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Used this company a few times without any hassle so hopefully they keep going.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6956536.stm

I never actually used them, but I did notice they had very good prices on games, with some good deals every now and then.

Sad how all the shops with decent prices seem to close down.

It is a shame, BUT keep an eye out on the site they might start selling off everything for mega-cheap prices, hopefully.

i think the rental market is almost dead on its arse thanks to the availabilty of pirated dvd's internet rental being far more convienient and things like sky box office not being that far behind these days

piracey is rampant these days and I've lost count of the amount of people I've talked to that seems to have seen all this summers blockbuster despite not setting foot anywhere near a cinema.

It will be a shame to see them go as they were the only place localy without having to jump on a bus or train for picking up new release games as there store used to carry a decent stock of ps3 and 360 stuff,

but there new stock has been in steady decline for a few months now and there game rentals are all but noone exsistant this kind of explains why the store has gone to shit recentley also.

Rental is a relatively small part of the business and has been for a number of years.

However, if anyone knows of any IT jobs for super talented .net analyst programmers in the Peterborough area, let me know

Originally Posted by MartyG

Rental is a relatively small part of the business and has been for a number of years.

However, if anyone knows of any IT jobs for super talented .net analyst programmers in the Peterborough area, let me know

care to fill me in ? our choices is a dvd rental place with about half the shop given over to dvds and games are you saying the web side of things is bigger these days?

Fulfillment is the biggest area ( shipping orders for third party companies ), web sales were quite decent (though I'd expect to see a lot of cancels coming through now), sell-thru wasn't doing too badly and most of the stores losing money have been closed already. The rental side accounts for quite a small percentage in the grand scheme of things. A lot of people know about the stores, but getting the message out about the website is problem if you can't spend loads on advertising. As a going-concern Choices would probably make a good buyout.

Trouble is, the sell thru market is fierce, and margins are pretty small and so I'm looking for another job

So if anyone knows of Analyst Programmer role going in Peterborough or areas around there, then please PM me the details, as I reckon I'll be out of a job quite soon.

I hear The Royal mail are on the lookout for some dedicated staff !

We have loads of choices in our area. We have one in my town of Driffield and it ate all the other rental shops up within 6months and then put its prices up when dvd rentals became the norm. I stopped using them for rentals as who in their right mind would pay £3.75 for two nights rental when you can buy the discs for £10-£12 it went up even more recently and I remember saying to my parents I think their is something wrong as PSP stuff was getting sold off and their shelfs had no Wii games for sale (they had stopped restocking) and Malton shut overnight with no warning. I used to buy loads of games from them but the staff got very rude with me and wouldnt let me preorder games for release day but would other customers and they wouldnt entertain me when I would phone up and ask on release day for stock, wouldnt even give me the time of day when I tried to spend £350 on a PSP with load of games on launch day because the manager couldnt be bothered to get one down off the shelf to help us (am in a wheelchair) I complained and got told basically to f* off so that was that. So in my mind f* em bring back the back street rentals where I can get a dvd for £1.50 to £2.00 again. Its probably our town though as I always get trouble in my local town, even got a bank teller screaming at me for no reason in TSB

You know they even tried to do a tv shopping channel with Paul Ross hosting it? Was terrible and died within a few weeks.

Originally Posted by Dazzyman

wouldnt even give me the time of day when I tried to spend £350 on a PSP with load of games on launch day because the manager couldnt be bothered to get one down off the shelf to help us (am in a wheelchair)

That is totally shocking, but definitely more indicative of the manager being a total shit rather than the company I would have thought.

I always get trouble in my local town, even got a bank teller screaming at me for no reason in TSB

Christ!? Do you live in Royston Vasey or something?