Just a depressive Taylor Swift fan and collector, who is also into cars and motorsports and gaming. I also don't mind chatting with other Swifties, so feel free to contact me.Motorsport blog: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/motorsport-thoughtsGaming blog: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/freetimegaming
This is the japanese deluxe cd of The Tortured Poets Department, with it's iconic 7" cardboard sleeve and all it's extras, the early buyers bonus included.
The early buyer bonus was this keychain:
The 7" booklet:
The cd and it's 7" holder:
The double sided poster:
The postcards:
And the japanese lyrics booklet (that I still can't read :D )
The Tortured Poets Department. An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed. And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.
The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is…………. Fortnight featuring @postmalone 🤍 I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever. I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight. Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW.
“Hey Spotify! Happy release week of The Tortured Poets Department album! Make sure to pre-save the album and keep checking back for more updates from the department.”
Taylor and Will Anderson from Parachute jumping around, circa 2012.
This was originally posted by a Parachute member who had found his old camera and he dated the video to circa 2012. I lost the original instagram link and I don't remember who posted it. The video is called "Happy Friday".
Signed TTPD editions: Ideas on how to stop scalpers
I'm extremely frustrated (again), about the signed photo editions of TTPD. Because it must've been sold out so fast in the whole world. I saw it not too long after it was posted here on Tumblr, but it was sold out everywhere. Then I looked at Ebay, and despite the fact that it was only possible to buy one copy, Ebay is flooded with those signed TTPD versions. All of them for at least 230€ or $, up to over 1000€ or $.
Please @taylorswift / @taylornation / Universal Music do something to prevent scalpers from milking your fans and getting rich because people are buying from them. Because it should be your fans who'll get those items, because they really want to have them, and not some people or businesses who live from milking real fans and only buy the stocks empty, to get even richer than they already are and prevent fans from getting those signed or limited items. For me it feels almost like fraud by those scalpers.
My ideas:
To prevent bots from buying it: Introduce a system in all your stores (worldwide) that will send you a code to your email, or as an sms onto your phone, that the buyer has to type in, in order to finalize their order of limited or signed items. Maybe also introduce a captcha if someone wants to order limited or signed items. (Even though I hate captchas)
Check addresses! If someone has multiple accounts and orders with the same address, cancel all but one order from them. In my country (Germany), many stores did that when the Playstation 5 was available for pre-order and it worked to at least reduce that behaviour.
I don't know how it is with the laws, but if possible, forbid people from selling those signed items somewhere else for one or two years after it was originally sold, or only allow to sell it for a maximum of 10% more than the original price.