Comments on: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Going Out of Business Sales http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:38:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Richard Harland Smith http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8388 Richard Harland Smith Sat, 09 May 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8388 Robert, you were walking very much in my footsteps. I used to work at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and at lunch would walk diagonally south by south west to shop at the Lincoln Center Tower Video - for VHS tapes. And on the weekends I haunted the Astor Square location, as well as Kim's. I loved the people watching there and the over-caffeinated clerks. I also spent no small amount of time and a lot of money buying up the catalogues of going-out-of-business video stores in my UES neighborhood... and of course now I have dozens upon dozens of video tapes that I'm not likely ever to watch again (mostly because I have the DVD or the quality is so poor to my spoiled-by-DVD eyes). It was quite a time. Robert, you were walking very much in my footsteps. I used to work at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and at lunch would walk diagonally south by south west to shop at the Lincoln Center Tower Video – for VHS tapes. And on the weekends I haunted the Astor Square location, as well as Kim’s. I loved the people watching there and the over-caffeinated clerks. I also spent no small amount of time and a lot of money buying up the catalogues of going-out-of-business video stores in my UES neighborhood… and of course now I have dozens upon dozens of video tapes that I’m not likely ever to watch again (mostly because I have the DVD or the quality is so poor to my spoiled-by-DVD eyes). It was quite a time.

]]> By: Charlie http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8317 Charlie Tue, 05 May 2009 14:56:41 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8317 I went to Virgin on 14th Sunday night and it was busy. But that's not just because it's about to close -- it's always been busy. Their incredible in-house DJ/VJs, the crossroads location, the spacious set-up...I thought, "People are really going to miss this experience when it's gone." It's the last big store in Manhattan where you could browse titles until past midnight some nights. What's frustrating (if not infuriating) is that both it and the Times Square store were profitable -- but Vornado believes it can command far higher rental rates with new tenants under new leases. J&R is still an option but it has more limited hours and is a bit more out of the way. Well, I already have my eye on which titles at Virgin seem to be plentiful enough to expect they'll still be available after another round of discounting in a week or two. But, sigh... I went to Virgin on 14th Sunday night and it was busy. But that’s not just because it’s about to close — it’s always been busy. Their incredible in-house DJ/VJs, the crossroads location, the spacious set-up…I thought, “People are really going to miss this experience when it’s gone.” It’s the last big store in Manhattan where you could browse titles until past midnight some nights. What’s frustrating (if not infuriating) is that both it and the Times Square store were profitable — but Vornado believes it can command far higher rental rates with new tenants under new leases. J&R is still an option but it has more limited hours and is a bit more out of the way. Well, I already have my eye on which titles at Virgin seem to be plentiful enough to expect they’ll still be available after another round of discounting in a week or two. But, sigh…

]]> By: Patricia http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8270 Patricia Fri, 01 May 2009 17:26:39 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8270 Thank you for the compliment. You must visit Toronto one of these days. Tours of video stores can be arranged! Thank you for the compliment.

You must visit Toronto one of these days. Tours of video stores can be arranged!

]]> By: R. Emmet Sweeney http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8259 R. Emmet Sweeney Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:07:07 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8259 Thanks for directing me to your blog Patricia, it's really wonderful. Where else could I find a cookie recipe from R.G. Armstrong? (for other readers, check out caftanwoman.blogspot.com ASAP). It sounds like Toronto has more brick and mortar video stores than NYC does these days. Consider yourself lucky! And it's so much easier to trust recommendations in person than anonymous comments on Amazon... Thanks for directing me to your blog Patricia, it’s really wonderful. Where else could I find a cookie recipe from R.G. Armstrong? (for other readers, check out caftanwoman.blogspot.com ASAP).

It sounds like Toronto has more brick and mortar video stores than NYC does these days. Consider yourself lucky! And it’s so much easier to trust recommendations in person than anonymous comments on Amazon…

]]> By: john august smith http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8217 john august smith Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:12:18 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8217 Thanks for the memory, that cartoon showed that Tex Avery was a comic genius. He got away with the sexiest females ever presented in cartoons.I saw them in my early teens and thought, Wow, is that what girls really look like? It was a more innocent age back then! Thanks for the memory, that cartoon showed that Tex Avery was a comic genius. He got away with the sexiest females ever presented in cartoons.I saw them in my early teens and thought, Wow, is that what girls really look like? It was a more innocent age back then!

]]> By: Patricia http://moviemorlocks.com/2009/04/28/the-end-of-dvd-retailers-or-how-i-learned-to-embrace-going-out-of-business-sales/#comment-8211 Patricia Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:16:10 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=9293#comment-8211 A few weeks ago in my own little corner of the blogosphere I wrote about my fondness for "Battleground". My sister, who is bound by blood ties to read the darn thing, asked to borrow the movie. I had to confess that I didn't own it, but remedied matters quickly with a trip to Toronto's well-stocked Bay Street Video where the movie was mine for under $9. My other browse and leave happy place is Star Struck where the young staff humours me and I feign an interest in the newer product. Win-Win. Purchasing online certainly fills up the library, but nothing beats grinning at another western fan over the Randolph Scotts or assuring a neophyte that they will laugh at Buster Keaton. Buy it - go on, buy it! A few weeks ago in my own little corner of the blogosphere I wrote about my fondness for “Battleground”. My sister, who is bound by blood ties to read the darn thing, asked to borrow the movie. I had to confess that I didn’t own it, but remedied matters quickly with a trip to Toronto’s well-stocked Bay Street Video where the movie was mine for under $9. My other browse and leave happy place is Star Struck where the young staff humours me and I feign an interest in the newer product. Win-Win. Purchasing online certainly fills up the library, but nothing beats grinning at another western fan over the Randolph Scotts or assuring a neophyte that they will laugh at Buster Keaton. Buy it – go on, buy it!

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