Talonz Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 All sales final...ALL Media Plays are CLOSING right after Christmas!
stevestojan Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 All sales final...ALL Media Plays are CLOSING right after Christmas! 527091[/snapback] Does this mean huge sales? Or we just don't buy anything because we won't be able to return them?
mcjeff215 Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 All sales final...ALL Media Plays are CLOSING right after Christmas! 527091[/snapback] Huh. I remember when that one opened up near the McKinnely Mall... it was beautiful. Although, with iTunes and Netflix out now, I don't remember the last time I actually went to a music store.
buckeyemike Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 I'm not really surprised. A few years back, Media Play expanded into Cleveland...all the stores remained open less than a year. It seems to me like they're not really well run. Mike
SilverNRed Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 I'm not really surprised. A few years back, Media Play expanded into Cleveland...all the stores remained open less than a year. It seems to me like they're not really well run. Mike 527169[/snapback] Media Play seemed cool when it first opened but now if you want to buy music, DVDs or any electronics you go to Best Buy or Circuit City. If you want books, you go to Barnes and Noble (or if you're smart you go to amazon.com). Basically there's no reason to go to MP anymore.
Fezmid Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 Media Play seemed cool when it first opened but now if you want to buy music, DVDs or any electronics you go to Best Buy or Circuit City. If you want books, you go to Barnes and Noble (or if you're smart you go to amazon.com). Basically there's no reason to go to MP anymore. 527177[/snapback] Or if you're really smart, you go to buy.com, since they're usually cheaper than Amazon (and have free shipping on $10 orders) Media Play opened up several stores in Minnesota in the mid-90s. They all closed up within a year or so as well. CW
sweet baboo Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 it's because their prices are absolute crap even places like FYE in the mall have better prices...it's like media play took the prices and raised them so high assuming that if they just sold one item to a competitor's ten, they'd be ahead
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 Media Play seemed cool when it first opened but now if you want to buy music, DVDs or any electronics you go to Best Buy or Circuit City. If you want books, you go to Barnes and Noble (or if you're smart you go to amazon.com). Basically there's no reason to go to MP anymore. 527177[/snapback] Media Play WAS cool when it first opened. Books, music, movies, and software in one store was a great idea. Problem is, other retailers evolved to their model...I can go to Borders or Barnes and Noble and get books, movies, or music; I can go to Worst Buy or Circuit sh------- and get movies, music, or software; or I can go to their web sites or Amazon and get anything. Media Play was a good idea that failed to evolve with the times. Just like the old department store retail model was overtaken by The Borg - er, Wal-Mart.
UConn James Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 it's because their prices are absolute crapeven places like FYE in the mall have better prices...it's like media play took the prices and raised them so high assuming that if they just sold one item to a competitor's ten, they'd be ahead 527252[/snapback] I remember that their DVD prices hovered in the $22+ range that the other stores had for the standard $19 and the online places had for, like, $17. I guess they thought they'd attract a higher-class crowd with their needless markup and "Media Plaaa-a-ay... is fu-u-un" jingle?
Dr. Fong Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 I loved going in and browsing in those stores whenever I went to Buffalo, but I never remember buying ANYTHING. I guess a lot of other people were doing the same.
Chilly Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 Or if you're really smart, you go to buy.com, since they're usually cheaper than Amazon (and have free shipping on $10 orders) Media Play opened up several stores in Minnesota in the mid-90s. They all closed up within a year or so as well. CW 527219[/snapback] I think its $25 for free shipping, I just checked buy.com.
Fezmid Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 I think its $25 for free shipping, I just checked buy.com. 527369[/snapback] That must've been a special they had. http://www.slickdeals.net/category/newdeals/#p6795 CW
Corp000085 Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 I loved going in and browsing in those stores whenever I went to Buffalo, but I never remember buying ANYTHING. I guess a lot of other people were doing the same. 527363[/snapback] me too. I remember buying CDs and looking at the vhs movies in the 90's at the transit store when it opened. Did a lot of browsing because it was fun to do. Too bad, so sad though. wonder what they'll convert that store into next year?
sweet baboo Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 the media play in amherst, next to the eastern hills mall is an extremely bad location for stores...nothing seems to survive in that area besides TJ Maxx
BILLS4LIFE Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 They have got worse over the years,but I still bought some stuff there. Theyre closing in Mid-January is what I heard.
EZC-Boston Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 remember back in the day when all their cd's were under $13 or something like that? that was great, then one day I went in and they were just as high as everywhere else. Shocking that they are closing after Christmas, the one on McKinley is an absolute zoo just before...
mcjeff215 Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 remember back in the day when all their cd's were under $13 or something like that? that was great, then one day I went in and they were just as high as everywhere else. Shocking that they are closing after Christmas, the one on McKinley is an absolute zoo just before... 528553[/snapback] So is every {insert entertainment store here} from Los Angles to Baltimore. That crowd will just move into the mall next December. You know, that's the ONLY store, that one on McKinnely, that's ever stopped me from buying a CD because I was under 18 and it had the sticker.
theesir Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 They said they couldn't find their niche in the marketplace. What niche were they looking for, idiots with too much money. I'll give ONE simple example of the pricing structure that caused me to NEVER set foot in that overpriced place. Simpson's 5th Season box set - Months after release... Amazon, Target, and BJs price, about $33. Media play price-- $55!!!!!! And this was how their pricing was on MOST things I looked at. Sorry to hear about a store closing, why would I pay $22 more for something at their store???
lawnboy1977 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I worked there 10 years ago, I remember people saying that the store was in trouble then because they opened the stores way too quickly. It was nice having a discount on CDs and stuff while I worked there, but from what i hear their prices have gone way up. Always seemed to me that they were a poorly put together operation and the stores themselves always seemed to be a cheap second rate store compared to a Circuit City or Best Buy.
whatutalkinbout? Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I'm not really surprised. A few years back, Media Play expanded into Cleveland...all the stores remained open less than a year. It seems to me like they're not really well run. Mike 527169[/snapback] I can't speak to how the company is run, but Buffalo had always been one of Media Play's best markets. However the entire chain is closing. They can't compete with the Best Buys of the world. Those stores are willing to take a loss on hot CDs to get people into their stores. Whenever you see a new CD for 10.99 the retailer is most likely losing money on it.
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