I for one am so glad..i know it sounds wierd but I have nothing but fond memories of HMV as a teenager. I used to love browsing their extensive sections, looking for great music and films..

It sounds perfectly normal to me Señora because I did exactly the same . I have been into my local store tonight and come out with £40 worth of CD's. All good value with 25% off.

66 HMV stores to be closed though dates not yet announced:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21366009

Stores announced:

• England: Ashton-under-Lyne, Barnsley, Bayswater, Bexleyheath, Birkenhead, Birmingham Fort, Blackburn, Boston, Bournemouth Castlepoint, Bracknell, Burton-upon-Trent, Camberley, Chesterfield, Croydon Centrale, Durham, Fulham, Huddersfield, Leamington Spa, Leeds White Rose, Loughborough, Luton, Manchester 90, Moorgate, Orpington, Rochdale, Scunthorpe, South Shields, Speke Park, St Albans, St Helens, Stockton-on-Tees, Tamworth, Teesside, Telford, Trocadero, Wakefield, Walsall, Walton-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Warrington, Watford, Wellingborough, Wigan, Wood Green, Workington
• Scotland: Dumfries, Edinburgh Fort, Edinburgh Gyle Centre, Edinburgh Ocean, Edinburgh Princes Street, Edinburgh St James, Falkirk, Glasgow - Fort, Glasgow - Silverburn, Glasgow Braehead, Kirkcaldy
• Northern Ireland: Ballymena, Belfast Boucher Road, Belfast Forestside, Coleraine, Craigavon, Derry, Lisburn, Newry, Newtownabbey
• Wales: Wrexham

Scotland got hit hard.

Plymouth's is still open though. So pop down there if you want to get your overpriced CD's, games and DVD's, just watch out for the janners 

I'm pleased to see that both my local stores have survived the cull.

Still hoping they may resurrect the pure points scheme!

All ours shut straight away, with our laws being different with vouchers for them not to pay up they closed..they sold vouchers all over the xmas period knowing they were'nt going to honour them....alot of our staff did a sit in for their pay and it was'nt until they did this that they heard from anyone official about owed pay..the company is a scum bag....

That's both of ours.

And the only one of ours 

Our High street is rubbish now and has been for a while, just learnt today that a jewelry shop is now closing. Too full of card shops, phone shops, shoe shops and charity shops 

There is now not going to be a specialist 'record' shop in our high street. We used to have a Virgin too but that also closed 

ours is a gonner  Closest one to us is the last on the list.

I dunno, could pick up a bargain or two 

Another round of store closures were announced a few days ago.

The 37 stores that are affected by the latest round of store closures are: Ashford, Basildon, Bolton, Cheltenham, East Kilbride, Enfield, Folkestone, Glasgow Argyle, Gloucester, Grimsby, Hatfield Galleria, Heathrow Terminal 5 - Departure Level, Heathrow Terminal 1, Heathrow Terminal 3, Heathrow Terminal 4, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Isle of Wight, Lancaster, Leadenhall, Mansfield, Middlesbrough, Newbury, Newcastle Silverlink, Newport, Nuneaton, Redditch, Salisbury, Scarborough, Southport, Stafford, Staines, Stockport, Swindon, Taunton, Torquay and Woking.

Although I'm not surprised that the Gloucester one is closing as it is a small store, the Cheltenham one is a much larger one. That means that apart from the small sections in the local W H Smiths stores, the only option here is to buy online.

That will leave 116 HMV stores open (until the next round of closures).

I was in HMV this week buying the new release Skyfall on blu-ray, interestingly 1p cheaper than Tesco!

Talking to the assistant behind the counter she was telling me about the further closures at Heathrow.

Who knows how many more may close, lets hope they won't do any more and that they have the business model now sorted.

HMV although not having a web presence are still sending me offer updates and news. They are as you would expect all in-store offers.

http://clicks.emsg-live.co.uk/...5IOqKvn4ivIITZip3cA..

Report: Asda May Make a Bid for HMV

13th March

It's been two months since HMV declared bankruptcy and appointed administrators in a last ditch effort to save the company. Eight weeks on, the company's fate is still unclear. However, there could be light at the end of the tunnel. According to the latest reports, UK retailer Asda may be able to save HMV.

According to the London Telegraph, Asda, which sells groceries as well as books, toys, clothes, DVDs, and electronics, is in talks with HMV administrator Deloitte about taking over the ailing DVD and music retailer. As previously reported, Hilco, the company that bought HMV's Canadian operation two years ago, acquired HMV's debt and it was looking likely the company would acquire HMV UK as well. The Telegraph now says that Asda could launch a late bid to buy the high street music retailer.

Neither Asda nor Deloitte have commented on the rumors, and Hilco and HMV are keeping schtum as well. Since going into administration, HMV and Deloitte have announced a sizable number of redundancies as well as numerous store closures. The first round saw a third of the UK's HMV locations close, while a second round of closures saw a further 37 stores close their doors. Still, with both Hilco and Asda apparently eager to make something of HMV (and Elton John, too), things are looking good for the HMV brand.

The sale is good.

I picked up a number of bargains, it's gong to be difficult keeping away as I know there are other items I would like.

I thought they might have still been having deliveries of new releases even with reduced numbers. I waltzed in there today looking to buy the new Jovi album. Nothing! 

There is plenty of new stock arriving at my local stores. They have signs up for the new Depeche Mode album next week and have already stocked the new Bowie album. I have to make a trip tomorrow, will see if they have the Bon Jovi album at mine.

That's what's going to annoy me EC when they do eventually go. Some things I like to buy there and then. Some I'm ok with waiting for from the website. This one, I wanted today 

I love the bargain hunt - can't get that same feeling on the web

I like to hold a CD or DVD  - not the same on download

Love HMV shops

I am similar. Tomorrow I am picking up the new album by John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts (see music thread for his latest track I posted). Along with any other bits and bobs I can find. I don't mind buying some items from websites too, but again it's the browsing and ability to impulse purchase I enjoy.

There is nothing like finding something that you desire at a good price is there. Being able to touch, read and assess products is better for me too than any website.

I know that HMV are not the cheapest, but they do have good offers on every so often. I think you ned to pick and choose your products.

The other upside is, I have had a number of on-line deliveries arrive a bit battered or worse for wear, you don't have that when you choose your own.

When I've had mi bath, going to head off for a shopping trip to pic up some items...

At my local HMV, they had lots of copies of the new Bon Jovi album. I wonder if only certain stores are getting new products?

Seems like it EC. Now I have to order it online and wait 

Bit of a shame that Sprout. But you will be excited when the parcel pops through the door. 

I've found a picture of the purchase I made today. Picked up the deluxe rather than the regular version.

I've just thought, I was given an Amazon Egift voucher for £10 for my birthday. I could use that. I think the original version is £9.99 and the de luxe is extra. I don't know what the difference is though 

I usually go deluxe because they generally include either a second CD or a DVD. In the case of the CD I bought today, there was only £3 difference, so for me it was a no brainer. Also the extra CD has additional mixes of the track that made me buy the album along with some other tunes.

I'm still finding bargains and HMV are still trying hard to keep us going through the doors. This feels like a heavyweight slugging it out whilst against the ropes.

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I went sauntering up to the shop today, was going in to browse. Shutters were down 

Oh dear, sorry to hear that Sprout. I'm making the most of mine while it's still there.

Picked up the latest cd singles by Depeche Mode for £1.99 & £2.99 respectively.

Now that's not bad in anyone's book.

Some good news this morning on HMV:

Hilco has today completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of HMV, the iconic entertainment retailer, from its Administrators, Deloitte.

The business includes 141 stores, 25 of which had previously been slated for closure by the Administrators, and approximately 2,500 employees. All nine Fopp stores are also included in the purchase.

Paul McGowan, CEO of Hilco, said: “We have spent a number of weeks negotiating revised terms with landlords and the key suppliers to the business, all of whom have been supportive of our plans to maintain an entertainment retailer on the High Street.”

“We hope to replicate some of the success we have had in the Canadian market with the HMV Canada business which we acquired almost two years ago and which is now trading strongly. The structural differences in the markets and the higher level of competition in the UK will prove additional challenges for the UK business but we believe it has a successful future ahead of it.”

The HMV UK business will initially be led by a Hilco team working alongside existing management. The Hilco team will be led by Ian Topping, formerly Chief Executive of the Steinhoff Group in the UK, and Henry Foster, an Investment Director at Hilco while Paul McGowan will take up the role of Chairman of the new business.

Ian Topping commented: “This is an exciting investment for the Hilco team and we will be able to use some of the developments already progressed in Canada to restore HMV to health. We intend to reverse the earlier decisions to sell tablets and other devices in the stores and to reclaim the space for an enhanced music and visual range.”

“The reaction of the British public to the administration of HMV shows a strong desire for the business to continue to trade and we hope to play a constructive part in delivering that.”

Hilco has also confirmed that it is in negotiations with a number of landlords with a view to re-establishing an HMV business in the Republic of Ireland after Receivers there closed the business shortly after their appointment.

Oh that sounds a bit more positive EL 

Thanks for the update EL (I heard it on the news, but not had opportunity to upload the details myself). 

I have to say that my local stores (both of them) have for a few weeks now felt like they were trading as normal. Plenty of new items coming in.

Some of it still a bit pricey, but hopefully the new owners will address that and make them more competative for a high street retailer and non Internet shopping alternative.

Also, I think it is good news for those still in employment with HMV, they should now have a bit more security and a positive future.

The full list of saved stores

Aberdeen, Ayr, Banbury, Bangor, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Belfast Donegall Arcade, Birmingham Bullring, Blackpool, Bluewater, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton Churchill, Bristol Broadmead, Bristol Cribbs, Bromley, Bury, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Canary Wharf, Canterbury, Cardiff, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Coventry, Crawley, Cwmbran, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Dundee, East Kilbride, Eastbourne, Edinburgh Fort Retail, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh Princes Street, Exeter, Bristol (Fopp), Cambridge (Fopp), Covent Garden (Fopp), Edinburgh (Fopp), Glasgow Byres Road (Fopp), Glasgow Union Street (Fopp), Gower Street London (Fopp), Manchester (Fopp), Nottingham (Fopp), Gateshead, Glasgow Argyle, Glasgow Buchanan, Glasgow Fort, Gloucester, Grimsby, Guernsey, Guildford, Hanley, Harlow, Harrogate, Hastings, Hatfield, Hereford, High Wycombe, Horsham, Hull, Inverness, Ipswich, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Islington, Jersey, Kettering, Kings Lynn, Kingston, Leamington Spa, Leeds Headrow, Leeds White Rose, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool One, Livingston, Llandudno, Maidstone, Manchester 90 Market Street, Manchester Trafford, Mansfield, Merry Hill, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Newport (Wales), Northampton, Norwich Gentlemans Walk, Norwich Chapelfield, Nottingham Victoria, Nuneaton, Oxford, Oxford Circus, Peterborough Queensgate, Plymouth Drake Circus, Poole, Portsmouth Commercial Road, Portsmouth Gun Wharf Quay, Preston, Reading Oracle, Romford, Selfridges Oxford Street, Sheffield High Street, Sheffield Meadowhall, Shrewsbury, Solihull, Southampton, Southend Victoria, Southport, Speke Park, Staines, Stevenage, Stirling, Stockport, Stratford upon Avon, Stratford City Westfield, Sunderland, Sutton, Swansea, Taunton, Thanet, Thurrock, Truro, Tunbridge Wells, Uxbridge, Westfield London, Wimbledon, Winchester, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worthing, Yeovil, York.

Hmmm, so ours still misses out. I've got to go to Newcastle or Sunderland If I want something quick 

I'm delighted that my shops are still open. I have always been a browser and a purchaser. I would have missed doing that.

In fact I will be buying this new release today.