50% off everything in Virgin Henry Street

jones

Closing down sale today only!!!!

okidoki987

Everything?

steviec

Just CDs surely? Otherwise I'm getting me an X-Box

belmulletman

I agree is it every thing, or just CD's, if it's everything, i'm stockin up on DVD's, Games and may be a few consoles!! hehe

PADDYPOKER

Mind you even with 50% off ,that's still 25% dearer then all the other shops

steviec

They're open late tonight right?

I may have to pay a visit after work to have a look

jones

its apparently everything!!!

Serbian

Cool, I'll be checking that out later on today.

okidoki987

Bit of a trek from Serbia even if it is 50% off

Serbian

okidoki987 wrote:

Bit of a trek from Serbia even if it is 50% off

I'd do anything for a bargain

okidoki987

As they still have the other branches (Blanchardstown, Tallaght etc)
I assume it's the stuff they can't sell?

spanner_head

Serbian wrote:

I'd do anything for a bargain

I'm gonna head in after work for a look.

One could potentially pick up an xbox for about 75 quid.
Not too shabby....doubt if there are any left!

pat kenny

Any word on this , im guessing most of the stuff has been moved to other branches and only the junk is at 50% off.

StickyMcGinty

anyone get anything usefull???

goldenbrown

{Pointless drivel deleted}

eth0_

goldenbrown, what a f*cking tool you are.

goldenbrown

do u think any1 else have a view? :eek:

okidoki987

goldenbrown
What the fcuk has this to do with Virgin in Henry Street 50% off thread?

okidoki987

Getting back to the topic
Went in at 5.30, place was jammed.
No consoles, very very few games, mostly DVD's and CD'S.
There must have been 50 people in the queue when I was leaving.

Graham

I'd have to second eth0_'s view goldenbrown, you're post contributed absolutely nothing other than a cheap attack on another member.

Serbian, you may find that editing your profile will help prevent similarly worded responses.

*Mods, I know this is off topic, please feel free to delete*

spanner_head

okidoki987 wrote:

Getting back to the topic
Went in at 5.30, place was jammed.
No consoles, very very few games, mostly DVD's and CD'S.
There must have been 50 people in the queue when I was leaving.

Yeah, the place was bananas at that time. I wanted to buy 2 DVDs (I think they were 7.99 each) but the queue put me off. So I walked out empty handed.

idontknowmyname

I was walking by it at 9.40 this morning and dragged my friend in- it wasn't busy and there were 2 people in the queue. Got Donnie Darko for 1.99, The Day After Tomorrow for 7.50 and Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits video for 9 so yep everything is half price, even the stuff on special offer- knock 50% off!!!!

p~b

is this just for 1 day or is it open tomorrow

okidoki987

I think I heard the security guard saying it was on "till end of the month".

Mimikyu

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Tar.Aldarion

guess i missed it

bk

Downstairs was closed, so no consoles and very few games and dvd box sets.

However I still got some nice items:
Sennheiser PX100 headphones for €28
Brothers in Arms
Call of Duty (The expansion pack)
Two DVD's (Jack Dee and Lee Evans) and the Gladiator soundtrack for my Dad (fathers day).
Monthy Python
iRobot

My buddy got the Lord of The Rings soundtrack, Half Life 2 and Pariah.

The place was packed, I was lining up for at least 30 minutes and the heat in there was incredible, I'm surprised nobody fainted in there. There was a blast of heat as you approached the door from the outside!!!!

I felt sorry for the staff, there were only two behind the counter and they were working very hard in incredible heat at a job, which is gone when the store closes and yet they were still very friendly and chatty, that's classy

besty

bk wrote:

Downstairs was closed, so no consoles and very few games and dvd box sets.

However I still got some nice items:
Sennheiser PX100 headphones for €28
Brothers in Arms
Call of Duty (The expansion pack)
Two DVD's (Jack Dee and Lee Evans) and the Gladiator soundtrack for my Dad (fathers day).
Monthy Python
iRobot

My buddy got the Lord of The Rings soundtrack, Half Life 2 and Pariah.

The place was packed, I was lining up for at least 30 minutes and the heat in there was incredible, I'm surprised nobody fainted in there. There was a blast of heat as you approached the door from the outside!!!!

I felt sorry for the staff, there were only two behind the counter and they were working very hard in incredible heat at a job, which is gone when the store closes and yet they were still very friendly and chatty, that's classy

Poor staff - I'd say that was horrible. Im fairly pissed I missed this, sounds like there were bargains a plenty to be had. If I lived closer to town I would have gone in in a flash. Would it be worth going in tomorrow maybe? Oh yea, forgot I'm broke...

okidoki987

How come it's closing down?

Think they have sold the lease on the shop.

Mimikyu

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okidoki987

At their prices :eek:

I guess it's because the rent is so high.

willpak

Does anyone if the sale is still on?

willpak

Just spoke to someone at Virgin, the sale officially runs till July 9th, but they expect it end before that.

bk

willpak wrote:

Just spoke to someone at Virgin, the sale officially runs till July 9th, but they expect it end before that.

Given that there were lots of empty shelves yesterday, I'd say it won't last very long at all.

I suppose Virgin closing is just a symptom of them not being able to compete with Play, CD-WOW, Amazon, etc.

It is funny though, it seems the Game stores seem to be triving and incresing even in the face of com,petition from these same sites. I wonder are smaller music stores like Golden Discs the future of music retailers.

delly

Virgin have decided to pull out of Dublin city centre, and have instead focused on having a location in nearly all the M50 ring shopping centres. They'll soon be opening in Dundrum afaik.

PADDYPOKER

They'll do as well there as they did in Henry Street unless they lower their prices.

Mimikyu

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drdre

steviec there open till 9 (the did electrial advert):D

Endurance Man

Well i went into virgin yesterday and there where a load of bargains. BUT before u walk into the shop take off as many items of clothing as possible, a swim suit would b ideal , it is like 35degree's in the bloody shop, and the lines arent short either.
Downstairs was blocked off.

okidoki987

cause that's where all the P/S and Xbox consoles and games were and I guess Sony and Microsoft wouldn't allow them to sell at 50% off.

bk

okidoki987 wrote:

cause that's where all the P/S and Xbox consoles and games were and I guess Sony and Microsoft wouldn't allow them to sell at 50% off.

Actually they had quiet a few good PS2 and PC games upstairs. Just no consoles

Blade

goldenbrown wrote:

serbian you seem pretty proud there of your cleansed ethnicity,

Keep this rubbish off the shop forums or you'll be banned permanently. I would also recommend you stay off the pink tablets.

event

ok, so what all is left?

i wont get in until friday, is there any point?

father_ted9t9

Not really! Was in there yesterday and there very little left all together, and what is left is mostly rubbish! Still though what is rubbish to me may be great to you, so if your passing by a look may not be a bad thing!

Muff Master

Remember Virgin on the liffey? That was a savage shop, had everything.
I think its a super value now..

delly

Muff Master wrote:

Remember Virgin on the liffey? That was a savage shop, had everything.
I think its a super value now..

Remember going in there as a nipper. It was the only place that i could get Operation Wolf for my Commodore 64.

pat kenny

Theres gonna be a new mega store out in dundrum.Hopfully it will be the same size as the old one.

pat kenny

Gave medion support and they told me another firmware update was planed in the next week or two.
Dont know how acurate that statement is.