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Re: HMV

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:02 pm
by Undie
Maximus wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:58 pm
Claude Balls wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:50 am
Maximus wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:52 am
Talking of Record Shops, one of my favourite YT watches is 'What's In My Bag?'.
I think that happens to Wynona Rider in every shop she goes into now
She's always welcome to something out of my bag...
likewise

Re: HMV

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:47 pm
by Claude Balls
*gasp!*

Re: HMV

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:24 pm
by RockitRon
Doug Putman, reported in The Telegraph, said that he was disappointed to lose the Oxford Street site, and was "prepared to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars on it, but the landlord apparently has a better offer."

Oxford Street will certainly be poorer without it.

Re: HMV

Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:52 am
by Turnipsock
Phillip Phlopp wrote:
Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:52 pm
Will they reinstall those wooden cabinets (like a small enclosed telephone box) where you could stand and listen to the LP you wanted to buy? To get the authentic experience they'd have to ensure the worn-out earphones were a bit greasy and the cabinet smelt of cigarettes and wee (and something else you couldn't quite place but was a bit unpleasant).
I remember listening to Close To The Edge in one of those, that was that booth out of the equation for an hour.

There is a bunch of stuff that is better on Amazon than going to the shops, things like tools.

The things to shops for are clothes, shoes and food...that's it. Maplin, Comet, HMV, forget it. (actually, supermarkets do clothes and shoes!)

Re: HMV

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:45 am
by Undie
This is quite sad, Peterborough Store signing off

Re: HMV

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:00 am
by Maximus
Undie wrote:
Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:45 am
This is quite sad, Peterborough Store signing off
Let's hope the campaign to re-open the store is successful.

Re: HMV

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:14 am
by Undie
The real shame, it used to have a great store on the main sq in town. I have had lots of friends work there from leaving school and it was probably the main shop of any kind in that square but they moved into the shopping precinct and a vacant Zavvi/virgin store and it became a Nandos. I've only been in it half a dozen times over the years it has been there, probably the last time I bought anything was for an ipod docking station. Who uses them these days

Re: HMV

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:16 am
by RockitRon
The new owner had better get his finger (and wallet) out quickly. There was no-one in the store (apart from staff twiddling their thumbs) when I looked in yesterday, and the two new release CDs I would have expected to see and buy were not there - in fact, apart from Ariana Grande and The Specials I don't think they've received any new or replacement stock, and there's nothing to attract footfall.

Re: HMV

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:30 pm
by Claude Balls
I couldn't find the old consumer thread so thought this was the best place for this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... r-47754547

People presumably not going out shopping, and instead spending too much time out in the sunshiiiiiine