Metal Reviews

I just sent them messages asking if they'd sent it or not. One chick was sending just the CD because it was a digipak. Lesson learned. I got some guy sending me Snuff The Punk by P.O.D.—fuck off!—now and he said he didn't send the back insert. He says he's going to mail it separately. I don't get why anyone wouldn't fucking mail the back insert unless it's a promo cut-out.

I just changed my displayed name to Eyeore (Send Back Inserts!). Not sure if it will work, but it can't hurt.

This website is an awesome idea, but it has some drawbacks. I've mentioned a few, but let's put them all here:

1. You're not guaranteed to get any of your CDs even if you've sent some off to someone else. It's all based on who has what you're looking for. I think some of the more rare stuff will be hard to find through this site. Albums from more mainstream bands will probably be found very easy through this site, but not the rare stuff.

2. Back inserts are not required. Meaning someone could send you a CD without the back insert. Fucking lame. There is an option you can choose so you'll only get CDs that include the booklet, but there is no option for a back insert. This, of course, is because legally they can't profit from promos, so trading promos through the site is illegal. But some promos are only marked so by a hole punched in the barcode. So this is Lala.com's way around that; this is how the can make a little profit from promos.

3. The shipping envelopes they send you are tiny; they're just big enough to put the little thin plastic case they provide for the CD, and then the CD artwork and back insert. You can't fit anything else. It keeps the weight very light, this is how they make their money. They're making about $1 per transaction. Smart move, but people are trading digipaks and they will not fit in the envelope. So any digipak you request you'll only get the CD and booklet (if there is a booklet).

4. It's cheap, but if you list a lot of stuff people want you can find yourself being charged a lot! Haha. In like two days I was sent five CDs. It's still only going to cost me $8.75, which is awesome, but it could add up quick! Not so much of a drawback, but something to be aware of.

Either way it's still a pretty sweet website.

EDIT: I just changed my image to this:



Maybe this will help, too.

This is funny. I changed my name on the site to Send Back Inserts, Plz! Thanks!. Now, I just some message from some asshole, this is what it reads:



This came from Lala = Music, Don't Ask for ART. What a retard.

I changed my name and avatar as well. Apparently lala is only for tr00 LaLaers.

This person is a retard. He/she gets annoyed when people ask for artwork! Hahaha. Why?? The person that just sent me a CD says he threw the back insert out after sending the CD! Why the fuck would you do that? Seriously. If you have it, fucking send it!!

Agreed. I have two Dream Theaters being shipped to me and the person already responded to my message saying the back inserts were included.


Btw, I have Aina, but it is way to big to fit into a lala slip. If you have something worth trading I'll send it to you.

I just need the main disc. I can't find mine. I have the 3CD version, not sure what happened to my CD. I think it's probably inside another CD case. I know the few times I took the CD to work I never brought the big deluxe case. It's gotta be here somewhere, but I have over 5,000 CDs! Hahaha. It's going to take me a while to find this damn CD if it's in another case with another CD. If not, I have no idea where it is.

If you wanna send it through this site—if you don't want the CD—by all means do so. That'll give you another trade. =)

Here is the thing. I originally purchased it off of Ebay and got the cd with the slip case, then I ordered the three disc set b/c I wanted the whole collection. So, I can check my car for that slip case version, but I'm not 100% sure on it's condition.

If you have just the CD that would rule. Let me know.

I got three more CDs today: Transform by Powerman 5000 (totally way better than expected), Beneath...Between...Beyond by Static-X, and Snuff The Punk by POD.

The POD album came without the booklet so that went right back on my Have List.

I just got a notice today saying Sentenced - Down and Dark Tranquility - Skydancer are on the way. I wouldn't exactly call those mainstream CD's, so maybe this will be good for getting albums that are otherwise a bit hard to locate (without going through an online distro, that is).

I hope so. I just disputed the POD album. First, it didn't have the back insert, which sucked, but I also noticed that the artwork is different. The one I requested, though I didn't know it, was the remastered re-release with a bonus video. This kid sent me the original 1994 version. Fag.

So I'm disputing it.

Well, I got credit for that CD. Word.

I'm at a standstill right now. I've got like five people requesting CDs, but I can only ship one at a time, not all five! I've gotta wait until people confirm receipt of CDs I sent. Weak. I guess the more you trade the more CDs you can have in transit (coming and going), but it still sucks! Haha.

And how come my name and avatar has drawn so much criticism from these fuckers?!

Anyone besides NESS, Afeigel and myself using this?

I love everything about this. I can get rid of CD's I don't like (or hate) and get ones I've been wanting for a looooong time. Awesome!

Even at $1.75 a CD without an insert is no rip-off. It just sucks. Plus, if this happens I'll just keep adding it to my Want List until I get a back insert! Haha. I'll even tell the person to keep the CD and booklet and just send me the damn insert! I don't care.

A great site, but I can see myself with like 200 trades going on at once! Hahaha. And that wouldn't be cool.

If anyone cares, this site really kicks ass. $1.75 for CDs I would never pay full price for is awesome. So far I've traded these:

• Deuce by Beautiful Creatures
• Live In Deutschland by Saviour Machine
• The Wind Kissed Pictures by Christian Death
• I Get Along by The Libertines
• What It Is To Burn by Finch
• Alaska by Between The Buried & Me
• Freedom Is A State Of Mind by Corporate Avenger
• Through The Eyes Of Night, Winged They Come by Fog

And for those I've gotten these:

• Faceless by Godsmack
• Payable On Death by P.O.D.
• Snuff The Punk by P.O.D.
• Immortal by Beth Hart Band
• Beneath...Between...Beyond by Static-X
• Start A War by Static-X
• Destroy What You Enjoy by Powerman 5000
• Transform by Powerman 5000
• To The 5 Boroughs by The Beastie Boys

Not a bad deal. Nine CDs for $15.75? Sweetness.

I have given:

Taake - Over Bjoergvin Graater
Stratovarius - Elements II
Human Fortress - Lord Of Earth And Heaven's Heir
Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Evergrey - Recreation Day

I have recieved:

Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...
Iron Maiden - Brave New World

You have given away Over Bjoergvin Graater?
Shame on you!

I couldn't get into it. I got when I was really into underground black metal, but I listen to it now and it just sounds like crap. Taake isn't for me.

That sucks.

I had a roommate that just up and left to live in Florida, and he's owed me about $500 for a few months now. His CD's he left here are working out pretty good as trading fodder.

Sent so far:

• Nightwish - Once (I have 2 somehow)
• 2pac - Better Days (Disc 1 of 2)
• Shyheim - The Lost Generation
• Inspectah Deck - The Movement
• Dungeon Family - Even in Darkness
• Outkast - Stankonia
• The Roots - The Tipping Point

Received so far:

• Rush - 2112
• Rush - Moving Pictures
• Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
• King Crimson - Three of Perfect Pair
• Sentenced - Down
• Meshuggah - Catch Thirty-Three
• Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night

Oh, come on! Admit it, you're a wigger.

The rap CDs I'm trading are mine. Yo.

I've got nothin' to hide, holmes! I'm saving my Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep CD's, as well as some others. Fo shizzle dizzle!