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Farewell to HMV

Al Krow

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Al Krow Grand Master

Al Krow

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Went into Administration today. This time around it'll probably not come out the other end.

I, for one, will be sad to see it go. But times they are a changin'...

Cat Burrito Grand Master

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HMV was definitely part of my childhood, a bit like Our Price etc. Coincidentally I ordered a couple of David Bowie things from them just this week, having not placed an order with them in ages. Thankfully they showed up today. End of an era though.

PatrickJ Mentor

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I never liked HMV stores and their online shop was equally dire.  However I do feel for the 2000+ employees that are suddenly going to be out of a job.

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Woodinblack Grand Master

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Well, they are worth something at the moment, the stores are still open, I went in one today.

I will be sad to see them go, it is another one of the big shops in our town that will become a vacant lot

Cato Grand Master

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None of the HMV stores round these parts survived the first round of administration.

They all went 'full Woolworths ' even selling off the shelves and racks as well as the CDs and DVDs.

NancyJohnson Grand Master

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HMV, even back in the day, always seemed to be well behind the curve and it was never a go to location when I was still buying CDs or DVDs.  They'd always seemed to be too mainstream and didn't really do that particularly well.

While I should feel concerned about the death of the high street, insofar as HMV goes, I'm indifferent.  There's nowt specialist about them; Amazon do the same product, for cheaper and with next day delivery.  Why would I ever schlep into town to buy from them?

Delberthot Veteran

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I can't remember the last time I went into a shop and bought a CD.

A bit of nostalgia but I fondly remember going into Tower Records in Glasgow. 5 floors of music. I got a lot of what was considered obscure back then like Parliament, The Meters, Funkadelic etc

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Drax Proficient

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HMV in much the same spiral as House of Fraser, Debenhams, - huge rents and an indifferent product. 

Mothercare will be next, and Mike Ashley will be hoovering it all up.. 

 

 

Maude Grand Master

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The trouble I've always found with HMV, and this is going back a few years but into the Internet buying era, is that a bands current CD was a normal price, tenner-ish, but any of their older cd's were through the roof pricewise, where other retailers sold most older cd's for less than the current release. 

There's been quite a few artists I've got into and bought their back catalogue on the Internet, mainly amazon if cheap enough new or ebay second hand. A few times I have bought a back catalogue for £30 where in HMV it would've been a couple of hundred. 

I've been in there and seen a CD for £17.99 and gone on Amazon while in HMV and bought it for £4.

It's sad but I've had no reason to use HMV for a long time, and I don't do streaming preferring to own the physical item. 

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Newfoundfreedom Grand Master

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Just now, FinnDave said:

I thought they'd gone years ago!

They went into adminstration about 5 years ago but either got bought out or bailed out and managed to survive. 

I don't think they'll be so lucky this time around. 

 

chris_b Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Sadly it looks like it's is destined to become yet another fond memory of my younger days. Along with Blockbuster, Tandy and Athena. 

. . . . and don't forget Laskys.

AndyTravis Grand Master

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I haven’t been in a HMV for years, until about 5 months ago. They didn’t have what I wanted and there was nobody to ask for help, so I left.

- as an aside, it’s a shame for the staff. It really is. And having had mates in a similar position, I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone - especially not in January when everyone decides they’re going to look for a new job...

count my blessings I got out of retail. it’s a dying industry 

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Al Krow Grand Master

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Seems like the general consensus is "ah well, bit of a shame, but not going to effect me personally very much".

Browsing through hundreds of different albums is not something we want to find the time to do anymore.

It is amazing to have an unlimited world of music available for almost no cost (Spotify, YouTube etc), I can't deny that.

Waterstones have thrived in the internet age. But then a physical book still beats a kindle hands down in a way that a CD doesn't give you anything more than streamed music.

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There's one near me. Every time I walked past it looked like a funeral in waiting. Last time I went in it there were some youths sort of hanging around. I think they were staff but I couldn't be sure.

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kevvo66 Community Regular

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What with streaming these days ,cd and DVD are a sinking ship ,but vinyls have gone up in sales  ,who even uses money these days it's all PayPal and the like ? Feel sorry for all those people who are going to lose their jobs ,blade runner springs too mind enjoy the journey folks it about to get a whole lot weirder

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