mathie wrote: » iTunes is a fraction of the cost of a CD in HMV? I think not. Netflix is great if you're into outdated and sparse content. Spotify is gay.
super_furry wrote: » Great argument, well made. :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:
mathie wrote: » Spotify is gay.
Deleted User wrote: » The fact that you say that it took 2 less than a month old releases and 5 recent enough releases to get just one game makes your story a little hard to believe. HMV have for a long time offered the best trade in prices, so its hard to believe that it took so many games just to get one. A few months back I got ovdr 60 euro for three games which were a good few months old. GameStop offered 17 for the same three games which is why had you told the same story about GameStop I'd find it much more believable.
ilovesleep wrote: » For her son to be wrapped in cotten wool no doubt. Or perhaps one of those toddlers leads to prevent her son from rambling. There's no doubt the 18s game shouldn't have been sold to an 11 year old but where was she, the mother to allow her child to ramble into town. If she thinks he's so vunerable to an 18s game, he shouldn't be allowed out on his own at 11.
C14N wrote: » I don't understand what happened here. They just took his game? Was he buying it? Was he trading in? Was he just wandering around with a game in his hand and they stole it? Why did an 11 year old have seven games with gratuitous sexual content? Why was he there for a birthday party? What was he doing bringing games to a shopping mall to play? I really honestly have no idea what's happened here.
VinLieger wrote: » Still not entirely the stores fault, the parents have to shoulder some blame for not being aware of what their 11 year old was doing
Zero1986 wrote: » Wasn't aware that Spotify had a sexual orientation.
super_furry wrote: » Zavvi.com are much cheaper and aren't going anywhere.
Hogzy wrote: » I wouldnt be so sure about that. THey are exploiting the same tax loophole that play.com were using to avoid VAT on sub £15 goods. UK government has brought in legislation meaning the low value consignment relief will no longer apply to goods coming from the Channel Islands. Meaning Zavvi will have to start charging UK VAT. It might be too awkward for Zavvi to have different prices for Ireland and other EU countries and then to have a UK price. I can definetly see zavvi's prices going up though.
El Spearo wrote: » rant = if you are like hmv and the cinemas and charge too much i hope you enjoyed the profits before you went tits up.
El Spearo wrote: » recently noticed in Kilkenny that tou actually could not buy a CD anywhere in town except for HMV... then i realised why would I want to buy a CD. Much like a cinema closing down, I don't care much for HMV. Cinema's and them seem to think they are monolpolies and can charge what ever they like for what can only be described as ****e! I know using the cinema here as a comparison might not be perfect, but its how i feel about both places. For example. Cinema ticket + popcorn + malteasers + drink = ~€20 (disgrace!) while download movies that is in cinema (love this time of year) + 2 liters of coke + microwave popcorn (which will actually be hot) + malteasers = ~€10 (at the absolute max) rant = if you are like hmv and the cinemas and charge too much i hope you enjoyed the profits before you went tits up. ps - spotify is great, netflix is old but good, itunes is daycent.
super_furry wrote: » Nah, The Hut Group, who own zavvi.com have it covered by moving their offices to the US http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/16/hut-avoid-vat-shipping-via-us
e_e wrote: » I'm tired of these same old excuses and piracy apologists. If your cinema is overcharging you, go to a different cinema but don't download a camera rip and pretend for once it's the same thing. With this mindset no films would even get made to begin with. Just use amazon to get your movies and music anyway.
Lollipops23 wrote: » It's funny, I actually bought a rake of stuff in Golden Discs over Xmas (dvds, cds etc) because I couldn't get over how cheap everything was in the sales. Genuinely couldn't tell you the last thing I got in HMV- possibly a voucher for my little bro. Everything is horrendously overpriced in there, not just cds and games, but books, posters and t-shirts.
El Spearo wrote: » in kilkenny we only have one cinema, and its the most expensive cinema ive ever been to. compare that to the cinema when i visit it in limerick which is 5.50 a pop for movies. and there is a clear divide between downloaders and non-downloaders, but at the end of the day I have a few bob left in me pocket that i saved from an extortionist. so im happy out.
NiallSparky wrote: » Maybe the cinema would be able to offer cheaper ticket prices if they got bigger audiences? If there's only a small number of people who aren't following your fool-proof downloading strategy then the cinema will be forced to charge those people more.
Hogzy wrote: » Everytime I go to the cinema to see a blockbuster movie its packed and i have to que for a good half hour/45mins to get a good seat. IMO Piracy doesnt affect the Cinema as much as it affects DVD sales. I am a big downloader of movies but I absolutly hate watching movies that were copied in a cinema by using a handheld camcorder. The picture is rubbish. Nothing beats the cinema experience when watching movies.
El Spearo wrote: » important to point out i will fork out the dosh for a film worth seeing. for example the likes of batman etc. but around this time of year the blockbusters are dvd quality downloads. like django unchained...not even out yet and ive watched this in perfect quality. i remember the when you'd rent a video they would big up at the start how the video shop could be a year earlier than tv... the cinema offers very little over downloading. sure there are the certain movies you gotta see in the cinema. but there are plenty of reasons to avoid the cinema too.
Penn wrote: » My point was that even though many of us can and do get this stuff for free, we often pay for it too (even stuff we have already downloaded and therefore don't really need to buy), and in many cases, they are things we wouldn't have paid for if we hadn't downloaded them for free in the first place.
hooradiation wrote: » I don't believe that's a accurate for most people who pirate, but I certainly believe it's something people who pirate like to say.
ilovesleep wrote: » As for online buying If I'm going to be buying a dvd online - I might as well buy some dirty, filthy depraved porn instead of a dvd from amazon
Deleted User wrote: » If you think a screener is perfect quality the you must have never seen a proper DVD or Blu-Ray and be used to crappy camera rips. The screeners that get released are decent enough but nowhere near as good a legally obtained DVD. The image is compressed to hell, any scenes set at night descend into a pixelated mess and the sound is at best acceptable.
e_e wrote: » True, and I doubt many realize that vinyl and CD are far better quality than mp3 rips as well.
Hogzy wrote: » CD is a digital format so the quality of an MP3 can easily match a CD. Where as Vinyl is analogue.
Smashius_Clay wrote: » Have they given any indication on when HMV vouchers will no longer be usable?
The company's administration, the UK equivalent of examinership, also means that vouchers and gift cards, many of which were given as Christmas presents, will not be accepted in stores. The Consumers' Association's Dermott Jewell said consumers have little comeback with regard to gift vouchers and credit notes. However, he said under the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, those who purchased vouchers by credit card should make contact with their credit card company. The association said it plans to contact the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to see what might be done for out-of-pocket consumers.
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