tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post966274812885006757..comments2023-09-16T05:46:14.740-04:00Comments on Beauty and the Robeast: Virgin SmegmastoreRo-Beast Rolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13461980537490993760noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post-79452105368932638352009-05-01T13:16:00.000-04:002009-05-01T13:16:00.000-04:00Ro-Beast Rollie said:
"I don't know if I listen ...Ro-Beast Rollie said: <br /><br />"I don't know if I listen enough to warrant..." <br /><br />You sure don't! <br />SHEEEEEE'S MYYYY CHERRY PIE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post-36477242893296975322009-04-30T12:25:00.000-04:002009-04-30T12:25:00.000-04:00Believe me, I'm not happy to see any record store ...Believe me, I'm not happy to see any record store close down. I love to spend hours digging through CD racks. I find a lot more things to buy that way than if I were to just look through the alphabet on Amazon. <br /><br />And I'm certainly not happy to see anyone lose their job. I can't comment on how knowledgable anyone at the store is because I avoid clerks like the plague, but I have no reason to blame you, the employee for the demise of the record stores you work at. I can still comfortably point the blame at higher-ups at Virgin not adjusting their business model for the change in music spending habits, and thank you for reminding me not to let labels off the hook. Fuck them both in their fat, money-consuming faces. <br /><br />For me, it's still about a magic number. I won't pay more than $13 for a CD. Maybe I'm spoiled too because I expect deep selection <I>and</I> good price, but Virgin as it was, just did not work for me. I can wait 5 days for a cheaper CD to be delivered. Or I can wait 5 years to find it used. I'm the same way about movies and concerts. As a consumer, I have a threshold too, and I'm sorry that people losing jobs because of companies going out of business is the punctuation on my statement. I really hope someone is learning from these failures.<br /><br />The record industry is pretty fucked up from top to bottom, and I wish you the best in landing another job somewhere that your integrity and knowledge is valued.Ro-Beast Rolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461980537490993760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post-43795776668248607722009-04-30T10:51:00.000-04:002009-04-30T10:51:00.000-04:00Virgin doesn't set prices, the labels do. Sure, V...Virgin doesn't set prices, the labels do. Sure, Virgin is gonna mark it up generally by 30%, but they gotta cover their costs. The reason Best Buy and the big box stores can charge less than $10 for a lot of their titles is because they make money on big money items like TVs. <br /><br />Try not to hate on Virgin as there are some people that still buy their music without the internet and they appreciate the fact that we have selection and staff that knows their shit. The fact remnains that we were the last of the music stores with deep selection. Some people will miss us believe it or not.<br /><br />And as far as the liquidation sale goes, it's an outside company that comes in to run the sale, not Virgin.a virgin employeehttp://www.virginmegastore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post-50560026817745348082009-04-29T16:06:00.000-04:002009-04-29T16:06:00.000-04:00Right, I did forget to mention Pandora. I usually ...Right, I did forget to mention Pandora. I usually listen to my station on Pandora, then check to see if what I like is on Emusic, and download it. Now that I have a hold on Emusic, I'm not sure what I'm going to do though. I could also just lower my subscription level to Emusic so I don't download 75 songs every month. <br /><br />Another option is to just listen to the same songs on Pandora all the time. My mobile phone doesn't support it, unfortunately. I don't know if I listen enough to warrant a subscription or a hardware purchase. But, I will put this in the plus column for the iPhone, which I swore I'd never think about getting. <br /><br />Similarly, I've never paid for anything on iTunes. I've only recently gotten a few tracks from Amazon. The whole $.99 track purchase revolution pretty much missed me.Ro-Beast Rolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461980537490993760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297817787946836833.post-42724859966254874092009-04-29T15:47:00.000-04:002009-04-29T15:47:00.000-04:00The one in Denver was going out of business, too.
...The one in Denver was going out of business, too.<br /><br />I totally agree; their prices are killing them. I used to pick up $10 DVDs there until Best Buy sold the same ones for $4 or $5, so fuck Virgin. I've never bought a CD from them that I can recall. I'll have to check out emusic at some point. As far as finding NEW music- pandora.com has been invaluable to me, if you haven't tried it. Each song has direct links to iTunes and amazon.com, too, if you feel the need to buy.100monkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11526316591275692045noreply@blogger.com