HMV is back!!

splashthecash · 22-08-2013 10:26PM #1

http://t.co/eEtRSAOcei

Brilliant news...a welcome return to browsing at lunch time and I presume the ability to use my voucher from last Christmas!?

Hurray

wazky · 22-08-2013 10:27PM

Wasn't such fantastic news when I read the title as "HIV is back!!".

shopaholic01 · 22-08-2013 10:28PM

Go mad and splash the cash so.

elfy4eva · 22-08-2013 10:28PM

YAY! Which stores?

Frosty McSnowballs · 22-08-2013 10:29PM

Anytime I see "HMV" I always think "Her Majesty's Vagina"

And I don't want a loyalty card for that.

splashthecash · 22-08-2013 10:29PM

3 in Dub and one in Limerick

trixy · 22-08-2013 10:30PM

Hope people start buying albums instead of games, this was the downfall of HMV, they forgot what they were there for . Downloads didn't help but true music lovers will ALWAYS buy albums etc.

Kylo Ren · 22-08-2013 10:30PM

Live in Dublin? Great, come on in!

Don't live in Dublin? Fuck you!

wil · 22-08-2013 10:31PM

Dublin Henry St, Liffey Valley and Dundrum
and Limerick

NuckingFacker · 22-08-2013 10:31PM

10c in the euro for the old suppliers, a c*ck up the bum for voucher holders and landlords and the same old crap for sale? I'd give them a year before they're gone again.

Guy:Incognito · 22-08-2013 10:32PM

How can you do both 6 and 8?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 22-08-2013 10:33PM

Anyone know which store it is in Limerick? The one in town or the Crescent?

Fox_In_Socks · 22-08-2013 10:34PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Anytime I see "HMV" I always think "Her Majesty's Vagina"

And I don't want a loyalty card for that.

Well, she deserves one for pushing Prince Charles out.

Have you seen the ears on him?

wil · 22-08-2013 10:35PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

10c in the euro for the old suppliers, a c*ck up the bum for voucher holders and landlords and the same old crap for sale? I'd give them a year before they're gone again.

My impression is that some of those landlords are a significant reason they and many other shops went bust in the first place.
Upward only and exhorbitant rents.
Landlords would prefer a place empty before dropping rents.

Hande hoche! · 22-08-2013 10:38PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Anyone know which store it is in Limerick? The one in town or the Crescent?

Crescent

Links234 · 22-08-2013 10:42PM

I miss HMV, I could actually get stuff I like there

probably one of the very last (if not the last) albums I bought there was The Gazette's Division, so I remember it quite fondly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvphbOzspZY

Was probably one of the last albums I've ever bought in Ireland, even places that'd stock more obscure stuff in Dublin wouldn't have the music I listen to.

Almost every other album I've got since, I ordered from HMV in Japan though

www.hmv.co.jp kicks ass

NuckingFacker · 22-08-2013 10:44PM

wil wrote: »

My impression is that some of those landlords are a significant reason they and many other shops went bust in the first place.
Upward only and exhorbitant rents.
Landlords would prefer a place empty before dropping rents.

No-one brings a gun to a rental agreement. No likey? No signee. Then if you do signee, no whingey. The old business plan had upwards only growth forecasts, how come it's all upwards for profits on the one side, and when it turns pearshaped, it's all downside for the suppliers? Phoenix springs to mind - rising from the ashes, the only question is who got burned? If I had bought a voucher, or supplied 100,000 cds I'd be p1ssed.

TeddyTedson · 22-08-2013 10:48PM

HMV need to be really be entrepreneurs now to stay alive. Perhaps going down the hooters root would be something that could work on this side of the pond.
Can you imagine popping into HMV and just browsing when a busty chick comes out of nowhere pressing up against you with the latest "Now" albums and whispers into your ear that she loves having sex while listening to track 8.
Or for the ladies they could have some Abercrombi and Fitch model lookalike press their groin into their rear end and hand them a One Direction CD.
Sex sells.

wil · 22-08-2013 10:58PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

No-one brings a gun to a rental agreement. No likey? No signee. Then if you do signee, no whingey. The old business plan had upwards only growth forecasts, how come it's all upwards for profits on the one side, and when it turns pearshaped, it's all downside for the suppliers? Phoenix springs to mind - rising from the ashes, the only question is who got burned? If I had bought a voucher, or supplied 100,000 cds I'd be p1ssed.

I think the gun may invalidate the contract.
Suppliers fine, but if your voucher is is turned down, talk to the landlord, they are taking the cash even if the retail has dropped. Business plans for landlords too.

Now Teddys upward only ventures, there's a plan;)

splashthecash · 22-08-2013 11:01PM

NuckingFacker wrote: »

10c in the euro for the old suppliers, a c*ck up the bum for voucher holders and landlords and the same old crap for sale? I'd give them a year before they're gone again.

What's this now you say NuckingFacker? So unless my 12 years learning Maths in primary and secondary didn't teach me anything (and it didn't)...a €40 voucher I process is only going to get me €36 worth of HMV-delightfulness?

kjl · 22-08-2013 11:07PM

trixy wrote: »

Hope people start buying albums instead of games, this was the downfall of HMV, they forgot what they were there for . Downloads didn't help but true music lovers will ALWAYS buy albums etc.

And then sit around in a circle and jerk each other off

EyeSight · 22-08-2013 11:20PM

are they selling games again? With the extortionate prices GTA is being touted at, i hope so. *i don't wanna hear the bleeding hearts telling me they need to sell GTA at such a price*

Elbaston · 22-08-2013 11:35PM

How can the place even survive with youtube and xbox live and xtravision around.

They better get selling something else different than before.

FameHungry · 22-08-2013 11:43PM

So relieved one will reopen in Limerick.

NuckingFacker · 22-08-2013 11:47PM

FameHungry wrote: »

So relieved one will reopen in Limerick.

Been sitting in silence for a while, eh?

Mickey H · 22-08-2013 11:48PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

HMV need to be really be entrepreneurs now to stay alive. Perhaps going down the hooters root would be something that could work on this side of the pond.
Can you imagine popping into HMV and just browsing when a busty chick comes out of nowhere pressing up against you with the latest "Now" albums and whispers into your ear that she loves having sex while listening to track 8.
Or for the ladies they could have some Abercrombi and Fitch model lookalike press their groin into their rear end and hand them a One Direction CD.
Sex sells.

Teddy -
That idea is both disturbing and workable. Bring it on.

ciaramc · 23-08-2013 12:26AM

Wonder will we still be able to use unused hmv vouchers?

Luap · 23-08-2013 12:31AM

A guy asked me today, "are you sure HMV is back?"

I replied, "I'm not sure, I'm HMV positive!"

Underground · 23-08-2013 12:33AM

Anyone know what's happening with the grafton street store? That link said that its already been leased to someone else.

Nailz · 23-08-2013 12:44AM

Feck sake, Dublin and Limerick? They could at least reopen the Galway one, maybe even Dundalk.

SilverScreen · 23-08-2013 01:09AM

trixy wrote: »

Hope people start buying albums instead of games, this was the downfall of HMV, they forgot what they were there for. Downloads didn't help but true music lovers will ALWAYS buy albums etc.

Having albums in physical form does not necessarily mean that you are a truer lover of the music itself over those who don't. It's just an old fashioned way of looking at it. The same way you can be a huge fan of a tv show but not own the boxset.

It's good to see HMV reopening but I hope they've learned from their mistakes. Hopefully no more overcharging for albums and a bigger selection of vinyl.

HMV is back!!

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