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RE: HMV Administration? - 16/1/2013 7:35:34 AM

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Wishful thinking I think. I can't see prices going up or down for Amazon really, though obviously there's going to be less price matching going on.

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RE: HMV Administration? - 16/1/2013 3:12:01 PM

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For anyone interested in the Looper steelbook, it has now cropped up on Amazon at the more expensive price of �20.99

Yeah. I ordered that, it's taking the piss but I'm weak and I want me that sexy steelbook.

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RE: HMV Administration? - 16/1/2013 9:07:15 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

For anyone interested in the Looper steelbook, it has now cropped up on Amazon at the more expensive price of �20.99

Yeah. I ordered that, it's taking the piss but I'm weak and I want me that sexy steelbook.

I'm very tempted, i really like the artwork.

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RE: Play.com - 16/1/2013 11:13:23 PM

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Gone are the days where I would swap a blank tape for Spice World: The Movie...RIP.

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RE: Play.com - 16/1/2013 11:45:42 PM

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Just heard about Blockbuster it's a shame but not surprising considering the online popularity of streaming and rental sites such as Lovefilm.

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RE: Play.com - 17/1/2013 12:01:24 PM

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I wonder if this'll affect films that don't get that wide a cinema release & are usually found in your local Blockbuster?

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RE: Play.com - 17/1/2013 1:00:49 PM

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Never had a problem with Play.com personally.I always get my stuff from them.

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RE: Play.com - 17/1/2013 9:23:19 PM

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Gone are the days where I would swap a blank tape for Spice World: The Movie...RIP.

I wonder how many people will not tactfully rent a video hoping to never give it back. Look out for a guy renting his favourite film every few days until the inevitable.

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RE: Play.com - 18/1/2013 1:50:28 AM

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That's messed up. I have to say I tried their online service recently and it was pitiful - they took forever to send discs. But I love their marketplace and pre-owned Blu-rays. Hope the company doesn't go completely.

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RE: Play.com - 18/1/2013 12:05:01 PM

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I've used their online service for years and it's fine. It had a bad hiccup a while back with days added to the turnaround time, but it's normally at most a day out now.

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RE: Play.com - 18/1/2013 2:19:55 PM

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I only used it last month! They took between 3 and 4 days to dispatch each title, compared to LoveFilm's one day.

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RE: Play.com - 30/1/2013 11:02:17 AM

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Just found out today about Play going to Marketplace. Well I don`t like buying second hand products I prefer even when it`s new to get it direct from a company so if Play is going to be like Ebay then I`ll just use Amazon.

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RE: Play.com - 30/1/2013 11:50:55 AM

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Play's marketplace sellers and Amazon's are often the same people.

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RE: Play.com - 30/1/2013 1:14:22 PM

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. But I love their marketplace . Hope the company doesn't go completely.

me too just bought a bunch of there dvds 6 for � 10 including some recent ones - Winters Bone, Warrior, The Divide, The Ledge ........

The website always seems to have better / cheaper offers than their actual stores

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RE: Play.com - 30/1/2013 3:01:26 PM

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At this rate your only get to buy a dvd or blu ray that isn`t in the charts at Amazon which I think is sad. I`d download them but you don`t get all the special features that way. Just have to rent or save when their on the telly to your planner maybe Sky will have their own cloud soon for that.

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RE: Play.com - 6/2/2013 1:50:19 PM

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HMV had some new releases in today (in the Cheltenham store at least). They had last week's Resident Evil retribution, Aanna Karenina and Hotel Transylvania to name a few. Progress...

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RE: Play.com - 6/2/2013 5:49:00 PM

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Play's marketplace sellers and Amazon's are often the same people.�

They are. But you'd be surprised how slow the service can be on Play from an identical seller.

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RE: Play.com - 6/2/2013 7:46:28 PM

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Got my refund from Play after sending back the Dredd 3D blu ray.Very satisfied with their quick response to the problem.

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RE: Play.com - 2/4/2013 1:39:15 PM

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So obviously Play is now no longer functioning as its own entity, so anything sold there is being done so by another seller and not Play itself. Just thought it worth mentioning as the website makes this fact quite easy to miss.

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RE: Play.com - 2/4/2013 2:41:49 PM

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I saw something in the paper last week about HMV possibly being saved, not sure if any progress has been made. I think it said something about the people who own HMV Canada getting involved or something.

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RE: Play.com - 4/4/2013 1:32:18 PM

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Well the Cheltenham store was due to close, but now it looks like it's not. I've heard this is the case for a few other stores around the country that had closing down signs in the window, a lot of them have been removed and some stores have confirmed theyre staying open

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RE: Play.com - 5/4/2013 12:16:54 AM

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My nearest Fopp was beginning to look very bare but shelves have been a lot fuller the last two weeks.

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RE: Play.com - 5/4/2013 1:46:58 PM

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I'd never actually been into a FOPP until the week before last, when i went to the Covent Garden one. Didnt buy anything though

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RE: Play.com - 5/4/2013 1:53:04 PM

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I saw something in the paper last week about HMV possibly being saved, not sure if any progress has been made. I think it said something about the people who own HMV Canada getting involved or something.

Yes, I believe Hilco finalised the deal for total control of HMV this morning. Good news indeed.

I also read this morning that the Hatfield branch, which was one of the stores due for closure, has been saved. Very relieved for the staff.

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RE: Play.com - 5/4/2013 3:37:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: MonsterCat

quote:

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I saw something in the paper last week about HMV possibly being saved, not sure if any progress has been made. I think it said something about the people who own HMV Canada getting involved or something.

Yes, I believe Hilco finalised the deal for total control of HMV this morning. Good news indeed.

I also read this morning that the Hatfield branch, which was one of the stores due for closure, has been saved. Very relieved for the staff.

Not sure about my local store. When I went by this afternoon the shutters were down.

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RE: Play.com - 5/4/2013 8:28:54 PM

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this was posted by Buddy Ackerman on blu-ray.com:

From BBC:

HMV shops saved: The list in full

The deal could save 2,500 jobs Restructuring specialist Hilco has clinched a deal to rescue music and DVD retailer HMV, acquiring 132 HMV shops and all nine branches of the Fopp chain. Here is a full list of the stores saved:

1. Aberdeen

2. Ayr

3. Banbury

4. Bangor (Wales)

5. Basingstoke

6. Basildon

7. Bath

8. Belfast Donegall Arcade

9. Birmingham Bullring

10. Blackpool

11. Bluewater

12. Bournemouth

13. Bradford

14. Brighton

15. Bristol Broadmead

16. Bristol Cribbs Causeway

17. Bromley

18. Bury

19. Bury St Edmunds

20. Cambridge

21. Canary Wharf

22. Canterbury

23. Cardiff

24. Carlisle

25. Chelmsford

26. Cheltenham

27. Chester

28. Chichester

29. Colchester

30. Coventry

31. Crawley

32. Cwmbran

33. Darlington

34. Derby

35. Doncaster

36. Dudley Merry Hill Centre

37. Dundee

38. Eastbourne

39. East Kilbride

40. Edinburgh Fort

41. Edinburgh Ocean Terminal

42. Edinburgh Princes Street

43. Exeter

44. Gateshead

45. Glasgow Argyle Street

46. Glasgow Buchanan Street

47. Glasgow Fort

48. Gloucester

49. Grimsby

50. Guernsey (St.Peter Port)

51. Guildford

52. Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent)

53. Harlow

54. Harrogate

55. Hastings

56. Hatfield

57. Hereford

58. High Wycombe

59. Horsham

60. Hull

61. Inverness

62. Ipswich

63. Islington

64. Isle of Man (Douglas)

65. Isle of Wight (Newport)

66. Jersey (St.Helier)

67. Kettering

68. King's Lynn

69. Kingston-Upon-Thames

70. Leamington Spa

71. Leeds Headrow

72. Leeds White Rose

73. Leicester

74. Lincoln

75. Liverpool LiverpoolOne

76. Livingston

77. Llandudno

78. Maidstone

79. Manchester 90 Market Street

80. Manchester Trafford Centre

81. Mansfield

82. Middlesbrough

83. Milton Keynes

84. Newcastle

85. Newport (Wales)

86. Northampton

87. Norwich Chapelfield

88. Norwich Gentlemen's Walk

89. Nottingham Victoria Centre

90. Nuneaton

91. Oxford

92. Oxford Circus 150 Oxford Street, London W1

93. Peterborough

94. Poole

95. Portsmouth Commercial Road

96. Portsmouth Gun Wharf

97. Preston

98. Plymouth

99. Reading Oracle Centre

100. Romford

101. Selfridges Oxford Street, London W1

102. Sheffield High Street

103. Sheffield Meadowhall

104. Shrewsbury

105. Solihull

106. Southampton

107. Southend

108. Southport

109. Speke Park (Liverpool)

110. Staines

111. Stevenage

112. Stirling

113. Stockport

114. Stratford-Upon-Avon

115. Sunderland

116. Sutton

117. Swansea

118. Taunton

119. Thanet

120. Thurrock

121. Truro

122. Tunbridge Wells

123. Uxbridge

124. Westfield London Stratford City

125. Westfield London W12

126. Wimbledon (hmvcurzon)

127. Winchester

128. Wolverhampton

129. Worcester

130. Worthing

131. Yeovil

132. York

Fopp Stores

1. Bristol

2. Cambridge

3. Edinburgh

4. Glasgow, Byres Road

5. Glasgow, Union Street

6. London - Covent Garden

7. London - Gower Street

8. Manchester

9. Nottingham

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