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Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2013 17.18
by WillPS
Blockbusters should have gone under years ago. No idea how they keep going - mind you on the 2 or 3 occasions I've stepped in in the last 5 years they've been quite busy.
Who can be faffed with video rental in 2013, seriously?!
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2013 17.23
by lukey
I knew a surprising number of people who went there from time to time for video games. I have no idea how much this cost, but I suppose there's some rationale for renting a game you'd pretty much immediately trade-in anyway.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Wed 16 Jan, 2013 18.57
by woah
WillPS wrote:Blockbusters should have gone under years ago. No idea how they keep going - mind you on the 2 or 3 occasions I've stepped in in the last 5 years they've been quite busy.
Who can be faffed with video rental in 2013, seriously?!
Somehow, we have a Blockbusters locally - I don't know why it's still open because it's always empty and the staff really couldn't give a crap. It's obviously not been done up in any way since it opened (looks early to mid 90s to me) and everything is pretty expensive.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2013 18.45
by WillPS
Too soon.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Thu 17 Jan, 2013 20.06
by bilky asko
WillPS wrote:Too soon.
Too soon.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 14.52
by DVB Cornwall
HMV ...
Discovered one reason why the company got into this state, pricing. I know things are bad, but why should the same album be onsale at FOUR different prices within the same store, three on the same rack.
In Truro's store this morning
Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, Same edition, I checked the barcodes, was either £4, £5, £7 in the same rack, and under the artist filed section £8. The £4 and £5 copies blue crossed. Madness.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 16.01
by Sput
DVB Cornwall wrote: Madness.
Wait, I thought you were talking about Fleetwood Mac.
WAHEY
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 16.06
by Alexia
I genuinely picked up an album in HMV for 3p once.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 17.00
by WillPS
DVB Cornwall wrote:HMV ...
Discovered one reason why the company got into this state, pricing. I know things are bad, but why should the same album be onsale at FOUR different prices within the same store, three on the same rack.
In Truro's store this morning
Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits, Same edition, I checked the barcodes, was either £4, £5, £7 in the same rack, and under the artist filed section £8. The £4 and £5 copies blue crossed. Madness.
I suspect that has very little to do with their downfall. It's not unheard of for a record shop to carry 3 or 4 different versions of the same album, either (which may look exactly the same and/or actually have the same track listing).
The Blue Cross discount is applied manually at the till, which leads me to suspect they've just instructed managers to use as many blue crosses as they see fit so long as they avoid chart stock. Fopp had nowhere near as much as HMV also.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 17.44
by DVB Cornwall
Re-read. Identical versions, same on disk unique barcode on each.
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Posted: Fri 18 Jan, 2013 18.19
by Sput
DVB Cornwall wrote:Re-read. Identical versions, same on disk unique barcode on each.
How could you read the barcodes on the disk? The packaging is either empty or sealed IIRC.