tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post8649675498181703336..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Gennaro Castaldo watch: Hung upSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-86531655147933617202009-04-29T14:52:00.000+00:002009-04-29T14:52:00.000+00:00Man alive. Didn't Virgin try this a few years ago,...Man alive. Didn't Virgin try this a few years ago, turning branches of Our Price into 'V Shop'? They got rid of half the music and DVD space, replacing it with mobile phone displays. Those places were awful! Suddenly you had music shops which had less choice than the local supermarket, awkwardly spliced with the least-useful end of The Link. Think they all got turned into branches of Game eventually.<br /><br />There used to be a corner of my local Zavvi which was dedicated to Virgin Mobile. It had a desk, a bunch of manky-looking display-model phones on wires and a bored-looking man in his twenties who seemed to spend his entire working life telling customers that No, he didn't know when the new Franz Ferdinand album was out because he was Virgin Mobile, but that someone at the counter could probably tell you.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-19249142802910078772009-04-29T14:35:00.000+00:002009-04-29T14:35:00.000+00:00on the plus side, If they become a mobile phone sh...on the plus side, If they become a mobile phone shop, it would finally make sense of them being called 'his master's voice'meccleshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12864663415438310542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-40276465392605222012009-04-29T13:24:00.000+00:002009-04-29T13:24:00.000+00:00This will sound stalky or sycophantic or something...This will sound stalky or sycophantic or something, but a year or more ago (probably) you wrote a post where you said something to the effect of HMV should become akin to the Blockbuster of music, and have loads of albums behind the counter (which the customer would have to ask for), thereby meaning they could have stacks and stacks of choice, sell what they're supposed to and perhaps save their business.<br /><br />Having given up on my local HMV I think you should take Gennaro's job; you are so completely right.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868536366343632097noreply@blogger.com