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Best Buy to reduce anime inventory in 80% of stores
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Outcast2004
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Good actually.
I'm surprised that Best buy caters so much space to a niche product that could be used for something that actually sells on a larger scale.
Besides, if you're an anime freak, there's better places to go than Best Buy for your fix.
I'm surprised that Best buy caters so much space to a niche product that could be used for something that actually sells on a larger scale.
Besides, if you're an anime freak, there's better places to go than Best Buy for your fix.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Yay clearance sale! Just picked up some things.
Full Metal Panic (All 3 seasons)
Black Lagoon season 1
~$75
Full Metal Panic (All 3 seasons)
Black Lagoon season 1
~$75
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
dr3upmushroom said:
There is amazing anime
Cowboy bebop
Mushishi
Phantom memory kurua
Eureka seven
Guren lagann
Hajime no ippo
Noein
Fantastic children
Gankutsuou
Ghost in the shell stand alone complex
Texhnolyze
Monster
Infinite ryvius
Rahxephon
Gungrave
Rurouni kenshin ova
Most ghibli movies
Fullmetal alchemist
Hikaru no go
Hunter x hunter
Scryed
Outlaw star
Death note (the first half)
Last exile
Baccano
Paranoia agent
Neon genesis evangelion
Berserk
Okay maybe you can say you hate animes, you most there, but there is more to anime than naruto, bleach, dragonball, pokemon, digimon. Just try any of this series and you will change your opinion about that most of the animes are crappy.
It's like saying that movie sucks, just because you only watch the summer blockbusters of hollywood.
Alex Anderson
Member
Goldrusher said:
Mechanicsville, represent
evilromero
Member
Makes perfect sense. Pedos prefer to stay indoors and not be seen in public. BB is just burning through money stocking that shit.
It's quite simple: Best Buy makes no margin whatsoever on CD's and DVD's. None. They want their associates to attach everything under the sun to all potential CD/DVD sales so they can make money. Otherwise, media as a department is in the red at the end of the day, and it drags the store down. If they added a whole other floor or huge section of CD's/DVD's, it would just be more money they aren't ever making back.jamesinclair said:
The company has essentially dug their own hole by driving every other major brick and mortar electronics store out of business. What they once prided themselves on to allow them to be the most successful electronics retailer is now biting them in the ass, because they're basically the only show left in town. They sold all kinds of stuff (computers, CD's, mp3 players, you name it) wayyy under cost to keep the customer in one of their many stores. That worked out for them for a while, but not anymore because there's zero competition. Customers have come to expect those prices every time they shop there (that's what keeps them coming back), so Best Buy can't really change that.
All they can hope to do now is attach their blatantly overpriced accessories and services to sales that otherwise would make them no margin, or actually cause them to LOSE margin (e.g. computers). I would have to say that their best bet now, outside of their bloated services that no one wants to pay for, is home theater (but given the state of the economy, :lol), which they CAN get away with marking up a little because it's new and interesting technology to a lot of people (unlike, say, laptops). They can also try to rely on misc. things like financing ($30 or so kickback for every credit card customers sign up for, but once again, economic woes), and car head unit installations (but that really can't carry the store). They also have their service plans, but that alone can't really keep them all too profitable, and half of them are a ripoff like every other sugar-coated thing they try to throw at you. They literally want the ideal sale to have the core product, a service plan, a geek squad service if possible, and complimentary accessories. If the customer can't afford it, you offer them financing, even if it's the most simplistic of purchases that really wouldn't justify the need to open a new account. :lol
Their view is more and more increasingly becoming "if we can't make money selling x, we probably should bail out and try something else, even if it pisses off our customers." This is why media is shrinking. Media sales associates are not really trained to sell, but they want them to once they (eventually) transition into what I was talking about earlier in this thread.
The sad thing is, Best Buy isn't even a commission-based company, and yet they act like it. In other words, they treat their employees like shit. They want you to feel special and a part of the process, but seriously, at the end of the day they'd rather have someone dumb and consistently willing to eat the company's lies and spit them back out at the customer, rather than have someone who is truly knowledgeable in a particular area of the store. The smarter you are, the harder it is to stay afloat. Terrible, terrible company.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Snaku said:
The best buy web site should let you check locations. They have a really wide selection of anime. Some stores have bigger selections than others, but you can find just about any commercially available DVD that's been released in the past few years.
Hazaro said:
Yeah
Justin Bailey
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otake said:
Snaku said:
The store that I went to that was on that list in the OP had ALL ANIME 50% off. I picked up the Harhui complete collection, Gurren Lagaan set one (first 9 eps with English dub and extras), Deathnote box 1 (first 20 eps), Ouran Host Club box 1 (first 13 eps) and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence special edition (w/ soundtrack) for just under $100.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Grabbed Titsblade box set, FMA s1, and Phoenix for around $75!!!! <3
1490 Middletown RI
Come the fuck on! WHy not the one in Warwick? But then again, i don't know if i should be happy or sad about this. I've gotten alot of my anime from Best Buy, and since the one near me isn't reducing inventory, i should still be able to find the series i've had my eye on.
Come the fuck on! WHy not the one in Warwick? But then again, i don't know if i should be happy or sad about this. I've gotten alot of my anime from Best Buy, and since the one near me isn't reducing inventory, i should still be able to find the series i've had my eye on.
The Frankman
Banned
This. I also hate stupid titling and putting in words that don't need to be subbed in.Tamanon said:
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
The Frankman said:This. I also hate stupid titling and putting in words that don't need to be subbed in.
Oh, come on!! :lol
afternoon delight
Member
Good. Maybe they'll bring back their once-awesome horror selection. Instead of shitty direct-to-dvd titles, we might get some good stuff back in.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
afternoon delight said:
Sounds like you got screwed dude. The two larger Best Buy stores around here expanded the DVD section to accommodate the additional genres / selection. Nothing really pushed anything out of the store.
However the one closest to me that they built last year is much smaller and has a much smaller movie section so everything is more refined.
Tempted to pick up Bleach box sets tomorrow. I know it's another dumb shonen series; but I <3 Tite Kubo's character designs.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
mAcOdIn said:
But that's what...
Aw, forget it. It's not worth it.
Enjoy your discounted anime, everybody.
went to best buy to pick up 1600 microsoft points and those watchmen coupons and ended up buying $100 of animu
every few years i'll see a sale and do this -- i don't know, i guess anime got me through some boring moments of my life, and the vague hope persists that i can still kill time by watching epside after episode. it doesn't work anymore
every few years i'll see a sale and do this -- i don't know, i guess anime got me through some boring moments of my life, and the vague hope persists that i can still kill time by watching epside after episode. it doesn't work anymore
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Not a big deal. I get why. If you're a crazy anime guy; you're probably capable of legally locating what you need online. Probably illegally too, but let's not turn the discussion into that one.
hey if anyone is interested in picked up anime on BD, just go in, bring whatever you want to the register, and bitch about it not being 50% off. I just got Samurai for 35 because the sign said "All Anime" and didnt specify DVD or BD. I woulda picked p all the other anime on BD if I knew it would work
evilromero
Member
This is the irony of my awesome tag- I abhor anything to do with anime. It's the most vile shit to ever be shat.Tamanon said:
half a moon
Banned
I only buy anime and dvd's online...
<3 amazon.com and rightstuf.com
Boxsets can be bought for cheap this days (via rightstuf.com). A lot of volumes can be bought for 5 dollars too instead of the 20 bucks a pop days(via rightstuf.com).
Fansubs are great and all... as I prefer to watch anime subbed and I don't have to wait for it to be licensed.... but official subs are vastly superior. It's like a whole different story.
<3 amazon.com and rightstuf.com
Boxsets can be bought for cheap this days (via rightstuf.com). A lot of volumes can be bought for 5 dollars too instead of the 20 bucks a pop days(via rightstuf.com).
Fansubs are great and all... as I prefer to watch anime subbed and I don't have to wait for it to be licensed.... but official subs are vastly superior. It's like a whole different story.
JzeroT1437
Member
The Take Out Bandit said:
There's an anime called "Titsblade"?
Yeah, I have no idea why BB would reduce inventory in such quality entertainment.
jimmbow said:hey if anyone is interested in picked up anime on BD, just go in, bring whatever you want to the register, and bitch about it not being 50% off. I just got Samurai for 35 because the sign said "All Anime" and didnt specify DVD or BD. I woulda picked p all the other anime on BD if I knew it would work
I tried that today with Afro Samurai Resurrection. The lady said it wasnt classified as Anime, it was under Blu ray... Anyways, i picked up Season 6 and season 7 of Dragon ball z. Will probably pick up Black Lagoon and Gantz later this week if they are still there.
half a moon
Banned
To me.. it seems like any anime that isn't played on American TV requires internet research to know about it and or want to buy it. So, said computer savvy people probably find cheaper places online.JzeroT1437 said:
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Great I live next to the only store in Georgia not having a sale
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JzeroT1437
Member
ReconYoda said:
I really hope there's an anime called "Titsblade".
RadioHeadAche
Member
Well, anime seems to really suck these days. I stopped caring about it some time ago, and it seems as though others have done the same, so I'm not too surprised about this.
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Not surprised that anime isn't selling.
Get rid of the fanservice, improve the quality of the shows (enough with this chessy Z-budget bullshit), go toward digital distribution, and localize shows far far faster and the genre should be fine.
Get rid of the fanservice, improve the quality of the shows (enough with this chessy Z-budget bullshit), go toward digital distribution, and localize shows far far faster and the genre should be fine.
RadioHeadAche
Member
The Frankman said:This. I also hate stupid titling and putting in words that don't need to be subbed in.
Just according to keikaku.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
You're asking for two different things here from more than one party; distribution is a problem that exists wholly outside of it's Japanese origins; getting rid of fanservice and altering what gets animated is something Americans want, not something Japanese people want.Flying_Phoenix said:
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
the old store I used to be a media sup at was one of the top anime stores in the country. We had a whole half-row of it and did really well... I still remember when Advent Children came out... I ordered like 150 copies of it, most stores got 10-12... by 10:30 that morning every story in my district was calling. One manager had pledged like 20 of my copies to other stores before I called them back and said that offer only stood if I had copies at the end of the day.
The entire district, besides me, was sold out by 11am. I finally sold copy #150 around 7:15pm... and if I remember right, it was like a $23 DVD that actually had margin on it.
That was a fun day. Sad to see Best Buy drop anime, but I imagine most folks who love anime get it from Amazon or other online services
The entire district, besides me, was sold out by 11am. I finally sold copy #150 around 7:15pm... and if I remember right, it was like a $23 DVD that actually had margin on it.
That was a fun day. Sad to see Best Buy drop anime, but I imagine most folks who love anime get it from Amazon or other online services
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
Angry Grimace said:
Fixed.
Angry Grimace said:
Evolve or die as I say.
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