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Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Thu 06 Jan 2011, 7:18 pm
by Undertaker
IMO, i'm not sure online stores are mainly responsible for places like HMV and Virgin shutting down. First of all, they need to take responsibilty themselves by getting their prices in order but supermarkets like Asda and Tesco, sell cd's and DVD's. You can go shopping to a supermarket and more or less buy everything you need under one roof.

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 09 Jan 2011, 5:36 am
by retrofuturist
HMV have been milking the public for far too long. That they're now a direction-less shambles does not disappoint me.

Retro. :)

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 09 Jan 2011, 10:29 am
by Morton Fire
HMV has been too expensive for years..... and it's almost impossible to get what you want in-store :down:

It's one less place to browse though :think:

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Fri 04 Feb 2011, 3:48 pm
by Dipso
The HMV branch cull has begun:

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/hm ... res-begin/

Nottingham, where I live, has gone from three shops to one in the last few months.

Waterstones (owned by HMV) is taking a hit too:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/fe ... 0-branches

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sat 05 Feb 2011, 10:28 pm
by Lucy
Had a feeling the small one in plymouth would go...we have a larger hmv in the shopping centre.

We also have two Waterstones so I can see one of the branches being closed!

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 2:01 pm
by glennjridge
I dont miss the big chains, I like the little corner stores opened by youngish alternative types.walls peppered with all sorts of memorabilia,always some sort of punk group playing on the soundsystem.
theres a little store near me that always has the rare stuff, the oddities,with dudes working there have weird haircuts and rings in their noses and ears.but they know everything about everything.


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otherwise if I want to buy physical CD's I have to go to Wal-Mart.

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 2:13 pm
by Undertaker
It looks like Firth's room when he took that photo with the sign.

How are you supposed to find anything in that shit-hole?

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 2:33 pm
by glennjridge
how do you find anything there?! do you ask a prospector why does he look for gold in some dirty little river? do you ask a deep sea diver how do they find artifacts in sunken ships? do you ask homicide detectives how do they bother finding evidence at a messy crime scene? do you ask a chef why do they bother trying to bring out the most flavors of some dish?
I suggest you re phrase your question........sir.

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 2:44 pm
by Undertaker
glennjridge wrote:how do you find anything there?! do you ask a prospector why does he look for gold in some dirty little river? do you ask a deep sea diver how do they find artifacts in sunken ships? do you ask homicide detectives how do they bother finding evidence at a messy crime scene? do you ask a chef why do they bother trying to bring out the most flavors of some dish?
I suggest you re phrase your question........sir.
It's their jobs. Simples...

If i go into a shop, i expect to find things pretty easily. You don't mind looking but to find anything in that shambles, you would need a qualified team of archiologists. It's a death trap as well as a hovel.

Re: HMV R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun 06 Feb 2011, 3:16 pm
by glennjridge
lol! I never really felt like indiana jones there. its a sort of organized chaos. all the artists are in alphabetical order and all that in the slots of a particular group. its just that when it comes to every CD actually being in the slot or on top of the pile, all bets are off.