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Tall Guy aka "he who must be obeyed"
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Jan 18, 2013 - 12:20 AM
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Mr Greg
(Member)
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I lived in London (well, North London) from 92-95...university...and the amount of time I spent in HMV Oxford Street? Well, if I'd had spent as much time on my studies I would have got a First easy! Sooooo many VHS's I bought from that place, way too many tapes (yes, was still on tapes)....regular weekend haunt! Sad to see HMV on the wane, but I'm afraid if you are an entertainment store and don't adapt your business model to go with the times, you really have got a big problem. I posted on Faceache the other day that my local HMV has opened up a "Used DVD" section...yes, fine, but you are a good 15 years too late. And not one used Blu-ray, yet a shop (another national chain that deals with recent - but not new - releases, both new and used products) about 8 doors down is doing a booming trade in them. It just doesn't work, you have to move with the times a little. Other shops do, why not HMV? It's heartbreaking...and I will miss it if it disappears altogether. Also - so many times I have discovered a movie just while browsing... Even worse for Gloucester - our HMV is next to our (ex) Jessops! You couldn't write it.
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Just thought I'd say HMV used to be good then they went shit.I bought a lot from them over the years.Then they became robbing *********.!5/16 quid for a cd,when only 8 quid-ish on line(even their own site was cheaper than the shop).So I had one little tear,for nostalgic reasons and then got over it.
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Judging by that report and their state of finances, I don't think they're going away anytime soon. Streamlined, with some store closures? Probably. But I think they will maintain a presence in a lot of cities yet.
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Oh yes, I'm reading this thank you. I shall soon be making my way down to my local HMV.
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