yes
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 18 January 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
Dude, you're defending someone who says he can't put cheese on a biscuit without it going wrong.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
well i hate cheese!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but you could put it on a biscuit surely?
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:32 (eleven years ago) link
And you can work a toaster without thinking it's magic?
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
ok you got me there
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
i can make spaghetti bolognese and work an oven
YOU ARE A MAGICIAN
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
fry and boil eggs. george foreman grill. make a steak pie. ok i can cook a bit
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
HMV: Retailer Game confirms it wants to buy some storesHMV HMV's troubles are linked to a failure to cope with increasing competitionContinue reading the main story 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.
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.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21092853
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 18 January 2013 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
what's HMV talk doing on ILC?
― LAST DAY to vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Saturday, 19 January 2013 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
The HMV gets captured by the Game?
― Mark G, Saturday, 19 January 2013 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
weren't Game circling the drain themselves a few years back?
― koogs, Saturday, 19 January 2013 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 19 January 2013 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
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
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 January 2013 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
They do sandwiches now?
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Saturday, 19 January 2013 13:15 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 19 January 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://caitlinleyshon.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/redundant/
― stet, Saturday, 19 January 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
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.)
― koogs, Saturday, 19 January 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― michaellambert, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
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 ...
― mark e, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
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.)
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 19 January 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Saturday, 19 January 2013 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
Alice wanted the TSwift cd, it's now back in stock, £13
hmm. doubtless it's cheaper in Sainsburys
― Mark G, Sunday, 20 January 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
it was £7 in hmv before all of this shit happened
― attempt to look intentionally nerdy, awkward or (thomp), Sunday, 20 January 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
that was a worthwhile post that i just made
More please
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 January 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 20 January 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
if only they'd bought something they might've stopped open
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 20 January 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxVbIC2lvls
― Hutton dressed as Lahm (LocalGarda), Sunday, 20 January 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
what happens if someone rescues a baby from a burning building in limerick this weekend
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 20 January 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
It seems the record companies may save HMV after all.
http://www.nme.com/news/hmv/68267
― Rob M Revisited, Sunday, 20 January 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Mystic Peston.
― Alba, Monday, 21 January 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
hopefully they save grafton st cos i'm moderately fond of this guy that works there
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qt9iebp6q3blty/59797_436016953124604_936647205_n.jpg
― lemmy's rabbles (darraghmac), Monday, 21 January 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
HMV will accept vouchers from tomorrow, administrators say.
― stet, Monday, 21 January 2013 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
Righto, ta.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 January 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Magic, shall try and get my Fopp vouchers spent before it all goes wrong again.
― ailsa, Monday, 21 January 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
ehhh, how can HMV accept vouchers if their shops are all closed?
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Monday, 21 January 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
They're not closed in the UK though. HMV Ireland seems to be doing its own thing.
― questino (seandalai), Monday, 21 January 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Accepting butter vouchers
― lemmy's rabbles (darraghmac), Monday, 21 January 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
I tried to return the Beatles vinyl box which I received as a Christmas present to Fopp on Saturday to no avail. A few of the albums are mispressed and therefore faulty. I'd discussed it with the guys I know in the shop the week before and they'd told me just to bring it in and it wouldn't be a problem. Needless to say, due to the circumstances in between, it was a problem and there was nothing they could do; no refunds, no replacements and no exchanges. It wasn't bought with a credit card but I've tried to go through the bank and request a visa chargeback. I had to send off the receipt and a covering letter which I've done today but to be honest I'm not hopeful. I'm not sure if this new approach of accepting gift vouchers from tomorrow marks a change of rules on refunds and exchanges but I doubt it.
Anyway, gripe aside I really felt for the guys who work there. Most are decent blokes who are passionate about their music and many have floated about various largely now non existent record shops before. Aside of their jobs and the shop they'll be a real loss in terms of knowledge and enthusiasm if Fopp goes under.
― Internet Alan, Monday, 21 January 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
probably better off contacting the manufacturer (EMI) in that case.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 January 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. Either way I'm sure I'm in for a shitstorm of letter writing. Bah!
― Internet Alan, Monday, 21 January 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
I sent a blondie album back to chrysalis recs back in 1979, they sent me a replacement and a 'next time take it back to the shop' letter.
― Mark G, Monday, 21 January 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
In the circumstances and with such an expensive product, I think that you might have a decent chance with EMI directly in this instance.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Monday, 21 January 2013 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21141209
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
One of Hilco's other businesses is an auction house that liquidates assets, typically industrial ones.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
Right, off to 'test' the vouchers..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 12:36 (eleven years ago) link