Thanks for the tip, I've just cleaned out the Covent Garden branch.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:32 (three years ago) link
Is the Covent Garden shop otherwise naff now?JUst was surprised to hear it had gone downhill by last month.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 18 August 2016 16:28 (three years ago) link
Are any of them any good?
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 August 2016 16:34 (three years ago) link
I only get to visit about once a year and have found a lot of decent stuff over the years.Still had a lot of things i would have picked up had i had the money back in january.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 18 August 2016 16:48 (three years ago) link
Lots of Shameless and Arrow DVDs for £3 and a few of the excellent Arrow Blu-Rays for £6 in the Halloween sale.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Monday, 31 October 2016 20:55 (three years ago) link
Also lots of BFI DVDs and Blu-Rays cheaper than on Amazon
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 11:51 (three years ago) link
oh cool - those arrow blu-ray packages are great, i'll need to nip down to fopp and see if i can pick up a few i haven't already snagged
― yokohama fuckdolphin (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 11:56 (three years ago) link
Back to the original statement..
I have to say, that "Close to the noise floor" looks like an excellent compilation, and eBay has it for £22 or thereabouts, but I have one massive backlog, so if I saw it in fopp for a tenner, then yeah. Otherwise, I can wait..
― Mark G, Monday, 17 April 2017 12:34 (two years ago) link
Was gonna say (well, I did but it didn't save)
I did make it to Fopp in Covgrdn last week, drove right in and parked nearby (just to show I still got it)..
I got the bfi remaster of Psychomania, you may have seen the thread revive recently (UNDEAD THREAD!! .. ahem)
Anyhow, the price ticket was "£12, or two for £25". How does that work?
― Mark G, Monday, 17 April 2017 20:23 (two years ago) link
Shin Godzilla (2016 Japanese reboot) on DVD for a fiver (2 DVDs, Japanese and English versions, not sure how different they are beyond the audio)
Lady Snowblood for £6, 2 films in both DVD and Blu-ray formats.
(Saved me about 4 quid over Amazon prices)
― koogs, Friday, 17 August 2018 21:20 (one year ago) link
End of a landmark
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47130390
― the article don, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 14:23 (ten months ago) link
Saved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47177001
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:23 (ten months ago) link
Anyone clocked if the Oxford branch is open/has been saved?
― djh, Monday, 11 February 2019 19:43 (ten months ago) link
(Oh, it's still closed).
― djh, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:02 (nine months ago) link
Is something happening to Fopp/HMV? I've been in recently twice and there was like 5 new releases they didn't have which are definitely out now. Like Arrow, Second Run, 88 Films stuff that they usually get. Have some labels said theyre not really benefitting from stores anymore. Feels ominous to me.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 30 March 2019 12:54 (eight months ago) link
Yes
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Saturday, 30 March 2019 17:17 (eight months ago) link
I should have mentioned I've heard about the many store closures but it seems like there might be extra troubles when they seem to not be getting some new releases you could normally rely on.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 30 March 2019 17:55 (eight months ago) link
The store closures are due to massive financial troubles. Lack of money, credit and staff can affect a shop's ability to order new stock.
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Saturday, 30 March 2019 18:20 (eight months ago) link
They weren't getting any new stock while they were between owners. And now I think their new owner is generally more invested in vinyl than blu-ray or DVD or CD. Shame they never seem to have sales on Indicator product, or Eureka/MOC.
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 30 March 2019 22:30 (eight months ago) link
Westfield branch of HMV has been left exactly as it was when it closed the day before HMV went into administration. All the stock is still sitting there on the shop floor and there are screens still on at the back, some playing videos. So weird. It’s possible the new owners are negotiating with the landlord so they can reopen the branch at some point, but dudes: mind that electricity bill.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 30 March 2019 23:46 (eight months ago) link
I walked past the Oxford Street HMV yesterday, no stock in the shop.
― Mark G, Sunday, 31 March 2019 00:46 (eight months ago) link
HMV Westfield has reopened as of today.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 11 April 2019 21:05 (eight months ago) link
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17734057.fears-for-fopp-on-byres-road-after-plans-submitted/
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 27 June 2019 12:53 (five months ago) link
Shame they never seem to have sales on Indicator product, or Eureka/MOC.
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:30 PM
There's still a wall of Indicator but they seem to be completely finished with Eureka. Which is a shame because I think Eureka are doing all the best stuff these days.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 25 October 2019 13:34 (one month ago) link