Dark Day For Hands On Music-Movie Buyers


Tower Records, a definite iconic chain of stores known for it's wide selection is soon to be no more. I've bought my music and movies from Amazon etc but it's not the same as going to the store and browsing. Sad day.
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Showing 3 responses by undertow

Best buy, Walmart, and exactly Amazon and online put them out of business.. They are far Overpriced, I mean the one by me charges 28.99 a movie, and 18.99 a Cd? Why would anybody go and purchase from there when in the movie case you could get it for at least 10 dollars less just about anywhere, and the CD for 12 or 13.99, sometimes 9.99? I Liked tower, but why in the world could they not stay in business simply competing in prices with the major stores? Maybe I am wrong about why they are out of business, but I went in this weekend just to see what was up, and they had a 10% off everything sale, Okay well let me say I was looking for a couple things, and yeah a movie that I picked up just 2 days earlier for 15.99 was 28.99 with a 10% discount was like 3 bucks off, still costing 10 dollars more than a Walmart or bestbuy?

I mean yes tower once in a great while had some more obscure stuff, but not so much anymore, Best buy has pretty well closed the gap, and unless Tower was to carry vinyl again, anybody could get the stuff off Amazon like you said much cheaper if in fact best buy did not have it, but this was very rare of the last 5 years..

Maybe someone will finally put together a real discount store one day, FYE is just as bad and just growing, but they are INSANE prices.. FYE takes used Items for Trade, you can literally give them 4 Discs for trade and still pay more for a CD many times after giving them your discs than just paying 8 or 10 dollars less elsewhere? Maybe I am missing something but if the public is that ignorant to keep them going than no wonder nobody can support the main Gas prices and economy if they pay so much to the Towers and FYE's for frivelous things.
I admit don't know where you guys live, but the best buys in most of the chicago area actually have had more of the movies and CD's, ESPECIALLY DVD-A,
And SACD in stock than both the large tower stores by me.. Now it is true that if a certain artist had some less popular Albums out, that tower would likely have a few stocked over the more popular albums, where as Best buy would only keep a Copy or 2 if lucky. But I found nothing at tower anymore in the last 5 years, special box sets etc.. were the only thing I would try to find, and all of a sudden ONLY best buy had them. But I would believe the Towers in California etc.. might have been much better. Of course tower 10 15 years ago was the top dog, no argument, but they never changed with the times in my area.
Qdrone, I was gonna say that the only good thing left at tower was the HUGE Magazine selection and the fact it was the easiest place by my house to get Tickets! I just did not want to start anymore wars, But your right that does not warrent the best record store award. Funny thing is now I gotta go to other worst cost place for tickets in the mall, FYE now does Ticketmaster...