Just thought I'd alert the BBS to the fact that most of the Wherehouse music stores will be closing at the end of this month. The reason this matters is that everything is at least 50% off now. Up to this point it's only been piddly little 10% and 20% off crap on CDs that are about 30% more expensive than other places. Now that they're nearing the end, they're finally giving meaningful discounts. I had forgotten, but went by one after church yesterday, and spent about 45 minutes getting 19 CDs for under 140 bucks. After I get paid tomorrow, I'm hitting up another few stores. Most of the really popular stuff was gone, and it's all in disarray, but there's still a fair amount of good stuff there. Most of the DVDs seem to have been cleared out, and the Rap and Country sections are wastelands now, but the Rock section was still very good. Anyhow, just wanted to remind anyone who might have been interested.
Nobody can compete with Best Buy's CD prices. They can afford to sell them at discount rates because they make such a good profit on their high end electronics and major appliances. Maybe this will send a message to FYE and Sam Goody to stop raping people on CD prices...
How about any music store in the mall needs to stop raping people. I worked at Circuit City a while back. Not only can these chains sell a lot cheaper, but CD's are just accessories in a sense. They also draw you into the store. I used to think that the Sam Goodys of the world could get by on selection, but Best Buy even competes on that front.
Is Wherehouse Music (the business itself) going out of business, or just selected stores? A close friend of mine works in their IT operations area in California.
As far as I know, they're just closing a large number of stores (about 150 stores, I think). They will still have some stores after these closings (about 250), as is my understanding.
Oy, tell me about it. Don't even get me started on DVD prices. I saw the BTTF trilogy for $70 bucks somewhere.
Yeah, it's not all of them. The guy at the store told me that "most" were closing. The one I went to is Hwy 6 and Dairy Ashford.
Sound Exchange on the Drag went out of business last year. Also, that place behind Dobie Mall, next to the tatoo parlor is gone as well - now it's the Pita Pit.
Sound Exchange, what memories, anyway it wan't that great, but I used to check it out every month to see if someone brought in something I liked. They were bound to go out of business in the age of sharing files over the internet.
Seriously, I have a real problem down loading music, if I respect an artist, I have no problem paying for their product.
It's really terrible how we're losing what's made Austin special all these many years. To top it off, the big shopping mega-plex thing the city is helping with tax-breaks etc. at 5th and Lamar (?), is now saying they're going to have a Borders Books... about a block from Book People and Waterloo. They had promised the city not to put anything in there to compete with the 2 local (and successful) institutions. So far, I haven't heard that they've been prevented from doing it. And to think my tax dolllars are helping that BS!
Wow...gotta go check that out...I have one over here in SJ Mall.. problem is, they don't have alot of the "old skool" stuff I still havent replaced with CDs.. Anyone remember Sound Warehouse? those places Rocked! decent prices (for a mall chain) and they always had the best stuff playin over the speakers. but none of those places beat the *Grandaddy of Real Music Stores*.....TTR! my second home...and host of more band appearances than I care to remember.
I beg to differ, when it comes to music selection. Soundwaves is very hit in miss when trying to find old stuff. One of the best selections I've seen is that store on the bottom floor of the Galleria. Still overpriced. What's the name of that place. I don't think its the same franchise as the one they closed when they started building the Foleys and Nordstrom.
