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Meh, that sucks. I don't have a best buy in town, but when I want to buy something from a local store, my only choice is FYE. Best Buy had a larger selection. I don't blame them for cutting it out for obvious reasons. Now with Circuit City dieing, we have NO electronics store in town except for the office stores...fail.
wow. and to think anime was making headway in the marketplace. I guess those exercise dvd sales are skyrocketing...
damn. well i aint gonna lie they nvr changed up their selections alot. but it's sad that out of all the niche markets, ours is going 1st.
well...let's hope for some nice discounts @ least...
and there's boarders and fye's and the cancer killing the industry aka torrents
damn. well i aint gonna lie they nvr changed up their selections alot. but it's sad that out of all the niche markets, ours is going 1st.
well...let's hope for some nice discounts @ least...
and there's boarders and fye's and the cancer killing the industry aka torrents
Considering how big I think Best Buy is, it seems like a really unfortunate blow.
Such a huge franchise has much more mainstream access compared to a more anime-specific store.
I guess the demand just wasn't there, would rather they just downsized to key titles (Ghibli generally always sells, big titles like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time etc)
Such a huge franchise has much more mainstream access compared to a more anime-specific store.
I guess the demand just wasn't there, would rather they just downsized to key titles (Ghibli generally always sells, big titles like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time etc)
This does kind of suck. Not very many brick and mortar places are left that actually sell anime in a real dedicated section. FYE? The fact it wasn't selling at BB is more a mark of the 2009 DVD market than the anime market, however. Only the strongest could survive on those shelves.
Its a little bit sad, but I can't blame them. I haven't really bought any anime at a store since the original release of Last Exile (I wanted to make sure I was getting the paper van ship models and postcards that came in the specially-stickered packages.)
All of my anime buying is done through online sellers now. It's more important to save a few bucks than it is to get it faster.
All of my anime buying is done through online sellers now. It's more important to save a few bucks than it is to get it faster.
My local Best Buy (in Athens, GA) has a pretty decent selection of anime (pretty much the only place in town to get it), and at prices competitive with online stores as well. I usually stopped by a few times a month to check and see what they had (and to see if anything was discounted), so it's unfortunate but understandable.
Best Buy has been screwing up their whole in store stock lately. Hell all new video game releases aren't even put on shelves and are all behind the counter.
This doesn't really effect me at all. I buy all my anime online and typically from Robert's Anime Corner Store and TRSI. Honestly, I'm a big time online shopper. I buy games, DVDs, music, books, and computer stuff online.
Heck, I pretty much never step into Best Buy.
Heck, I pretty much never step into Best Buy.
kinda disappointed. ever since the suncoast near us closed best buy has been the only place for me to get my anime. but then again, as you said they don't usually increase the titles they release and there are cheaper alternatives.
Sad...I want to see how packaging looks before I buy something. Oh well, at least they still sell anime.
Man... i used to buy stuff from there all the time, back when i was a budding anime fan. How sad, but just like Toonami, all good things from my early days come to an end.
Its nice that they will still sell them online, but at that rate I too would rather just buy from an anime site.
The only thing i really liked about it was that it helped to mainstream anime a bit. I wish more people knew of what anime really has to offer aside from Naruto and Avatar (which is NOT anime!)... but everyone seems to think it is.
how sad...
Its nice that they will still sell them online, but at that rate I too would rather just buy from an anime site.
The only thing i really liked about it was that it helped to mainstream anime a bit. I wish more people knew of what anime really has to offer aside from Naruto and Avatar (which is NOT anime!)... but everyone seems to think it is.
how sad...
This is really bad for the industry. WIth Suncoast all but gone (totally gone now?) are there ANY major US chains carrying anime?
i buy my stuff from borders.com. they have some nice 40% coupons off boxsets every now and then. although i may not anymore...its been since december 1 sincei ordered haruhi with a coupon and its still not here. lame.
this is sad that I won't be able to walk into a store and buy reasonably (per the market) priced anime.
this sucks, best buy is the only place around that i KNOW still has 5 Cm/s (since it's been out of print for months). Though i already bought it, i couldnt find it anywhere online (since amazon canceled my order even tho i ordered it 2 days before it was discontinued) , physical stores are nice to have for stuff like that....i wont be going to best buy anymore tho...always cheaper on amazon for everything best buy has, and newegg.com for all their computer stuff. the next time i go to best buy, i will be just to see how the picture is on certain monitors.
Drat. Oh well this means I won't be able to get things day 1 by driving to Best Buy anymore.
I really hope they clearance all of the remaining stock. Whoo cheap anime!
I really hope they clearance all of the remaining stock. Whoo cheap anime!
This sucks. Even though I only went in November, they had good sales in November. Oh well, I buy mine on Rightstuf, deepdiscount, and buy.com mostly.
Kinda disappointed, because I like browsing there, but I got blame the never changing prices. Well, sometimes. I've been itching to grab the Planetes collection that's had 2 compies sitting in each best buy for the past 5 years, but it's never budged from that 40 dollar price tag. Yet strangely enough, I go in tonight and see the School Rumble single discs on sale for 7-9 bucks. Gimme that kinda discount on Planetes (amongst other things) and I'd gladly buy a ton!
Dammit all...
Best Buy was THE brick and mortar store I went to get anime from...
"Hey you stupid BB reps!!! I spent over $300 on box sets in your damn store two weeks ago, despite the fact that you haven't put any new good shows on your shelves since October!!(like Nanoha) And don't you dare give me that BS excuse that Target gave me two years ago saying they weren't selling that well so you replace it with WESTERNS....I have NEVER seen anyone buy one of those in a store, yet every time I go to the anime aisles I walk out knowing at least two more people I didn't know before! Fine then, between RACS, Amazon, and Newegg, you won't see a penny more out of me ever again!!"
Jeez.... the only other place around me that sells them is FYE, and I swear I will never buy one of their ridiculously overpriced (*snooty voice* "unless you have a membership" *snort*) DVDs... I'd rather start pirating than become a victim of highway robbery. (I don't know if it's just my location, but they want $25-35 for individual volumes compared to everywhere else where it's $18-25 for the same volumes)
Funny Robert on animecornerstore voiced a warning of this very sort of thing being a possibility in his newsletter a week or two ago. Guess I'll just have to get all of my stuff from him from now on......man I hate waiting for the mail system...
Best Buy was THE brick and mortar store I went to get anime from...
"Hey you stupid BB reps!!! I spent over $300 on box sets in your damn store two weeks ago, despite the fact that you haven't put any new good shows on your shelves since October!!(like Nanoha) And don't you dare give me that BS excuse that Target gave me two years ago saying they weren't selling that well so you replace it with WESTERNS....I have NEVER seen anyone buy one of those in a store, yet every time I go to the anime aisles I walk out knowing at least two more people I didn't know before! Fine then, between RACS, Amazon, and Newegg, you won't see a penny more out of me ever again!!"
Jeez.... the only other place around me that sells them is FYE, and I swear I will never buy one of their ridiculously overpriced (*snooty voice* "unless you have a membership" *snort*) DVDs... I'd rather start pirating than become a victim of highway robbery. (I don't know if it's just my location, but they want $25-35 for individual volumes compared to everywhere else where it's $18-25 for the same volumes)
Funny Robert on animecornerstore voiced a warning of this very sort of thing being a possibility in his newsletter a week or two ago. Guess I'll just have to get all of my stuff from him from now on......man I hate waiting for the mail system...
Heh, this makes me so furious I decided to post again:
"Just to give you idiots an idea of just how much you're not going to get from now on, I pulled together (most) of my receipts from the past two years (I keep all receipts for everything I buy in a box). From what I've been able to total, I have spent approximately $8,582.34 in the past two years. Over half of that amount was on DVDs, and I doubt the percentage of people that spend over $4000 a year in your store is very high!"
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"Just to give you idiots an idea of just how much you're not going to get from now on, I pulled together (most) of my receipts from the past two years (I keep all receipts for everything I buy in a box). From what I've been able to total, I have spent approximately $8,582.34 in the past two years. Over half of that amount was on DVDs, and I doubt the percentage of people that spend over $4000 a year in your store is very high!"
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Dang, one of the reasons why I went into a Best Buy. Never bought any (except 1 Special Edition of Haruhi), but it was still nice seeing a store that actually had anime.
bahhhh that is horrible D:
best buy is where i buy 99% of my anime dvds
this makes me very sad.. and now i have no reason to go to best buy. unless i need a tv.. which wont be anytime soon.
i hate ordering online .. i have to wait 7-10 business days or pay some amount more to get over night shipping. i like instant gratification .. not oh i ordered something now ill forget about it and be supprised in the mail when it arrives. this is ridiculous. i go every week (well not right now since im studying abroad..) but back in the states i do and 80% of th etime ill buy an anime dvd. ive noticed at some locations it seemed that the size of the best buys anime section was expanding and getting bigger.. and pushing the scifi/horror section over a little. fuck.
hopefully frys has anime still ... but i dont live near one so that doesnt really matter either. bahh.
also.. i think fye's are done. there are none in houston none in the east coast.. from what ive seen. and tehir selections suck along with tehir horrible prices so fuck them.
best buy is where i buy 99% of my anime dvds
this makes me very sad.. and now i have no reason to go to best buy. unless i need a tv.. which wont be anytime soon.
i hate ordering online .. i have to wait 7-10 business days or pay some amount more to get over night shipping. i like instant gratification .. not oh i ordered something now ill forget about it and be supprised in the mail when it arrives. this is ridiculous. i go every week (well not right now since im studying abroad..) but back in the states i do and 80% of th etime ill buy an anime dvd. ive noticed at some locations it seemed that the size of the best buys anime section was expanding and getting bigger.. and pushing the scifi/horror section over a little. fuck.
hopefully frys has anime still ... but i dont live near one so that doesnt really matter either. bahh.
also.. i think fye's are done. there are none in houston none in the east coast.. from what ive seen. and tehir selections suck along with tehir horrible prices so fuck them.
i just read the thing on animenewsbiz.com or w/e .. and it says theyre not going to get rid of anime all together .. just going to focus on the popular titles and get rid of or lessen the ammount they restock or w/e to less popular titles. which hopefully weeds out the crap shows.
my anger has subsided now.
my anger has subsided now.
Well, that explains why they didn't have Lucky Star Vol. 5...
Fuck! They had good prices too. Perhaps they'll have some markdowns in the coming weeks...
Fuck! They had good prices too. Perhaps they'll have some markdowns in the coming weeks...
@Heero Yuy: Thats why I hate FYE. Their anime is just so high priced compared to everywhere else. The old Evangelion Thin-Pack is still $90 at my FYE, and it's been there for 5 years now. They almost never sell any anime. Though, they do sell a lot of hentai, which is surprising. Most people around me find me freaky since I find girls from anime attractive. I guess they are embarrassed to admit it, so they hide the fact they buy it.
@Paul SOth: Did you want LE or Normal of Lucky Star Vol. 5? On deepdiscount, LE is $36.98 and normal is $22.26. I order from them a lot, and with free shipping, I get them in 3 days. Don't know why though.
People actually use the AnimeCornerStore to buy dvds? That site looks like it was done by a high schooler and always gave me the impression it was so insecure.
Between Amazon and DeepDiscount I don't think I've ever seen any better deals for anime. Especially when DeepDiscount has their massive 20% off everything in stock sale twice a year.
Best Buy was a good spot to find anime dvds locally at affordable prices. Sometimes it was the same as online prices for some box sets that it was easier to pick up in store.
My friend also said they released the Remastered Berserk in their store down here (Savannah, GA) right before Christmas.... on the original launch date, which is now moved to March.
Between Amazon and DeepDiscount I don't think I've ever seen any better deals for anime. Especially when DeepDiscount has their massive 20% off everything in stock sale twice a year.
Best Buy was a good spot to find anime dvds locally at affordable prices. Sometimes it was the same as online prices for some box sets that it was easier to pick up in store.
My friend also said they released the Remastered Berserk in their store down here (Savannah, GA) right before Christmas.... on the original launch date, which is now moved to March.
This doesn't really affect me at all. Any real anime fan who buys tons of DVD's knows that prices in stores are more often then not a total ripoff. It's best to wait for Rightstuf to have a good sale and then buy a big chuck of stuff you wanted and save a bit of money. Plus there are tons of other websites out there that have great deals if you know where to look. Amazon for example often has people selling perfectly good copies of great shows for next to nothing.
On update: well, I wonder what's going to be considered "popular" titles. At least they're still going to carry them. Perhaps they'll make the less popular stuff cheaper.
@Sora: Oh wow...your saying animecornerstore.com is poorly layed out yet you like deepdiscount.com?!? I have made more user friendly layed out sites than deepdiscount.com! At least RACS has things organized! Not to mention the fact I've already spotted five bootlegs (or at least they're using bootleg cover art on the item's page) on deepdiscount in the three minutes I've been roaming their site.
Amazon I can agree with you though, and if you're looking for crazy sales, rightstuf.com has a sale practically every two weeks as of late usually giving 30-40% off anything buy a particular group (like ADV, Bandai, and last week they did one for Funimation).
Amazon I can agree with you though, and if you're looking for crazy sales, rightstuf.com has a sale practically every two weeks as of late usually giving 30-40% off anything buy a particular group (like ADV, Bandai, and last week they did one for Funimation).
I went to Best Buy yesterday to buy the Cowboy Bebop Remix boxset and the anime section was a complete disaster. There were loads of dvds and it was a fucken mess. Organization is not one of their strengths at Best Buy.
Well, I'm glad with the little update, that Best Buy will still anime, except for the mainstream titles, Naruto, (are the uncut sets actually selling at all? O_O) DBZ, Bleach, Ghibli movies, blaaaaaaaah.
I always feel like I'm the only one buying anime at Best Buy. I feel like a kid in the candystore when I rush to the anime shelf and no one ever browses it. D:
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I always feel like I'm the only one buying anime at Best Buy. I feel like a kid in the candystore when I rush to the anime shelf and no one ever browses it. D:
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I'm glad they aren't getting rid of their anime section but i'm not sure what titles they are going to be stocking. Mine didn't get lucky star vol 5 or the hell girl boxset.
I was at fye last week and they had some killer sales...my woman got the new Ouran and I grabbed Cowboy Bebop Remix and somethin' else, all on the cheap. Kamanashi says they're high priced? Not from what I've seen, plus mine has a huge selection. Screw best buy, they f-ed me on a defective last month.
I went to best buy to see if they they had that new one piece dvd season third voyage,and guess what they still had two of the old dvds season 1 first and second voyage.does anybody know where I can go to a better store where they get good business and sell all of the series of anime,comedy,action and so on.
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