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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 7, 2010 17:35:08 GMT -5
I used to like to shop at Best Buy, Walmart, Barnes and Nobels, Schuller's Books and Fye for the weekly new releases on DVD and CD. All of these stores have shrunk their record departments into next to nothing. I have been looking for 2 weeks for the new Alice Cooper live Hammersmith DVD/CD combo set and I still can't find it. I'm done wasting my gas and time going to these lame ass stores trying to give them my business when they can't even order the new Alice Cooper. Gee...It's October, Alice is on our local radio station every night with his radio show here in Lansing Michigan but yet he is not popular enough to order at least one copy for one of these stores? They did the same bullshit with the last 2 Cheap Trick releases. Well needless to say I'm done wasting my time and gas doing this weekly new release egg hunt. I'll just order it on-line and skip the damn local stores...fuck'em, let them die with all the rest of the record stores. Thats what they want anyway...money for no-product, just a download. That way they can rip you off out of the real thing...no booklet, case or cd...it all is for you to supply after you pay for the download, yes, the paper, cd and case is up to you now....this is bullshit! If I'm going that far I will just go with the free download like most other people. I want product I can hold in my hands when I pay money, if not steal the shit! Let the band not make a dime from their non-existing product. The newest KILLINGBIRD 'Scar' doesn't even have a CD version available, only download....once again...F*CK THAT!!! This is why most people are stealing free downloads....if you can only have the music...STEAL IT!!! We are being cheated everyday by music artist and their record labels....They make a CD to last a lifetime, but yet give you a shitty cardboard case to hold it? Some scratching the CD everytime it slides in and out of the case if it doesn't have the plastic tray. That's because they assume you will be just sliding the CD into your CD wallet and chucking the case. NOT!  I will only be ordering off Amazon now instead of making my weekly rounds to the record stores which I have done since 1964. I was going to get a real pumpkin this year for my front porch, but I decided just to take a picture of somebody else's pumpkin to hang on my front porch instead.  |
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Post by spacel0rd on Oct 7, 2010 17:44:28 GMT -5
When i can't find what i want, i go to fye at the mall. They normally have all the hard to find CDs. But, of course, it's only a matter of time til fye is no longer.
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 7, 2010 17:46:58 GMT -5
When i can't find what i want, i go to fye at the mall. They normally have all the hard to find CDs. But, of course, it's only a matter of time til fye is no longer. Did that...no Alice DVD. Best buy doesn't even have a Alice Cooper section anymore. |
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 7, 2010 17:50:51 GMT -5
It's like Blockbuster video, they drive out all the local video stores, then up their rental price to 4 bucks a movie rental, then file for bankruptcy, close their stores and we have no more places to rent videos at in town...nice. |
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Post by Warpig on Oct 7, 2010 18:13:12 GMT -5
I get pretty much all of my stuff off the internet now a days, oh by the way what's the deal with the western avatars? Trinity, Butch & Sundance?
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 7, 2010 20:56:05 GMT -5
I get pretty much all of my stuff off the internet now a days, oh by the way what's the deal with the western avatars? Trinity, Butch & Sundance? "Cool" has no boundaries, maybe tomorrow it'll be Evel Knievel or Jed Clampett!!!  |
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Post by Ricky on Oct 7, 2010 22:19:09 GMT -5
I stopped going the these stores years ago..just get it off Amazon .com
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Post by Trexx on Oct 7, 2010 22:31:14 GMT -5
Yeah it sucks bad. Artists used to have a cool gig to do album covers. Typographers, photographers, printers did too. Now, who gives a fuck? Plus, most of the internet music has gelatenous-noise pollution-wierd shit going on that distorts and degrades the fidelity. AND... On the fucking actual Cds, the aluminum oxide that is the recording medium is as delicate as Moon dust and is just under a single layer of ink. Cds are more fragile than vinyl!!! Fuck-head liars from the start of this dismal spiral downward. I suppose the music business committed HARI-KIRI / SEPPUKU and now their guts are finally drying out...
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Post by rtbuck on Oct 8, 2010 4:22:17 GMT -5
It sucks... I didn't want to order the Cooper DVD/CD because I wanted it on the Tuesday it was released. I ran into the same problem no place had it (not even Borders). That Tuesday evening I ordered it from Amazon & received by Saturday. I don't mind ordering things but sometimes I just want to go into a store & buy something at that moment
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Post by rtbuck on Oct 8, 2010 4:23:11 GMT -5
...by the way the Cooper DVD/CD is incredible!!
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Post by Jesse on Oct 8, 2010 6:38:40 GMT -5
I get about 90% of my music online anymore. The Best Buy in my area has a pretty decent selection, but it is about 45 minutes away in a congested traffic area. The other stores don't have shit for a selection and never have anything I'm looking for. Last time I was at Kmart, I slipped into their music section and it was all of 1, maybe 20ft aisle.
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Post by Warpig on Oct 8, 2010 8:21:12 GMT -5
I get pretty much all of my stuff off the internet now a days, oh by the way what's the deal with the western avatars? Trinity, Butch & Sundance? "Cool" has no boundaries, maybe tomorrow it'll be Evel Knievel or Jed Clampett!!!  Cool if ya notice I've joined the Cowboy club.  |
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Post by blackers45 on Oct 8, 2010 13:06:13 GMT -5
You need to find a music store that deals with the hard to find. I have one about 15 miles from me where i do all my shopping whether it's a national release or just Europe or Japan and one time he got me one from Turkey. And the service they provide is the only reason their in business because they provide the hard to find and obscure.
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Post by Frank on Oct 8, 2010 17:27:34 GMT -5
I got lucky & my Walmart  ( Try working in a Walmart ) they got Coop's cd/dvd in. But my son can't find it at 3 different Walmarts in Missouri where he goes to college. I know how frustraing it can be, I'm like you Rikki....... I LOVE CD SHOPPING!! It's my addiction...... And I woundn't trade in it for nothing!!  But....getting your fix online is so much faster sometimes. |
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Post by Frank on Oct 8, 2010 17:30:17 GMT -5
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Post by kim on Oct 9, 2010 13:56:18 GMT -5
I've been saying this and going on about it for the last number of years? Shit, I even took some crap about doing the "downloading" thing, but at least I was up front about it back then...  ...Simply because it was prevalent back then to us poor fucking Canucks and I wasn't one to lay down and tolerate it. We were getting starved here for music! Remember me going on and fucking on about the Status Quo release..."Heavy Traffic"? The bastard was released in Sept. of 2002 when I ordered the prick!... 12 fucking weeks later, the stupid fucking record store... "ohhh sorry, the 25 year old fluffy haired manager chick at the CD Hip Hop Store" said that there was a delay!!!! ?....DOH FUCK!!! I finally ordered the sonofabitch from Amazon for $18.00 4 months later. Thankfully a friend of mine had downloaded a copy for me so I could at least enjoy the gawddamed music! 2 weeks later...the pregnant, fluffy haired 25yr old hip hop chick said that the album was in...I told her it was too late. That was the last time. Now, every time I walk by the same store in the mall, I wave at them and give em the "double guns"! My wife thinks I'm crazy when I do that...and I tell her that "I AM"!!!...  The 14 year old kid that runs the till doesn't have a clue and is probably the child of the 25 year old that got fucked in the back room 7 years previous... ?...I don't know...you do the math!! Bottom line...I can't recall the last album that I purchased from any store in town. They can suck me dry! Amazon or CD Baby now has my business. Better Prices. Better Service...(No young fucker with a cow ring in their tongue). Plus...I don't need to be interrupted here whist ordering an album when I'm busy talking to you good folks!!! Win/Win situation I tell ya!!! All I can say Rik is that I don't blame you my brother! You said it right!... Now maybe that we're dealing with Amazon...they can respect our presence here and cater to, or at least contribute to our great site moreso than the big record execs ever did? hahaha. I can see it now...Amazon.com/rnruniverse.com Thanks Kim |
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 9, 2010 19:15:02 GMT -5
"Cool" has no boundaries, maybe tomorrow it'll be Evel Knievel or Jed Clampett!!! Cool if ya notice I've joined the Cowboy club. With the coolest of all that is! Clint is COOL. |
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 9, 2010 19:17:07 GMT -5
I got lucky & my Walmart ( Try working in a Walmart ) they got Coop's cd/dvd in. But my son can't find it at 3 different Walmarts in Missouri where he goes to college. I know how frustraing it can be, I'm like you Rikki....... I LOVE CD SHOPPING!! It's my addiction...... And I woundn't trade in it for nothing!! But....getting your fix online is so much faster sometimes. You are correct sir!!!! |
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Post by IRON BALLS on Oct 9, 2010 19:22:00 GMT -5
I've been saying this and going on about it for the last number of years? Shit, I even took some crap about doing the "downloading" thing, but at least I was up front about it back then... ...Simply because it was prevalent back then to us poor fucking Canucks and I wasn't one to lay down and tolerate it. We were getting starved here for music! Remember me going on and fucking on about the Status Quo release..."Heavy Traffic"? The bastard was released in Sept. of 2002 when I ordered the prick!... 12 fucking weeks later, the stupid fucking record store... "ohhh sorry, the 25 year old fluffy haired manager chick at the CD Hip Hop Store" said that there was a delay!!!! ?....DOH FUCK!!! I finally ordered the sonofabitch from Amazon for $18.00 4 months later. Thankfully a friend of mine had downloaded a copy for me so I could at least enjoy the gawddamed music! 2 weeks later...the pregnant, fluffy haired 25yr old hip hop chick said that the album was in...I told her it was too late. That was the last time. Now, every time I walk by the same store in the mall, I wave at them and give em the "double guns"! My wife thinks I'm crazy when I do that...and I tell her that "I AM"!!!... The 14 year old kid that runs the till doesn't have a clue and is probably the child of the 25 year old that got fucked in the back room 7 years previous... ?...I don't know...you do the math!! Bottom line...I can't recall the last album that I purchased from any store in town. They can suck me dry! Amazon or CD Baby now has my business. Better Prices. Better Service...(No young fucker with a cow ring in their tongue). Plus...I don't need to be interrupted here whist ordering an album when I'm busy talking to you good folks!!! Win/Win situation I tell ya!!! All I can say Rik is that I don't blame you my brother! You said it right!... Now maybe that we're dealing with Amazon...they can respect our presence here and cater to, or at least contribute to our great site moreso than the big record execs ever did? hahaha. I can see it now...Amazon.com/rnruniverse.com Thanks Kim ...and now stay tuned for sports folks!  |
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Post by kim on Oct 10, 2010 18:13:26 GMT -5
I've been saying this and going on about it for the last number of years? Shit, I even took some crap about doing the "downloading" thing, but at least I was up front about it back then... ...Simply because it was prevalent back then to us poor fucking Canucks and I wasn't one to lay down and tolerate it. We were getting starved here for music! Remember me going on and fucking on about the Status Quo release..."Heavy Traffic"? The bastard was released in Sept. of 2002 when I ordered the prick!... 12 fucking weeks later, the stupid fucking record store... "ohhh sorry, the 25 year old fluffy haired manager chick at the CD Hip Hop Store" said that there was a delay!!!! ?....DOH FUCK!!! I finally ordered the sonofabitch from Amazon for $18.00 4 months later. Thankfully a friend of mine had downloaded a copy for me so I could at least enjoy the gawddamed music! 2 weeks later...the pregnant, fluffy haired 25yr old hip hop chick said that the album was in...I told her it was too late. That was the last time. Now, every time I walk by the same store in the mall, I wave at them and give em the "double guns"! My wife thinks I'm crazy when I do that...and I tell her that "I AM"!!!... The 14 year old kid that runs the till doesn't have a clue and is probably the child of the 25 year old that got fucked in the back room 7 years previous... ?...I don't know...you do the math!! Bottom line...I can't recall the last album that I purchased from any store in town. They can suck me dry! Amazon or CD Baby now has my business. Better Prices. Better Service...(No young fucker with a cow ring in their tongue). Plus...I don't need to be interrupted here whist ordering an album when I'm busy talking to you good folks!!! Win/Win situation I tell ya!!! All I can say Rik is that I don't blame you my brother! You said it right!... Now maybe that we're dealing with Amazon...they can respect our presence here and cater to, or at least contribute to our great site moreso than the big record execs ever did? hahaha. I can see it now...Amazon.com/rnruniverse.com Thanks Kim ...and now stay tuned for sports folks! Boston beat Chicago, New Jersey tied the Habs, The Leafs still suck and Sidney Crosby stubbed his toe on the bench... and now back to you April Showers for the weather update...April? Thanks Kim |
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