I bought a few things yesterday. I spotted the UHD of Alien on the counter for 9.99 if bought with anything else. The slip was mashed on two corners. And so it starts...
"Do you have any more copies?"
"No. Just Alien"
"Do you have any without damaged slipcases?"
"They are all the same"
"What? They are all damaged? Even the pile of them behind you?"
Guy gets one off the shelf behind him. It is pristine. So I buy it. HMV Newcastle is my most hated store. You don't get this at the MetroCentre.
I think it all depends on who serves you. Some have been pretty good, but some aren't at all
The MetroCentre one they all pretty much know the score. Sunderland are pretty good and so are Darlington
Metro is my go to place for big sets though.
They did tell me that they were going to start with display boxes for expensive sets. Which would be very welcome.
I'm not sure if I've been to the Darlington store and I haven't been to the MetroCentre in years. They do seem to be using display cases more but there are still wired sets on the shelves.
Bri
Yeah, they said it would be a process. They get display boxes when they can.
I remember trying to buy the big Star Trek Movie Collection on VHS years ago. It was from a shop in the MetroCentre (not HMV) and when I took it to the counter the girl went out the back and came back with a pile of VHS tapes and started to pick the sellotape off the display box!
No. I didn't buy it
You knew you were 'in' when you got behind the counter in Bill Hutchinsons to go through their NTSC LDs I don't think I bought many LDs from Windows.
They had an offer on some of their 4K UHDs.
Buy one get one free but only those at the same stickered price.
So I picked up two at £19.99 each and another two at £24.99 each.
Expected to pay £44.98.
It took a lot of explaining to get it at that and not at £49.98.
Now I understand if it was cheapest free, but it said only those at the same price.
I got it at £44.98 in the end with the cashier saying 'we aren't supposed to do this' etc etc.
That's ridiculous. It's just encouraging us to buy them 2 at a time causing more work for them.
Bri
They had an offer on some of their 4K UHDs.
Buy one get one free but only those at the same stickered price.
So I picked up two at £19.99 each and another two at £24.99 each.
Expected to pay £44.98.
It took a lot of explaining to get it at that and not at £49.98.
Now I understand if it was cheapest free, but it said only those at the same price.
I got it at £44.98 in the end with the cashier saying 'we aren't supposed to do this' etc etc.
Some apparent good news for their business: HMV is back in profit in the UK already
Some apparent good news for their business: HMV is back in profit in the UK already