Monday, May 11, 2009

Like a Virgin Megastore going-out-of-business sale (groan)



As you may have heard, the Virgin Megastore is closing on Union Square. I was finally lured in Saturday like a sucker with the "up to 40 percent" off signs... Also, I wanted to make a bid on the Lady GaGa banner in the window. (Unfortunately, my offer of "You pay for the can of gas and I'll rip it down and set it on fire on 14th Street" wasn't accepted.)



Well, as for the rest of the store. The new CDs that are usually marked for sale with a $13.99 sticker over the $18.99 sticker...were all $18.99 again. And they were 25 percent off. Ditto for the DVDs. Most new DVDs were $24.99. So with the 25 percent off -- you're pretty much paying what you were paying before the store was going out of business. I'm sure there were bargains elsewhere. Or not. I didn't stick along long enough to dig. Oh, one thing I saw for 40% off? Stationery! Which was all sold out. And the Blondie pocketbooks were also 40% off.

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3 comments:

  1. Bowery BoogieMay 11, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    Virgin was usually a rip-off anyway. However, it was still a brick and mortar spot to buy music, and will be missed.

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  2. hntrnycMay 11, 2009 at 12:57 PM

    Same pricing shenanigans as when Tower bit the dust. Like we needed a reminder of why the music biz was going down the toilet anyway. $18.99 with an additional 25% off? Keep it, Virgin, and sell it at one of your other "going out of business" sales.

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  3. EV GrieveMay 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Virgin had been unloading some decent DVDs for $5 earlier this year. I went in a few months ago after a friend bought Midnight Cowboy for $5. Anyway, some of those former $5 DVDs appear to be $14.99 now — oh, plus 25% off...

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