HMV Share Discussion Threads

[g.j.a] 17/1/2013 16:58

sHAME ON YOU fewdollarsmore! TotallyBanjo kept those who wanted to be fully informed on HMV news around the country - you didnt have to read his thread! I for one found it informative and useful. Thank you Banjo!

[loganair] 17/1/2013 16:37

g.j.a - Quite easily as could have been a trade the day before the shares were suspended and now just being reported.

[g.j.a] 17/1/2013 16:18

How can a trade go through for 1.9m at 0.5p when the share is suspended?

[fewdollarsmore] 17/1/2013 15:29

totalyl banjo (bonkers) - what no press pictures or new releases to post.. has the bandwagon broken!!

[clocktower] 17/1/2013 10:57

Update this afternoon: Still accepting vouchers.

[clocktower] 17/1/2013 10:55

It seems as that the Guernsey Branch is not in administration and they are accepting HMV vouchers according to a news report. I will try to find a link and post it.

[zcaprd7] 16/1/2013 19:57

High Street will stay the same. Just the banks and shareholders will get stuffed on the way... If fox comes back to buy some bits I will be furious! And keep an eye out for the we7 stake, someone clever will have that away for peanuts...

[brando69] 16/1/2013 19:49

"Irish grandad who took his grandson into store and took three games to the value of his E40 voucher which they had refused to honour."

good on him

ransacking hmv is no more than they have done to their shareholders, and customers

[g.j.a] 16/1/2013 19:01

I am incensed that Gift Vouchers are not being honoured and have just emailed deloitte to say so - probably a waste of my time but it got it off my chest! I have never condoned law breaking but felt really sympathetic towards Irish grandad who took his grandson into store and took three games to the value of his E40 voucher which they had refused to honour.
I bought shares in this and have lost out quite heavily as a private investor who foolhardedly held on in hope that things would improve....... i got out at end of December with £3k but left a lot more behind. Painful and steep learning curve!!!!

[chinese investor] 16/1/2013 18:57

Google will rule everything one day !

[notanewmember2] 16/1/2013 18:53

18060

The supermarkets already know car ownership will be much lower in the future. They are furiously opening convenience stores everywhere - Tesco Express, Sainsburys Local, Co-ops. "No one shall be more than a 15 minute walk from a convenience store."

Britain in 10 years won't look very pretty - be the King with the one eye, in the Kingdom of the blind.

[loganair] 16/1/2013 16:06

Well, my distant friend who is a retail analyst was 100% correct, 3 well known high street chains will go bust soon after 1st January 2013 (Jessops, HMV, Blockbuster). I have posted such on this thread over the past few weeks, just not the names as I was unable to wrangle that privileged information out of him.

[brando69] 16/1/2013 15:10

BlockBUSTers

[still waiting] 16/1/2013 15:09

Christ, at this rate the High St. will be closed by 29 Jan 2013..

[brando69] 16/1/2013 15:04

buy netflix shares?

[brando69] 16/1/2013 15:03

High street seems to have contracted D-VD

[clocktower] 16/1/2013 15:02

Blockbuster now down the plug!

[shareho1der] 16/1/2013 14:41

I feel sorry for those that lost out here. Never nice but i did warn people .

[brando69] 16/1/2013 14:41

My reasoning - middle class gamblers and punters are increasingly choosing to scratch their itch online, from the privacy of their own couch, away from the sordid betting shop floor. But many poor people - and they remain core customer basis for the likes of Ladbrokes/ W Hill/P Power - still don't have internet access at home, and remain firmly entrenched in the culture of nipping down the bookies

[loganair] 16/1/2013 14:38

brando69 - Disagree as my local high street in the UK is one of the richest and most well-off in the UK.

[brando69] 16/1/2013 14:30

I think betting shops will continue to expand their high street presence, but only in poor towns/regions... not in the inner city high streets vacated by the likes of HMV

[brando69] 16/1/2013 14:28

Fox your Mama, Simon

[loganair] 16/1/2013 10:45

rrogans - the positive thing I found about being in sweden, I found the Swedes understood the traditional British sense of humour. Remember the most southerly part of Sweden is south of the Danish/German boarder.

Switzerland – 15 years ago I remember Berne airport, except for around where the terminal building and airport hotel were, there was no fencing around the airport, only signs ever 50yds or so warning of the airport and aircraft movements. I remember being advised if I pop over to the local town for a drink, on the way back if a little worse for ware the long piece of wide tarmac I'm crossing is not a road but the runway. I also loved Thun and its Christmas market.

Currently I live in St Petersburg, our bins are collected daily, almost as soon as the leaves fall from the trees are swept-up, at 22.30 looking out side my son's bedroom window some council worker is clearing the ice off the pavements, our local infrastructure is improving year on year (pavements all re-tarmac, all new play ground equipment etc.)

Stuart14 - While the women folk are shopping at Poundland or Primark the accompanying men folk pop in to the betting shop. I say men folk as it seems generally speaking these days they're no longer husbands. I also notice a good number of men as soon as they get paid their benefits also pop in to the betting shop, hoping for the big win.

[stuart14] 16/1/2013 10:13

Disagree about betting shops really. They are all focussing on their online business and really don't need a larger high street presence

[rrogans] 16/1/2013 09:59

Hi Loganair, agree with this but don't know where to go. Lived in Switzerland, but that was full of Swiss. Lived in Sweden, lovely but too cold for too long. Anyone got any good experiences of other countries?