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rizuchan
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Yay! My store's not on the list! I'm probably single-handedly responsible for that, lol.
Actually, this might to be my advantage. I only live 30 min away from Lawrence so I can go to their clearance sale. But this still sucks, overall. With these stores first, it might be only a matter of time before it's all Best Buys, and I get at least half of my anime there. 
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Gewürtztraminer
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I used local Best Buy's for the dwindling number of series I was collecting individual volumes for. I liked checking out the store from time to time, you never knew what kind of clearance stuff would show up. Luckily, the two stores within 7 miles of me, one is on the list, and one is not. So I get a sale at one and can still browse a full aisle at the other. Their rewards program that stacks on top of a credit card rewards program that gives you best buy gift cards as a bonus was a nice setup.
The comments by the Media Blaster's CEO are a little disturbing. I was wondering why the release date of volume 1 of Ah My Buddha slipped then suddenly appeared in Right Stuf's weekly sales. An individual volume release for the series was probably a bad idea in the first place, and this news probably dooms it. |
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Mario1234567
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Why don't they just sell there anime in Walmart. GAH I just don't get it? Everytime I go to walmart the anime they have there is always sold out. its easy to see that Walmart will seel more anime than best buy.
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Unit 03.5-ish
Posts: 1540 Location: This space for rent |
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Because Wal-Mart only carries stuff they know will move proven numbers of units...hence two series I have no interest in (DBZ, Naruto) being the only ones they carry
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MeggieMay
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I'm not sure they're having a sale. I thought the article said they're cutting the Anime stocked, which could mean they're having a sale but also mean they're sending stuff back to the companies for refunds. Looks to me like the store I visit when I can (Amarillo, Texas) and the Wichita, KS stores didn't get end up in the Top A category (Amarillo is actually closer to where I live in Kansas than Wichita is). Also, isn't there a Best Buy in Topeka, as well as Salina? I am sorry to see the Pueblo store got stuck on the list, though. It's been back up place to consider going when I was looking for Anime in the past, though with gas prices the way they've been in recent years I've not been able to justify driving out to Pueblo just to shop. |
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MeggieMay
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They would if they could but Wal Mart only buys select titles. As it is the Wal Mart I shop the most cut most of their DVD's out recently and now only have a small selection, along with a small selection of Blu Ray (which baffles me - I can understand cutting down/out the DVD's but why not replace them with something? As it is we have empty shelf space which is really weird for a Wally World Electronics department). |
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Richard J.
 Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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Well, this sounds like better news than we've been expecting. It still isn't good but it could be a lot worse.
Glad to see Augusta, GA not on that list since that's the Best Buy I shop at when I buy from B&M. It sounds like in general DVD sales are more concentrated in some stores than others though so perhaps the real issue is just distribution in general. Promotion of online retailers will be key to helping the anime studios during this cut back. I'm not surprised by Sirabella's comments on this since it probably means few if any MB titles will be in the stores. It won't be a cake walk for Bandai, ADV or Manga either. (Nozomi doesn't seem to have ever been all that concerned with mainstream success.) Still, the real issue is the need to improve the fluidity of distribution of products in general. We the fans have got to promote the top-quality online anime retailers to anyone who know who is an anime fan. That's the key to softening the shift from B&Ms back to smaller retailers. Fans are the key to making everything work out. We need to buy and we need to promote. No one is going to buy the B and C list titles if no one convinces them to buy them or even lets them know they exist. Point people to legal streams, lend them your own DVDs and we will see things improve. |
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xia83
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Blaaaaaaaaah
The store that is literally five minutes from my house is on that list. Well... they didn't have alot of anime to begin with. |
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OnanRulz
 Posts: 132 Location: The MPLS |
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Shame about Edina, Minnesota, as that's where I normally go. I'd like to see a detailed list of the rest of the Twin Cities-area store so I know which ones are B- and C-lists.
Also, when do the discounts start? |
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Greed1914
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In my case, I stopped buying from Best Buy and went almost exclusively to Right Stuf precisely because Best Buy's selection was so limited where I live. Now there will be even less reason. My local store used to have both sides of an aisle filled with anime, and now it only has part of the aisle stocked. Sorry, but the prospect of having a handful of choices doesn't entice me. The prices are better at Right Stuf most of the time anyway.
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10420 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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2008-03-01 to 2008-03-21, just added the dates to the article. |
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Animegeek86
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You have got to be kidding me. Temecula and Vacaville. Damn. Well at least fairfield is doing alright. Still cutting out the anime's in half. Are they crazy?
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Unholy_Nny
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The store here probably only sells the "top 20", anyways. I might even see an INCREASE in anime with this restructure. Can't wait to hit up the sale...
And, yeah, sometimes cutting things is good for the business. Sales probably wont go down much, and then they don't have to deal with shipping/stocking/re-shipping stuff that doesn't sell. Did you know that leaving things on the shelf actually takes up time? They have people who have to physically count every item in the store every week. Now imagine if the store has (anime or not) around 100 DVDs that didn't sell just sitting on the shelf... See what I'm saying? |
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Emma Iveli
Posts: 679 Location: Hobo with internet |
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Wow... I'm surprised neither store in San Francisco is on the list, really... I am... considering last time I went to the best buy, I saw that the self was extremely empty...
Last edited by Emma Iveli on Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:01 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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evilnekohilda
 Posts: 166 Location: Wichita, KS |
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It said that the 461 stores cutting back will have sales, and I think there are only 400-some stores on the list, so I guess I'm just hoping lol. |
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