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FriedRice
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 Posted - 2006/03/12 : 05:09:21
So i went into the shopping centre today after work to buy some hardcore albums, gotta love pay day, and went looking for the Hardcore UK section.....to my horror the only section they had was entitled "dance" which covered ALL types of dance from house to trance to hardcore UK u name it and the section was a mere 3 shelves in size. Appauled by this i approached the counter and asked if they had any bonkers albums behind the counter, she replied "yes" and then asked me "what bonkers was just released?was it 5 or 6"!!!! Where is the hardcore scene in the land of Aus!!!Deltra Goodrem and the Back Street boys get 5 friggen shelves to themselves and hardcore gets shoved in between House and Disco, What can us Aussie ravers do to improve the scene?
Anyone else had an experience like that?
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Mortis
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 05:18:36
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Originally posted by FriedRice:
Deltra Goodrem and the Back Street boys get 5 friggen shelves to themselves
It's the same in UK.
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Triquatra
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 08:27:46
least you get hardcore on the shelves - your gonna find more hardcore on shelves in england and down under than you will here
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FriedRice
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 09:37:02
Is this how it is world wide or what?Hardcore just isnt mainstream enough?We have to suffer with gang bangin rappers takin up all the shelves(they have good music too sometimes, not to offend) and boy bands hoggin headphones? we must take a stand and do somethin!!
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Chwhynny
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 10:04:00
You can't find ANY hardcore other than gabba in Holland in a regular music store. And even in specialist shops I haven't been able to find ONE Bonkers CD ever.
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Angel of Avalon
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 10:35:24
I even went to my record store asking about bonkers and Hardcore heaven...
I just get some stuppid looks. So I'll stick to vinyls and maybe when I get to the UK this year, I'll buy the whole damn lot 
But I don't care much for cd or mp3, expect for mixes made by DJ's I know "for real" 
But if I go to a cd store, even our most treasured "Thunderdome" cds are in the same catagory as Trance and even collection with 60's music 
I couldn't get even one to look at...
After talking about it with the retailer, they just laughed and say to my face: "Didn't you hear? Gabber is out!"
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hardcorEaddict
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 11:11:40
yeah exatly you go to a store ask about bonkers and hadcore heaven... is that numetal the seller says. i tinhk ill just stick to amazon.com and the happyhardcorestore for cds and viyils.
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ihaveduff
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 12:24:17
hahahaha FriedRice! i have that same problem with getting hardcore (tho i just got my grubby little hands on scott brown - hardwired 2, and Pharmacy vol.3) from JB HiFi... so its there if you look hard enough (HMV had no idea who scott brown was... they pointed me to MALE VOCAL!!!!)
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FriedRice
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 12:29:10
AHAHAHA male vocals thats rich....JB hifi huh?thanks a heap man i'll give it a try beats headin all the way to central station records in the city 
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Em Jay
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 12:49:05
pop into hmv or virgin and ask about their ordering policy, there must be something in place about ordering stock in for you because after all, your their customer and they are there to serve you. I mean its not as if these cds are non-existant.
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Underloop
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 12:59:01
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pop into hmv or virgin and ask about their ordering policy, there must be something in place about ordering stock in for you because after all, your their customer and they are there to serve you. I mean its not as if these cds are non-existant.
I've done that twice in HMV. Once in Manchester and once in Preston and both times I was less than impressed. I think the HMV website is ok, but ordering from in-store - forget it!
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Em Jay
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 13:15:36
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Originally posted by Underloop:
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Originally posted by Em Jay:
pop into hmv or virgin and ask about their ordering policy, there must be something in place about ordering stock in for you because after all, your their customer and they are there to serve you. I mean its not as if these cds are non-existant.
I've done that twice in HMV. Once in Manchester and once in Preston and both times I was less than impressed. I think the HMV website is ok, but ordering from in-store - forget it!
Well then you should have gone to the branch manager and made a complaint or even just suggested that the staff should be trained further because you werent satisfied, sheesh guys come on! You all that soft?!
Shops like you to tell them what you want so they can improve
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Ionosphere
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 13:37:20
"This is a record store, isn't it?
I am a customer.
Don't look at me like that just because you don't know what I'm talking about.
Where's the manager?
If you don't stock it then you can can order it (you may need to pay a deposit, or pay in full)
Here's my phone number.
Call me when it arrives.
Thank you."
....and then walk out.
Sorted.
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Angel of Avalon
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 13:53:03
Haha!!
I like your style...
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Underloop
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 14:11:11
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Originally posted by Em Jay:
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Originally posted by Underloop:
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Originally posted by Em Jay:
pop into hmv or virgin and ask about their ordering policy, there must be something in place about ordering stock in for you because after all, your their customer and they are there to serve you. I mean its not as if these cds are non-existant.
I've done that twice in HMV. Once in Manchester and once in Preston and both times I was less than impressed. I think the HMV website is ok, but ordering from in-store - forget it!
Well then you should have gone to the branch manager and made a complaint or even just suggested that the staff should be trained further because you werent satisfied, sheesh guys come on! You all that soft?!
Shops like you to tell them what you want so they can improve
No, no it was all fine at first. They looked it up on the computer. Said they either had some in stock at another store, or they were due some stock in or whatever. took my number etc (no deposit). Didn't call for 2 weeks. Rang them up asking about it, it was still "on order". Gave it another week and then found the item I wanted else where. They still haven't called to this day LOL.
I did make a complaint, but tbh it really did fall on deaf ears. I just got an explanation of how the ordering process works, to which my response was "well thats great, but I was told it was coming in, either from the supplier or another store - I don't want to be kept waiting for x weeks". This was actually a few months after I placed one of the orders when I went in to ask if they had another item in stock and got told they could order it LOL
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Ionosphere
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Posted - 2006/03/12 : 14:24:55
Ah, yes that happens but then you write a very polite but 'firm' letter of complaint to the company's head office,
and mention that if you aren't dealt with, properly and very soon, a letter of complaint will be sent to the local newspaper as well the music press.
N.B. It also helps if you make a point of taking the store manager's name upon your initial attempt to buy the record they don't have.
Music stores are usually staffed by supercillious, arrogant, cocky little gits or bimbos, hangers on to the tail-ends of the music world 'glamour'.
Record shops. I love 'em.
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