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Originally Posted by MuckyFunster  I generally try to support the high street, and try to avoid buying online where I can. My local town centre is all but gone now, and is full of charity shops, cheque centres and poundlands. It drives me mad! Need to go all the way into Glasgow for any decent shops, which ends up making it a full day out, rather than just nicking up the precinct and then home for lunch. Winds up costing a fortune (which of course is sweetened when HMV have all the 88's for nine quid). |
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Originally Posted by Nordicdusk For me to shop in HMV i have to take an almost 3 hour train ride so its not really an option for me. As i have said many many times here i love the thrill of finding the films i want on the shelf but i only get to a HMV or Tower Records 2 or 3 times a year. Where I live is the exact same as your town charity shops and poundlands nothing else. As for ordering direct from 88 it worked out cheaper for me than ordering from Amazon. |
I'm in a similar situation, I live in a smallish town with nowhere selling dvd's/blu's apart from some chart stuff in Morrisons and WHSmiths so to go to HMV would mean going to Manchester which is why I shop online.
I'm even more torn now, my pre-orders have been around the £11.93 mark but I've noticed the prices dropping to £8.99 a week after release on some, so now I'm wondering whether I should bother with pre-orders at all, I can't really afford to pay more if they're going down in price the next week.
My preference (completely out of their control) would be the price to remain on the higher side for six months so that I can at least justify my spend. I bought The Bogey Man direct from 88 Films last week and this week it is £5 cheaper on Amazon. I sometimes wonder if Amazon/HMV are trying to ensure people buy from themselves rather than direct from 88 Films - possibly just being cynical. I have £14.74 left into my bank account until the rest of the month so that £5 would have been handy being a single cat parent.
I really need to cut down on my spending these days but I also want to support. If Claire Rayner was still alive I'd write a letter to her.
