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# Huh, time to check the news, too many hmv posts
Aw. Still, makes more room in the highstreet for pawn shops, takeaways and places to buy mobility scooters..
(I helped save b3ta! Antubis right round, like a record, lion, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:12, archived)
# don't forget the coffee, there's always room for another overpriced coffee shop
haha, which reminds me, the HMV in Cambridge (and I'm sure other places) has a built in coffee shop :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:14, archived)
# had.
now the big coffee shop in cambridge has a few CDs going cheap
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:18, archived)
# I'm not sure they sold CDs
it seemed to be all Dr Dre headphones and IPads when I last looked
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:21, archived)
# Dear Lord
I don't think even people tripping on overpriced coffee are daft enough to buy Dr Dre headphones, which so far as I can tell are mushily bass-heavy headphones whose parts cost about six quid, sold for £120.

Maybe the coffee shop will flog off some iPods.

Actually I was in that HMV perhaps a year back, I don't remember a coffee shop :( It might have made the experience slightly more pleasant because it was a horrible place to be otherwise.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:28, archived)
# they moved it, it's not in the main shopping centre any more, it's over by the Grafton shit hole
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:29, archived)
# Oh, right. Shows how recently I've been in Cambridge
Thinking about it it might even be two years.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:31, archived)
# Which was a stupid decision on HMV's part.
The Grafton Centre is, as you say, a hole. I prefer going to the Fopp now instead, even though it's much smaller. I'm sure they're missing out on custom by no longer being in Lion Yard.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 10:51, archived)
# dre headphones: fragile.
got my son a pair at crimbo, snapped yesterday. oh well, he'll have to look like jack duckworth for a while...
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:39, archived)
# I got some Audio Technica ATH M50s for my birthday
They're fantastic headphones, albeit somewhat pricey. Call me old-fashioned but I quite like headphones with pretty much a flat response.

Don't have a famous name on them though.

Apparently the Motorhead phones are pretty good.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:46, archived)
# don't forget Betfred and Paddy Power
I know it's wishful thinking but I'd love councils to try some things to encourage the high streets to fill with independent shops again. Maybe relief of business rates, free parking after 2pm etc. Our council tax has been frozen for three years - I'd much rather start paying a modest increase if the council used the money to promote local business.

At our college we used to run business startup courses and they were always absolutely packed, so the demand and the inspiration is there - it's just the tough market conditions and huge rates that prevent them from starting.
(I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:22, archived)
# the council's approach to encouraging retail growth in the city centre
is stopping ikea from building a store anywhere near sheffield. ever.
(polished turd 404 pixels wide, Mon 14 Jan 2013, 23:45, archived)