Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 12:01 pm
Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas? 
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Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
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Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 12:14 pm
It's just a special two-day sale, isn't it.
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 12:17 pm
Lets all go out and buy early Xmas pressies..!!
Boost sales and get it to 100,000 UK sales!!
Boost sales and get it to 100,000 UK sales!!
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 12:42 pm
At least it should CHART again
Possibly...
Possibly...
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 2:25 pm
My original just started jumping. Perfect timing!
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 3:24 pm
HMV have some very cool albums in the sale at the moment - far from embarassing.
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 3:37 pm
Not many of them were only released a few months ago though...
Re: Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 3:37 pm
It makes it a great impulse buy, for people who perhaps wouldn't buy it at full price.Moira Stewart wrote:Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas?
Re: Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 3:41 pm
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.Moira Stewart wrote:Rather embarrassing, n'est-ce pas?
I don't think an album priced at 3.99 is allowed to chart though. I think they have to have a limit.
Dave
Re: Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 5:24 pm
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.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
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 6:06 pm
kennym wrote:Lets all go out and buy early Xmas pressies..!!
tht is xactly what i did lol
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 6:47 pm
Thanks for the info, just ordered 2 copies as presents for friends 
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.Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 7:33 pm
I posted about this last week. I'm glad someone finally decided to take notice of my posts
Re: Fundamental £3.99 in HMV Sale
Posted: Fri 29 Sep 2006, 9:54 pm
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..
Posted: Mon 02 Oct 2006, 3:11 pm
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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