Response to: http://blog.alexative.com/blog/2013/10/03/turn-vcr-off-for-rspec-example-or-group/
Metadata is inherited. So instances can override a setting from a parent. Ideally, this should work:
RSpec.configure do |c|
# RSpec 3: c.before :example, :vcr do
c.before :each, :vcr do
puts "\n in vcr before each"
# Stuff here