Tower Records To Be Liquidated starting 10/7

[Che]

Didn't see a single action figure in there.  
   They did have a lot of Clay Aiken Cd's though.

[anarchist]

i want to be there on the last day at the last hour.

[kosmo vinyl]

well having visited both the tysons corner and rockville location it's not hard to see why they are going under...
 
 both stores still have a huge stock of import singles, many of the here today gone tomorrow type acts.  if i had the patience i'd go through them...
 
 they had three copies at both stores of a recent limited edition and expensive ($40) singles collection by the Bluetones, as welk as the regular version of it. a UK band which released one CD here in 1996 and aren't exacting burning up the charts in UK.  tis not one of the records many people would casually wander into a store and buy.  same goes for the Roddy Frame, Do Me Bad Things, and the numerous expensive trance/house/etc/etc comps on offer.  
 
 seems to me inventory control was a bit of a problem...
 
 needless to say Tysons Corner had a lot of what Rockville has left and still lots of titles i'll wait until the big discount to buy... they did have a nice selection of RPM records comps at TC.   i'll be the first to admit much of the stuff i've gotten will still be there at the higher discounts and should have taken the risk and  hold off on getting them.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The Fairfax store has 13 copies of Robbie Fulks' most recent Yep Roc album Georgia Hard. While it is a great album, I don't see how some buyer could have thunk they would have sold that many.

[bigyellow100]

any ideas on when cds are going to be 70+% off?

[CloverOverDover]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  well having visited both the tysons corner and rockville location it's not hard to see why they are going under...
 
 both stores still have a huge stock of import singles, many of the here today gone tomorrow type acts.  if i had the patience i'd go through them...
 
 they had three copies at both stores of a recent limited edition and expensive ($40) singles collection by the Bluetones, as welk as the regular version of it. a UK band which released one CD here in 1996 and aren't exacting burning up the charts in UK.  tis not one of the records many people would casually wander into a store and buy.  same goes for the Roddy Frame, Do Me Bad Things, and the numerous expensive trance/house/etc/etc comps on offer.  
 
 seems to me inventory control was a bit of a problem...
 
 

The stock you are now seeing in the above stores is not representative of what was ordered originally. In the case of the Tysons store (and Rockville), we received HUGE shipments from Tower and Bayside's warehouse in CA. After all that, we began getting shipments of ENTIRE STORES that were closing earlier than we are.
 
 So, add all the crap from those stores to the crap in ours....and you get a lot of crap.
 
 All this has nothing do do with why Tower is going out of business, it's a result of going out of business.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

But you are aware that the stores were filled with overpriced crap even when they were in business, right?
 
 And who picks the shitty music that has been playing over the PA systems during the going out of business sales?
 
 

Originally posted by CloverOverDover:
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  well having visited both the tysons corner and rockville location it's not hard to see why they are going under...
 
 both stores still have a huge stock of import singles, many of the here today gone tomorrow type acts.  if i had the patience i'd go through them...
 
 they had three copies at both stores of a recent limited edition and expensive ($40) singles collection by the Bluetones, as welk as the regular version of it. a UK band which released one CD here in 1996 and aren't exacting burning up the charts in UK.  tis not one of the records many people would casually wander into a store and buy.  same goes for the Roddy Frame, Do Me Bad Things, and the numerous expensive trance/house/etc/etc comps on offer.  
 
 seems to me inventory control was a bit of a problem...
 
 

The stock you are now seeing in the above stores is not representative of what was ordered originally. In the case of the Tysons store (and Rockville), we received HUGE shipments from Tower and Bayside's warehouse in CA. After all that, we began getting shipments of ENTIRE STORES that were closing earlier than we are.
 
 So, add all the crap from those stores to the crap in ours....and you get a lot of crap.
 
 All this has nothing do do with why Tower is going out of business, it's a result of going out of business. [/b]

[CloverOverDover]

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
  But you are aware that the stores were filled with overpriced crap even when they were in business, right?
 
 And who picks the shitty music that has been playing over the PA systems during the going out of business sales?

Yes, I'm aware of that.
 
 Tower didn't set the wholesale prices, and couldn't afford to sell product below or close to those prices. Talk to the distribution and labels about pricing.
 
 One man's trash is another man's treasure. I bet everything you've scavenged over the past few months would be deemed crap by plenty of others.
 
 As for the music playing in the stores, it depends on who's working and their mood at the time.

I was in both the Fairfax & Tysons Towers today.  I was very disappointed to find the toy sections lacking.  The book sections were picked thru, as well.  So as not to waste the entire trip I stocked up on more porn.

[anarchist]

what happens to the sh*t they do not sell?  dumpster?  that would be the best price.  dumpster diving.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by anarchist:
  what happens to the sh*t they do not sell?  dumpster?  that would be the best price.  dumpster diving.

They will probably be the lumps of coal in a lot of peoples Christmas stockings.
 
 From my experience, more often than not, any given music store plays nothing but crap. Pure crap. (IMHO) Maybe it's just the times I've walked in to various stores but it always sounds like one of two basic choices.
 
 1. Something the manager makes them play to push a small selection of product.
 2. Really crappy Alternative (    :roll:    as if it really suits the word) HFS kind of fair I'm in the store trying to find something better to play in the first place.

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
  From my experience, more often than not, any given music store plays nothing but crap. Pure crap. (IMHO) Maybe it's just the times I've walked in to various stores but it always sounds like one of two basic choices.
 
 1. Something the manager makes them play to push a small selection of product.
 2. Really crappy Alternative (     :roll:     as if it really suits the word) HFS kind of fair I'm in the store trying to find something better to play in the first place.

One time I went into a Borders trying to find a book. The music that was playing was so nauseating that I had to leave. So I went to the nearby Barnes. They were playing the same shit! I asked someone working there about it and she said it was the (then) new Josh Groban. She didn't like it either (and she was within his demo) but the music was out of her control. Must be hell to work there.

I was in Wegman's last week.  They were playing Steely Dan.  It was groovy, man.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Jaguar:
  1. Something the manager makes them play to push a small selection of product.

<img src="http://thecia.com.au/reviews/h/images/high-fidelity-6.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 Rob: I will now sell four copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band.
 
 Dick: Go for it.
 
 [Rob plays the record]
 
 Customer: Who is this?
 
 Rob Gordon: The Beta Band.
 
 Beta Band Customer: It's good.
 
 Rob: I know.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

What percentage off are they today?
 
 Anybody have a guess as to the final percentages next week when they all close?