HMV are back :D

cloud493

Like tomorrow. Pretty damn excited, finally an alternative to gamestop. And we'll get a few extra stores with the xtravision partnership.

Varik

Prices might go back down to where they were now.

KTRIC

Which stores are opening tomorrow ?

RobbingBandit

Depends on what stock they get in, I would expect a massive queue of people looking for GTA V, PS4 and XBOX ONE bookings from them. Hope they knock Gamestop out of the water with their prices and deals.

RobbingBandit

KTRIC wrote: »

Which stores are opening tomorrow ?

I thought it was Friday they are opening.

Mr E

Thursday or Friday, depending on the store.

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/hmv-reopening-1048486-Aug2013/

cloud493

I thought it was monday. The henry street store seems to have been full of people working all week.

Mr E

Probably stocking shelves, training new people and generally getting ready. I'm looking forward to checking out the Crescent in Limerick next Friday.

calex71

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Depends on what stock they get in, I would expect a massive queue of people looking for GTA V, PS4 and XBOX ONE bookings from them. Hope they knock Gamestop out of the water with their prices and deals.

Unfortunately that was part the reason they got into trouble the last time, not the only reason or the biggest but it was definitely part of it, that said Xtra Vision have been aggressively going after Gamestops trade in business in the last few weeks, in the national press they ran ads advertising splinter cell for 4.99 with 2 traded games and drew attention to GS being 9.99 for the same offer with a shorter list of games vs XV list of 400 games. Later that same day GS sent me an email slashing the price of that offer to .99c so I would say it's game on between them now, we'll see that happens when HMV enter the fray.

C14N

Good to get them back and it will be interesting to see what has changed.

Josey Wales

It is a pity that the Grafton Street branch is not re-opening as that it the closest one to my office. It will be good to have them back to be able to go in and browse. But as to where my money goes it will always be to whoever is cheapest whether that is an online store or a bricks and mortar store.

lol hmv are just as dear as gamestop amazon uk all the way

shruikan2553

[Deleted User] wrote: »

lol hmv are just as dear as gamestop amazon uk all the way

HMV were sometimes the same price as amazon. Hence why they were the only shop I bought games from.

RobbingBandit

Deleted User wrote: »

lol hmv are just as dear as gamestop amazon uk all the way

Seeing as they have been closed the past 6 months how do you know if they are as expensive as gamestop, do you have a time machine that took you to Friday to see their prices, if so can I get tomorrow nights Euro Millions numbers from you. :rolleyes:

ShadowHearth

[Deleted User] wrote: »

lol hmv are just as dear as gamestop amazon uk all the way

I don't know about hmv prices, but I agree on Amazon. The prices became really good for console games. I can't believe that I got GTA V on Amazon for 33£ where's GameStop sells it for 60eu... Online... Yeah, I won't get it on launch, but 20eu will stay in my pocket.

sky23

does anyone know if galway store will re open?

RobbingBandit

Josey Wales wrote: »

It is a pity that the Grafton Street branch is not re-opening as that it the closest one to my office. It will be good to have them back to be able to go in and browse. But as to where my money goes it will always be to whoever is cheapest whether that is an online store or a bricks and mortar store.

Rent was to high,when they did lower it loads of clothes shops came in for the building, Dundrum is just up the road on the Luas, Liffey Valley is opening too,hope they all have some good offers, I bought 4 Blurays in HMV Belfast yesterday for £10, it's some special offer they have on in the UK stores, DVDs CDs and Blurays all 4 for £10, should be 4 for €15 here with the crooked exchange rate stores always use.

Varik

€40/45 was the normal console game price in HMV before they closed.

shruikan2553

sky23 wrote: »

does anyone know if galway store will re open?

Planning in shoving it in with xtravision.

sky23

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Planning in shoving it in with xtravision.

hmm ?

shruikan2553

sky23 wrote: »

hmm ?

They are planning on turning some xtravisions into a HMV/xtravision shop.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

lol hmv are just as dear as gamestop amazon uk all the way

HMV for the most part were quite competitive with amazon and now in the UK they are blowing them out of the water. While HMV's online presence has yet to get up and running the instore price for products is generally a lot cheaper than amazon. They are selling new release Arrow Blu-Rays for 9.99 while amazon have them for 12.89. Their 4 for 10 pound offer has Blu-Rays including Luck season one, Treme series 2 and a slew of others. Luck on it's own is 20 pound on amazon. yes HMV can be rather expensive but to say that amazon are cheaper is a mistake. HMV's game prices are excellent and 9 times out of 10 it was the same price if not cheaper on release day than amazon. The way in which they dropper the price of games was better than anyone else and after a few months a recently released title would be 18-28 euro instore while Gamestop still wanted 60 euro and amazon were looking for 40 euro.

sky23

shruikan2553 wrote: »

They are planning on turning some xtravisions into a HMV/xtravision shop.

o i see thanks. nice one! didn't even know they were the same company running them

C14N

sky23 wrote: »

o i see thanks. nice one! didn't even know they were the same company running them

Yeah Hillco cleaned up, bought both when they went into receivership.

Banjo

Hooray. Time to dust off my gift token for another fruitless argument with the manager!

round 2 - ding ding!

Mr E

No fruitless argument. They're going to accept old gift tokens.

Sephiroth_dude

Too bad the one in cork isn't reopening .

johnny_ultimate

I recall hearing whispers that the revamped HMV was going to do away with games entirely - I assume that has since been discredited, and I'd be surprised if they did. I doubt we'll be back to the good old days of 42.99-44.99 new releases either way, though: even Smyths have done away with their loyalty cards, showing that there's a real push back towards RRP. Still, even a euro or two difference will at least make the marketplace more competitive again.

johnny_ultimate

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I recall hearing whispers that the revamped HMV was going to do away with games entirely - I assume that has since been discredited, and I'd be surprised if they did. I doubt we'll be back to the good old days of 42.99-44.99 new releases either way, though: even Smyths have done away with their loyalty cards, showing that there's a real push back towards RRP. Still, even a euro or two difference will at least make the marketplace more competitive again.

The plan is to concentrate more on music and film but games will still be a major part of the store. At least they are in England. Brother was over in Leeds recently and found a number of recent releases and special edition sets for next to nothing in the HMV there. He said that the pricing for new releases, while not as good as it used to be was still considerably cheaper than gamestop. He also picked up all the series of Breaking Bad on Blu-Ray for 20 pound and Series 1-5 of Sons of Anarchy for 28. So here's hoping that HMV can remain competitive and in business and aren't simply trying to make the company look all bright and shiny to possible buyers.

Even if HMV throw on 5-10 euro more on games prices than before it still wouldn't be hard to beat Gamestop who have really jacked up the prices of late. They're charging 60 euro for Rayman Legends which is 10 more than Smyths and 14 more than Argos. When I went in to buy Deadly Premonition a few weeks back, a game released at a budget price they asked me for 60 euro.

Varik

More options are better, having them have to put that bit extra into it to get sales. If I get change from a €50 I'm happy, if it's €40-45 online I'll pay the extra €5 or so to get it now.

johnny_ultimate

TBH, games are the only thing I typically went to HMV for, and increasingly the DVDs / BluRays I buy are 90% from the specialist labels they don't stock anyway. That 10%, maybe the odd discounted BluRay in HMV. But it was games where they were beyond the pack. Even outside of new release prices, I've noticed far fewer and far smaller discounts without them around. You could usually rely on HMV to knock the price down to around 29.99 within a few weeks of release, but that's not quite as common in Gamestop or Smyths now. Again, better sales is one thing sorely lacking since HMV packed up - let's hope there's somewhat of a return to that when they reopen later this week.

johnny_ultimate

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

TBH, games are the only thing I typically went to HMV for, and increasingly the DVDs / BluRays I buy are 90% from the specialist labels they don't stock anyway. That 10%, maybe the odd discounted BluRay in HMV. But it was games where they were beyond the pack. Even outside of new release prices, I've noticed far fewer and far smaller discounts without them around. You could usually rely on HMV to knock the price down to around 29.99 within a few weeks of release, but that's not quite as common in Gamestop or Smyths now. Again, better sales is one thing sorely lacking since HMV packed up - let's hope there's somewhat of a return to that when they reopen later this week.

In the UK at least, they have been doing some great deals on some of the niche labels. All new Arrow Blu-Rays are £9.99 on release day which is £3 cheaper than amazon. Hara Kiri was £8 in the Leeds store and they had quite a lot of the Masters of Cinema, Eureka,etc titles cheaper than amazon. The great thing about HMV was that they could order in most releases, including all the MoC, Eureka, etc. Best of all, if you ordered in a Blu or Game for €10 les than the release day price they only charged you the original price. Preorder and prepay for a game in gamestop and if the release day price is €10 more then you're not getting your game till you pay the difference.

Glico Man

I've been very impressed with HMV's prices in Belfast for a while now. Game are just next door to them and their prices are always at least £5-10 more expensive. When it came to the 32GB memory cards for the Vita, the price difference between them was £30 :eek: £54.99 in HMV and £86.99 in Game.

Banjo

Mr E wrote: »

No fruitless argument. They're going to accept old gift tokens.

Ah nuts! When my wife tried to spend mine (before the irish operation went into admin on paper, but after the english op had) they refused and people were throwing their gift cards on the ground in disgust. I fecking told her to pick them up, they'd come in handy....

Still this is excellent news and bodes well for my chances of ever playing Rayman Legends on WiiU Thanks for the heads up!

ShadowHearth

Wow, is Raymon legends really 60eu in gamestop?!?! That's shocking!

Well, unfortunately I cannot afford to buy in gamestop anymore. Looks like I will just get my ps4 and 2-3 games off them and then . Will continue buying online. There is no HMV in our town, but we do have extravision. Will need to check them later on if they do working on rebranding and restructuring.

cloud493

Even if it is only a few euro cheaper on new releases, better than gamestop like. And in pre owned games even more.

Julez

http://www.xtra-vision.ie/news

Some news on Vouchers have to apply to have new card re-issued. Wont recieve them till the week of the 14th of October... won' be able to use mine for GTA V so... dang

C14N

Funnily enough, HMV are still fully alive and kicking here in Canada. Seems they never went away either.

deathrider

shruikan2553 wrote: »

They are planning on turning some xtravisions into a HMV/xtravision shop.

Delighted to hear this. I was cracking up when I walked past the old Galway HMV yesterday to see that it's becoming a Pharmacy/Beauty joint. Any idea which Xtravision stores are getting the HMV treatment, or when?

Star Lord

C14N wrote: »

Funnily enough, HMV are still fully alive and kicking here in Canada. Seems they never went away either.

Hilco, the company that bought over HMV UK/Ireland also own/run the Canadian HMVs.

deathrider wrote: »

Delighted to hear this. I was cracking up when I walked past the old Galway HMV yesterday to see that it's becoming a Pharmacy/Beauty joint. Any idea which Xtravision stores are getting the HMV treatment, or when?

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/retail-and-services/xtravision-and-hmv-to-relaunch-as-dual-brand-1.1510057

brianregan09

Bought all my games around Xmas last year in HMV and they were always good 5-10 euro cheaper than Gamestop was gutted when they closed

deathrider

Well my friends and family can rest assured that I'll once again buy all their presents from HMV this xmas.

Ol' Donie

deathrider wrote: »

Well my friends and family can rest assured that I'll once again buy all their presents from HMV this xmas.

Ha ha, same here.

:-D

Swarley9

Sweet, still have 25€ gift voucher in my wallet that was given to me as a gift before they hit rock bottom :cool:

corcaigh07

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Too bad the one in cork isn't reopening .

Dang, the one in Cork is the best one. Did any shop move in there yet, it's a quality location.

Swarley9

Does anyone know what dates the Shops are re-opening at?

Mr E

I just heard on the radio that Henry Street is open today, and the other 3 aren't open until next week. That saves me a trip today (assuming it's true).

calex71

Mr E wrote: »

I just heard on the radio that Henry Street is open today, and the other 3 aren't open until next week. That saves me a trip today (assuming it's true).

Sign out side the Dublin, Henry St one said 6th September alright.

robbe

Anyone been in yet? Looking for a PS3 500 gb - any deals going?

Star Lord

I'd heard that Henry St., Liffey Valley and Limerick were to open this weekend, with Dundrum opening in two weeks time... ?

dmcg90

robbe wrote: »

Anyone been in yet? Looking for a PS3 500 gb - any deals going?

€150 off some consoles according to @HMVIreland on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/HMVIreland/status/375885584449171456