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Dot in the Sky ([personal profile] dotinthesky) wrote2003-09-10 09:50 am
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The Fall of Tower Records

Across the world, Tower Records is closing down. They have a few large stores in London, so Karla, Kevin and I are going to visit them after work - see what we can salvage. I'm looking for DVDs, CD albums, CD singles, videogames, postcards, posters, key holders, stickers, badges and anything signed by favourite artists.

The line ups to get in the stores have been massive, apparently. I wonder how cheap their products are going. CDs for £1.99? Buy 2 DVDs and get 5 free? The world isn't that crazy.

What worries me is that these sales always bring out the careless in me; I end up buying things that I don't really need, music that I'm not going to listen to more than twice, films that are repeated constantly on TV. And the crowds don't add any class to my behaviour; I can dig furiously through piles of Bobby Brown CDs like the worst of the hyenas.

Wish me luck.
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[identity profile] icymorning.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
no tower records in france ... i needed some bargain ... there's some stereophonics albums i don't own in CD yet, some tori amos' ... why are they closing down ? i used to always shop there for CDs when I was in the US.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
i have no idea. Here in London, Virgin and HMV are more impressive looking stores, so maybe they just began to lose customers. And they didn't have as many special deals as HMV and Virgin.

[identity profile] icymorning.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
HMV doesn't have everything i'm looking for ... i even sometimes shop in little record store, the kind that sells 7" and 12" and second hand cds.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
same here... i always go to second hand stores first... but a lot of people don't have that kind of patience. Also, a lot of people buy crap (J.Lo, etc.) and HMV and Virgin always have discounts for that kind of music... whereas Tower Records didn't.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
merci!

[identity profile] somekindaangel.livejournal.com 2003-09-10 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
Bobby brown..hahaha I will have to check out the Tower over here, hopefully I don't end up with any scary cd purchases.

[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-11 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
it seems like it was a big lie... no sales in the Tower Records I went to.
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[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-11 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
it was all a BIG FAT LIE!
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[identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com 2003-09-11 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
someone else was greatly mistaken
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