It happened to me:
Was following the latest maiden album from June itself online and then surprisingly got the limited edition vinyl record for the latest maiden album The Final Frontier at my doorsteps from the band officially on 22 August; Album release date was August 16 2010. Since I had no vinyl player, I wrote back stating the tragic end that I still have not been able to listen to the latest album tracks despite the vinyl possession.
Last week I finally received the album on a CD on priority courtesy the band officially & EMI Music applauding my stand against music piracy!
The vinyl record is going on eBay 10 years from now as a vintage release :-)
