Golden Discs in trouble

PaulBrewer

http://www.rte.ie/business/2009/0213/goldendiscs.html

ICN

I've always said that they were "..a shop for people who dont like music.."

Dont know how they survived for so long.. Rubbish chain.


Poor workers etc.. of course. Hope they can work it out.

squibs

Was in one in Cork recently for the first time in a few years - seemed like they were carrying only about 100 distinct products. They were never the best, but it looks like they just stopped trying,

Run_to_da_hills

The average school kid would have their entire music collection on their Ipods.

indough

it didnt help that the never managed to get around to alphabetically organizing the shops, i could never find anything i wanted in one of these shops

omb0wyn5ehpij9

ICN wrote: »

I've always said that they were "..a shop for people who dont like music.."

Dont know how they survived for so long.. Rubbish chain.


Poor workers etc.. of course. Hope they can work it out.

You haven't a breeze what you are on about do you?

iseethelight

victims of the internet.Why go there when 99% of the time play is cheaper.
Plus the whole Ipod/illegal downloading issue is killing retailers.
You have to be very good to survive now and they aren't.

PaulBrewer

Bryn wrote: »

You haven't a breeze what you are on about do you?

Why do you say that Bryn?

ICN

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Why do you say that Bryn?

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(Sorry.. dont know what I'm talking about :pac:)

fitz

To be fair, you're not entirely wrong.
Any branches I've been in only have the bare minimum in terms of music...chart music, and that's about it. Mostly dvds. As for the illegal downloading killing the retailer...no, running your business based on inflated profits and not having a workable business model without overcharging has killed retailers, and not just in the music trade.

jtsuited

an awful awful chain that was poorly organised (as in the stores were terribly organised), had a truly appalling selection and had absolutely no appeal to anyone who actually listened to music.

Survivin' Ivan

Im not sure how any of these places surivive nowadays at all what with the interweb deeley and all.

jiltloop

I can honestly say I have never bought anything from Golden Discs. I've stepped foot in the shop once and realised very quickly that they don't and would never stock any underground music.

Sleipnir

Well from that article, it looks like some of the shops will be saved anyway.

paddyb125

I only shop in HMV, they're usually all well organized and the staff are friendly and helpful, especially in Galway.

squibs

I bought my first album in Golden Discs in 1984. It was "Wham - Fantastic" on cassette, I'm sorry to say, as my first girlfriend was into them. The minute she dumped me I went back to ska and punk

I still have the cassette though, in perfect nick and it still plays. Wonder if my CDs will still play at 25 years of age?

steph1

Anyone any idea which branches of Golden Discs are still open. I was in Stillorgan in Dublin yesterday and that branch is closed down.

squibs

The website still lists Stillorgan as one of its 20 total outlets - who knows how many they really have.

http://goldendiscs.ie/

Seziertisch

fitz wrote: »

To be fair, you're not entirely wrong.
Any branches I've been in only have the bare minimum in terms of music...chart music, and that's about it. Mostly dvds. As for the illegal downloading killing the retailer...no, running your business based on inflated profits and not having a workable business model without overcharging has killed retailers, and not just in the music trade.

The final straw for me in that one was when the Irish retailers decided to have a go at CDWOW on the grounds that the Irish exchequer was losing out, yet ignored the fact that the very same thing was happening with purchases on Amazon. This was at the time when illegal downloads were pretty much the only kind of download available, and they decided that a retailer that was selling hard copies (for which all the artists got their cut) for less than they were needed to be dealt with. For whom the bell tolls ...

fitz

Yup.
I've no sympathy for them. Pure greed.