why that one guy seems to be trying to jerk that other guy off. And why that was your chosen gif although that angle looks strange

@f00l me too. I’m really bummed.

@RiotDemon

Only think: successfully bagging an IRK when they come up for sale is way better than actually receiving and unboxing one.

So maybe just get drunk instead?

/giphy hold my beer

@f00l next hour may be irk. I have a feeling.
disappointment will come either way

@f00l There was a VMP IRK, just wasn’t labeled as such a 3 pm CT. Guess you missed that one.

/giphy My Condolences

@riceatusc

Yeah.

Winter. Could use some sox.

@riceatusc

BTW; curiosity:

Does your uid refer to Rice University at USC?

/giphy rice marching owl band

@riceatusc

Oh well no giphy

/image rice university MOB marching owl band

@f00l no it had to do with the
/giphy university of south carolina

@bdp They didn’t make that many sales either. Couldn’t have anything to do with what they were selling could it?

@bdp @Kidsandliz still debating ending my vmp

@arbdef I had planned to end mine and then got a surprise. Someone sends me a $5/mo allowance with strict orders I am to use it to pay for that. So I still have it. But the benefits aren’t much at this point if you don’t buy much.

@arbdef @bdp @Kidsandliz I dropped VMP a few months ago after buying maybe 2 things per year. Just wasn’t worth it since the alleged bonuses were thin on the ground.

@canuk Yup. Done and gone.

@Kidsandliz how do I enable push notifications. I didn’t even know VMP only hour could even be a thing. It’s payday and I even have money to waste!! so sad

Oh, don’t be sad, @canuk! It’s just @Kidsandliz has been ALL OVER the forums today to drop the information that she got a IRK right out of the gate…

You actually saved money today, so that’s winning!

@canuk Those must be some fine socks.

@canuk

The purest form of economic $value, what?

/giphy congrats!

@therealjrn they’re too small

@canuk @therealjrn They are nice socks.

@canuk what are these socks you speak of? I’ve never received anything free for being a VMP

@canuk @membrr me neither! Apparently in the very early days VMPs use to get surprise presents from time to time.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@membrr men’s medicare socks - had mediocre woven into them. Sad there were only men’s sizes though. I gave mine away in an exchange since they were too big. I think I sort of recall them also either showing up in a fuko later or maybe even sold?

@Kidsandliz hmm…maybe I did get them and don’t remember…

@readnj Someone reminded me that we also get 10% off on morningsave.

@readnj that’s what it seems and i still lose out on deals during VMP hour!