Does anyone still shop at HMV?

"wife". This has sitcom written all over it.

"My Lex Next Door"

Japes ahead as Internet personalities Lex and Sick Mouthy realise they are real life partners.

Ian The Lex eats egg sandwiches but cannot make them. Ian Sick Mouthy can make egg sandwiches but cannot eat them. They are married in a civil ceremony and one of them inherits a sandwich shop. With hilarious consequences.

ease up on the lex, who cares if he cant cook? I know i cant cook either. Its the most normal thing in the world for a guy!

...for a guy?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/salt_n_pepa.jpg

haha

i stick up for lex and i get embroiled in sexism now. shut up pfunkboy shut up

yes

Dude, you're defending someone who says he can't put cheese on a biscuit without it going wrong.

well i hate cheese!

Yeah, but you could put it on a biscuit surely?

And you can work a toaster without thinking it's magic?

ok you got me there

i can make spaghetti bolognese and work an oven

YOU ARE A MAGICIAN

fry and boil eggs. george foreman grill. make a steak pie. ok i can cook a bit

HMV: Retailer Game confirms it wants to buy some stores
HMV HMV's troubles are linked to a failure to cope with increasing competition
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Retailer Game has revealed that it is one of the 50 separate groups or individuals who have expressed an interest in buying all, or part of HMV.

Game has asked HMV's administrators, accountancy firm Deloitte, about the possibility of purchasing an undisclosed number of HMV stores.

HMV went into administration on Tuesday of this week.

The music, DVD and games retailer has 223 UK stores in total, and a workforce of about 4,000.

According to reports, Game, which itself exited administration in April of last year, could bid for up to 45 HMV locations.

Game, which sells computer games and consoles, is owned by private equity group OpCapita.

Deloitte said that the 50 parties interested in buying all or part of HMV included other retailers, private equity firms, and wealthy individuals.

Retail restructuring firm Hilco, which owns unconnected HMV Canada, is also said to be one of the 50.

HMV's administration follows after the company failed in recent years to cope with increasing competition from online rivals, the supermarkets, and illegal music and film downloads.

oh yeah http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21092853

what's HMV talk doing on ILC?

The HMV gets captured by the Game?

weren't Game circling the drain themselves a few years back?

Less than a year ago I think. Game's an even less pleasant environment than hmv ime, it's hard to imagine this being a roaring success.

Game came out of administration last year, they look like a business on borrowed time re: selling new copies of hard media games, but they're not as bad as HMV cos at least they still sell the odd thing i give a fuck about

They do sandwiches now?

Well, I was just talking last night about how the South Bank was transformed with lots of restaurants and bars blah blah...maybe once Game fail with HMV maybe Pret could take over and we could get our sandwiches and coffee with a smile (no tatoos just a creepy smile instead, natch) and browse around for the odd DVD/game/athingwefuckingcareabout.

Think about it.

http://caitlinleyshon.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/redundant/

westfields hmv seemed busy just now, almost december levels. but the stock was a bit, i don't know, scruffier, more haphazard. plenty of blue cross bargains to be had. (no jean luc godard though.)

I'm not sure if it was already mentioned upthread, but I have my suspicions that a lot of the Blue Cross stock had it's prices put up when going into the offer.

but I have my suspicions that a lot of the Blue Cross stock had it's prices put up when going into the offer.

yup .. i also think thats the case ...

I am 100% with Lex on the cooking thing. Sandwiches are some seriously next-level shit. They've always gone wrong on me. I can ping a mean microwave, and that's about the end of it. (Luckily, I have an in-house domestic outsourcing arrangment which works very well. I can also pack a mean dishwasher.)

All shops have now been vacated and an agreement has been handed to Limerick from the receiver Deloitte stating all money due will be paid to staff next week.

What more can be said about the heroes who left their families and sat in our shops

Thank you all so much for the outpouring of support and love , and this is just the beginning not the end .

HMV Staff Ireland

Alice wanted the TSwift cd, it's now back in stock, £13

hmm. doubtless it's cheaper in Sainsburys

it was £7 in hmv before all of this shit happened

that was a worthwhile post that i just made

More please

What more can be said about the heroes who left their families and sat in our shops

if only they'd bought something they might've stopped open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxVbIC2lvls

What more can be said about the heroes who left their families and sat in our shops

what happens if someone rescues a baby from a burning building in limerick this weekend

It seems the record companies may save HMV after all.

http://www.nme.com/news/hmv/68267

Mystic Peston.

hopefully they save grafton st cos i'm moderately fond of this guy that works there

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qt9iebp6q3blty/59797_436016953124604_936647205_n.jpg

HMV will accept vouchers from tomorrow, administrators say.

Righto, ta.

Magic, shall try and get my Fopp vouchers spent before it all goes wrong again.

ehhh, how can HMV accept vouchers if their shops are all closed?

They're not closed in the UK though. HMV Ireland seems to be doing its own thing.