Haaahaaa His Masters Voice is no more...

[time_bomb]

damn i remember as a kid spending hours in the games section in the big hmv on oxford street. 

 

now i dont even own a console.

[Kurtis]

Pc >>>>>Laptop >>>Tablet

 

saying that my mum has this Surface tablet she got for christmas thing is very addictive

 

i think the thing these companies missed all these years was casual users with a nice disposable income

 

people who want to check email, browse the web, stream a film here and there, communicate via social networks/skype and do all that on the move

 

you can get laptops and pcs that are more powerful for less than an ipad, but since stuff like the kindle fire and nexus 7 came out at redic prices it just drove those users to them, busy workers can read books on lunch and commute on 1 device that weighs less than 1 of their books, take it travelling etc.

 

i dont think anyone foresaw the explosion in social networks and smart mobile devices

 

im in fact typing this on a laptop tablet hybrid

[Vertigo]

Jessops one shocked me. 

The only major camera retail company in the country goes burst.

This is actually peak on all levels cuz big camera manufacturers will eventually pull out of the uk or just have limited distribution.

 

All you getting on high streets will be coffee shops restaurants and clothe shops. Thr.

 

Is it the internet though or certain companies not been too naive?

 

camera phones bro

 

no one needs to lug around a separate camera anymore when you can take pics, film and call on one tiny thing

 

Jessops was too big anyway, cameras will prob remain in specialist shops and shit, theres no need for like 200 stores or whatever

True. 

compact cameras are absolutely pointless these days.

Surprised laptops and pcs in general aint following. I do alot of my work report from my phone these days.  

 

There will always be room for PC's in the business world.

 

The industry I work in relies on fairly powerful PC's and Macs to get our work done. They will also always have a market for students in creative courses etc,what will change imo is the home market. Most of those people have no need or want for a large PC in the home anymore.

 

And look to be happy with the ease and portability of a tablet.

 

I think we'll see a lot more hybrids going forward.

[kurious]

Takes the joy out of feeling things picking them and thumbing through cds n dvds as your browsing.

I remember when me n my sisterin went record shop and where looking for garage songs and started singing to the shop assistant

'ecxuse me do you have that tune, u no the one that upside down im lonely duuun duuun nasaa didn't mean to cheat on ur best friend'

and we started skanking like it was Bigga Fish

man was baffeled years later we discovered we were looking for Nathan, Changing. Big tune

[kurious]

Takes the joy out of feeling things picking them and thumbing through cds n dvds as your browsing.

I remember when me n my sisterin went record shop and where looking for garage songs and started singing to the shop assistant

'ecxuse me do you have that tune, u no the one that upside down im lonely duuun duuun nasaa didn't mean to cheat on ur best friend'

and we started skanking like it was Bigga Fish

man was baffeled years later we discovered we were looking for Nathan, Changing. Big tune

[Benicio del Toney]

Tablets are luxuries, every house will still have the main PC or Laptop in it, until the day comes when the affordable Tablets are coming with 500gb storage then PC's and Lappies will stay selling.

[Kurtis]

thats not the problem

 

the problem is theyyre not upgrading as frequently as they did because they use those devices less

 

specialists like gamers, corporates, business etc this doesnt apply to

 

but the casual pc user at home

 

and with the whole explosion of cloud computing people want everything everywhere and i aint talking shitty 4G

[Gstar]

im pissed gotta send some letter off to try and claim back my £100 gift voucher from jessops i got last month, the way i was told that jessops was closing down on the day and to spend it right away, checked online and they said stores are now closed and aint excepting no gift vouchers. I've asked my family member if they can cancel the card transaction if the funds have not left the account yet, gonna see what happens....

 

 

Jessops are more than stupid, the biggest camera store in the uk and they were slacking marketing wise on so many levels no wonders they failed as a company coming into the new year.

[JOHN DOE]

whats fucked is the chief exec of HMV (trevor moore) was brought in to help sort out the firm as they wer on the decline

 

this same trevor moore was chief exec of jessops before he took the HMV job

 

wasteman

[Afroman]

im pissed gotta send some letter off to try and claim back my £100 gift voucher from jessops i got last month, the way i was told that jessops was closing down on the day and to spend it right away, checked online and they said stores are now closed and aint excepting no gift vouchers. I've asked my family member if they can cancel the card transaction if the funds have not left the account yet, gonna see what happens....

 

 

Jessops are more than stupid, the biggest camera store in the uk and they were slacking marketing wise on so many levels no wonders they failed as a company coming into the new year.

To be honest. They  werent slacking on the marketing side. 

Owners just wanted to pull out.

It was very unprofessional of them though.  The staffs didn't  know until the the day its self. Customers lost out and it should be investigated imo

[Gstar]

i wonder what happend to all the stock, because i believe that each store was a franchise in itself where by individual people became partners and basically set up there own stores under the jessops brand?

 

if i was a member of staff the way how i would just let people take what they wont and not say anything.

[The Somalian]

whats fucked is the chief exec of HMV (trevor moore) was brought in to help sort out the firm as they wer on the decline

this same trevor moore was chief exec of jessops before he took the HMV job

wasteman

Comes like that dude from the wire they bring in to take down the unit

[TF S4DK]

HMV will be bought, its got to be! I can't imagine the UK having no real music retailer on the high street. Third world countries even go those ffs.

 

The small stores have to go, the two stores in one centre have to go, staff losing jobs.

 

Like I said HMV was still selling units, just the overheads kills them, and the potential to rise profit margins are impossible due to online.

 

They need to go back to individual buyers at store level, rather than all at head office, local knowledge spots buying trends and drives sales. They can't just be a top 40 chart store as, Tesco and Sainsburys do that. They almost have to become a niche/specialising in specialist product.

[Sole]

Fam who do u think is buying hmv sbtv?

[FinalBawse]

I like to browse in HMV then piss off and get it elsewhere. I think it was Fifa on release that they just added 10 quid on top.

Cex and Game is my place for games.

Can't speak on music cause.. Well lol.

[Kurtis]

Blockbuster is in administration

 

how they (slyly) outlived HMV, ill never know

[gattsu]

Blockbuster is in administration

how they (slyly) outlived HMV, ill never know

this is truth ,saw one like 2 months ago thinking how the fuck can they still be in business

[Benicio del Toney]

 

I'm more likely to pop into Blockbuster for the Haagen Daz or the Popcorn.

[TF S4DK]

 

I'm more likely to pop into Blockbuster for the Haagen Daz Slush or the salt Popcorn.

[Kurtis]

its always been a toffee popcorn ting

[Woodpecker]

lol at toffee popcorn

 

lol

 

home made with salt and butter......ooooeeeeee.....certainly more thread worthy than hmv

[The Somalian]

Hmv are accepting gift cards again

[Frank.]

Renting ps1 games from blockbuster back in the day >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

emotional

[The Somalian]

Renting ps1 games from blockbuster back in the day >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

emotional

Ps2 rentals>>>

Stat showed me about getting hard drives for ps2 so i would just rent from blockbuster game will copy to hard drive and get the game for price of a rental.