Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale

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Moira Stewart
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Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale

#1 Post by Moira Stewart »

Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas? :?

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It's just a special two-day sale, isn't it.

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#3 Post by kennym »

Lets all go out and buy early Xmas pressies..!!

Boost sales and get it to 100,000 UK sales!!

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#4 Post by Moira Stewart »

At least it should CHART again

Possibly...

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My original just started jumping. Perfect timing!

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#6 Post by gareth »

HMV have some very cool albums in the sale at the moment - far from embarassing.
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#7 Post by Moira Stewart »

Not many of them were only released a few months ago though...

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Moira Stewart wrote:Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas? :?
It makes it a great impulse buy, for people who perhaps wouldn't buy it at full price.

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#9 Post by Undertaker »

Moira Stewart wrote:Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas? :?
Not really. Fundamental has already sold more than most would have expected. It wont shift anymore copies, so it either sits in the warehouse getting covered in cobwebs, or its reduced to see if it can sell a few more copies.

I don't think an album priced at 3.99 is allowed to chart though. I think they have to have a limit.

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Undertaker wrote: I don't think an album priced at 3.99 is allowed to chart though. I think they have to have a limit.

Dave
I think it's still chart eligible at that price. I remember a couple of years ago Tracy Chapman's debut album suddenly reappeared in the top 20 and I thought 'how on earth did that happen?' I then found out it was being sold really cheaply in an HMV sale - it may have been £3.99 actually. Of course, with chart rules constantly changing they may have put a price limit on the charts since then.
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#11 Post by E-Mail Vampire »

kennym wrote:Lets all go out and buy early Xmas pressies..!!

tht is xactly what i did lol

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#12 Post by Bang »

Thanks for the info, just ordered 2 copies as presents for friends :).

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I posted about this last week. I'm glad someone finally decided to take notice of my posts

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#14 Post by Jareth »

It will be able to chart. Full price CD's that have been put down in a sale can chart, but CD's released at a budget price can't. Stupid I know..

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#15 Post by RexMundi »

I worked for Virgin Megastores for over six years, and know that during some sales, we had to print special "sale" UPC barcodes and cover over the existing barcode on the album/video etc. Therefore, the album sale did not count for a possible chart tally. If anyone did purchase a £3.99 copy of the album, did you notice if there was an original barcode scanned or a stickered one?

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