So long HMV

[suntan]

Wow forgot how brutal the pricing is there.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by BensonTT


Really? I might swing by and buy a Superman mug lol

Still over priced. Those Funko figure was still listed at $12 after discount. You were able to get them at $8 during boxing day at Bed Bath & Beyond.

[ExtraSlow]

Originally posted by CBC News
Sunrise Records takes over 70 HMV locations in malls
Toronto company sees a future in vinyl and locally chosen products

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business...alls-1.3998420

[Hallowed_point]

^ Is that guy insane? So HMV 2.0 with more vinyl..

[ZenOps]

Lost $100,000 a day. Ouch.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by Hallowed_point
^ Is that guy insane? So HMV 2.0 with more vinyl..

Not at all. There is most certainly demand for this sort of thing, to this day most vinyl people still go to flea markets.

I believe turntables have been setting sales records lately. I know people who are nuts about this stuff.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Hallowed_point]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Exactly, I have two turntables and a microphone

wait... no I don't

Now I have that whiny 90's song stuck in my head. Thanks for that

[The_Penguin]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak



Seriously, how many people actually have turntable that are not in their 50's?

I'm in my 50's and I don't. Got rid of all my vinyl in 2000.

Well wait, yeah I have my dad's old Rega turntable that I really should sell.
I have exactly 1 record, purchased to test the Rega after replacing the belt.

Call me old, I bought most of my music at A&A records. Who remembers them?
I used to work next door to them in a mall, and since there was open space between us we heard their music all day. Got most new releases on sale for $4.97 if I remember correctly.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Exactly, I have two turntables and a microphone

wait... no I don't

Seriously, how many people actually have turntable that are not in their 50's?

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/02/...ord-sales-last

https://www.raconteur.net/culture/re...gence-of-vinyl

There most certainly is a market, especially for audiophiles. Not saying it is a huge market necessarily, but there is a business case for it.

[Redlyne_mr2]

I would travel from Red Deer to Calgary to visit the HMV down town. They had hard to find punk rock albums that Id pay $50 for.

[03ozwhip]

the thing is that a few years ago when it wasnt easy to find vinyls they were cheap. now every album is coming out on vinyl and they're crazy expensive.

I buy singles for scratching on my turntables and they are even harder to find. I can't imagine when I find the ones I want, how much they'll be.

[msommers]

I may venture into vinyl yet...

From what I keep reading on forums is that the quality of the vinyl material itself is nothing like it used to be. Time to buy a bunch of hard to find albums as an "investment" lol

[OTown]

Theres a huge market for vinyl. I am mid-late 20's and have been collecting for years and have about 400+ 12" with 2 turn tables.

[BensonTT]

DJs needs to spin vinyl again! All these fake djs now using cds pisses me off lol

[rage2]

Originally posted by BensonTT
DJs needs to spin vinyl again! All these fake djs now using cds pisses me off lol

This.

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by 03ozwhip
the thing is that a few years ago when it wasnt easy to find vinyls they were cheap. now every album is coming out on vinyl and they're crazy expensive.

I buy singles for scratching on my turntables and they are even harder to find. I can't imagine when I find the ones I want, how much they'll be.

Hmm, I bought kid a and amnesiac when they were both released, I think I paid $45 each. I've been collecting vinyl since 199 or 2000 and IME it's never been cheap...

Edit:. To be fair, kid a and amnesiac are imports. I think most North American records cost around 25 bucks back around 2000. I remember buying love and theft at a&b sound for around 25 or 30 bucks. Chinese Democracy (haha) was $35ish. Still, records have never been cheap, always more than CDs IME.

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by HiTempguy1

to this day most vinyl people still go to flea markets.

Once again, you're spouting off absolute bullshit about something you know nothing about. "Vinyl people" do not get their vinyl at flea markets. you need to get a job dude.

[FixedGear]

My avatar is the cover from a vinyl record BTW, suggest you all check it out if you haven't heard it.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by FixedGear


Once again, you're spouting off absolute bullshit about something you know nothing about. "Vinyl people" do not get their vinyl at flea markets. you need to get a job dude.

You're right, that isn't really what I met. I know a few people into vinyl. I was more saying that they get that shit from all over, seems up here, a great place to get it from is some of the stalls, that's all. Cool your jets bud