Why is HMV so damn expensive?
RodriguezMan267
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Seriously. The prices in that place are insane. :eek:
Sure they do occasional deals such as '3 for £20' but hardly makes up the price of their other items.
Sure they do occasional deals such as '3 for £20' but hardly makes up the price of their other items.
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Whsmith is not selling any CD's and only the top 10ish chart dvds and apart from tesco's, asda's and sainsburys which people only really go in when shopping not technogally shopping. HMV is alone.
HMV has no competition so it can be as pricey as it likkes, because most people won't bother to go and look elsewhere (like online).
Lost season 6 was £60 in Hmv , bought in in my local Asda for £28
Desperate Houswives season 1-6 was £200 in hmv, and in my local as Asda each series 1-5 is £10, and season 6 is £24
More fool them.I was in HMV yesterday & they are selling the BBC "Sherlock Holmes" dvd for £16.99 which is daylight robbery.Apart from their own website which is selling it for £12.99 you can buy it from amazon for £10.97
I'm just using this as an example.
my fav show Weeds is 22 pounds per season in HMV but on the HMV website they are 11 and under 10 on ebay and amzon.
i wont even buy 3 for 20 dvd's now.
blockbusters are good sometimes.
The comparisons I've done show that online HMV prices are usually comparable with Amazon and Play and I've bought quite a few from them as they offered the best price , but like all retailers their prices do range between titles.
Some they win some they lose
HMV have no high street competition, so they can basically charge what they like. Same goes for Waterstones. I know no student that buy their books from their... Complete rip offs.
Your ignoring the fact that a lot of people don't have access to a computer and some that do refuse to shop online. This is the major reason why HMV still exists.
But don't call people morons who shop there, they might not like shopping online and using their card(and don't want to ask others to do it for them), or they like shopping in an actual shop... and believe it or not, there are people who still don't have the internet in their homes.
As for supermarkets, they don't have an awful lot of choice, and they usually(if you are like me) don't have the editions I would like(steelbook for example).
just wait
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At the end of the day, it's easier to get my CD/Blu Ray/Game at a supermarket and it's a lot cheaper.
I had some vouchers for HMV last Christmas and regretted using them paying for something that's twice as much in a supermarket.
I've found myself buying more from HMV in the past than Amazon or Play. For example I've bought all 4 series of Enterprise for only a few pence more than the online price. And, call me old fashioned, but I like actually picking up a product and being able to view/listen as soon as I get home.
I also prefer to have a choice, I often find that supermarkets don't sell all that I want, at least in HMV I've got a chance to find it. If not its off to the internet I go.
Having said that, I've balked at prices for some items in an HMV recently.. one CD is £10 - not that bad really until you look on Amazon and its £3.99.
Just a game of knowing/guessing how much some items are worth.
I do feel that it is time that most high street stores looked at the online stores as competition rather than an alternative.
A good ten, fifteen years ago - they could get away with saying we don't compete with online stores, but now with more and more people having the ability to go online and find what they want for cheaper, they really need to up their game. I know there are costs that the online stores just don't but some of the pricing is ridiculous.
I was looking for a PS3 game the other day in gamestation, I have already found the price for this game is £22 online, but you can get the same game - pre owned I might add - for £32, they just don't compete in the hopes that people would be too impatient to go back home and order it online and in the society of "I want it now!" types then they could be right in some cases but they still need to compete.
I just don't understand why so many people go to these stores when the online stores are a much cheaper alternative.
Everything online is cheaper. It makes you wonder what will happen to the highstreet come 20/30 years time.
I think allowing Tesco's the right to sell so much under one roof has damaged Britian's retail industry in so many ways as well.