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I know I use the internet and can't live without it any more, I am still disgusted with the way the internet has basically took over everything and is making companies lose out on business and hundreds of jobs are being lost. It is happening as we speak, and it is very worrying.
I have now heard that HMV (UK record shop) is going under because of so many people shopping online for DVDs and CDs. That is my favourite shop, it is the only place I can go when I need to go to a shopping centre (to get some shoes that need trying on or something) and after I get what I wanted I usually go into HMV and have a look, to kill time before the next bus, because I can't hang around in clothes shops for too long, and that's all there is. Now HMV is gone I will have nowhere exciting to look. It's really not fair. So many stupid idiotic people are buying things online, but there are still millions of people that like to actively browse around the shops too, for something to do. I am also worrying that all this internet shopping will soon destroy every retail business and there will be no shops left standing any more, instead everywhere will just get derelict. People don't realise that the internet is destroying everything. It is worrying me.
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maybe ... if ... but ... hardly... etc...
of not having to go to a town and deal with surly uncommunicative ass-hole sales ppl .....out of town malls are what screwed up UK high streets. the web is most useful to me, good for finding tip top things that I need at the right price, books that are not mainstream to feed my brain and it has rejuvinated my own particular niche manufacturing business, ahhhhhh ... the joy | |

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I often wish I could order my weekly supply of groceries online instead of going to the store because I HATE the crowds, and the line-ups, especially around holidays and when people get their monthly checks. I didn't always hate grocery shopping but the store I go to recently got expanded and now it there seem to be more people than ever there and there aren't many other stores that have a decent stock of groceries nearby. When I'm shopping there it seems all I say is excuse me excuse me sorry, sorry for being in your way, SORRY FOR EXISTING!!! And I normally take my time while everyone else rushes around in complete madness. It's like I can't even take a minute to decide what to choose from all the products, prices, and quality and then I turn around and see I'm blocking someone who wants to get past. Are the aisles getting more narrow, or am I getting more wide? Of course I don't want all stores to close down because where I live there's not much else to do or to go to. There's not a lot outside my home I feel like doing, anyway. But most of the other stores in the "city" I live in are terrible. I'm lucky if they have something that I really want and end up searching all over for it and they don't have it if I ask if they will get it soon the answer is nearly always I don't know. When I was a kid going to town or the mall was like going to Disneyland, but back then the stores were a lot better and everything was more fun as a kid but not any more. | |

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Well, it's happening because it's far more convenient to use the Internet and it's often much cheaper. Would I rather get a DVD online for ?8-?9 and get it delivered right to my door, or would I rather go to Preston and spend ?15-?20 from a brick and mortar store? No contest, really.
No, it's not. I think it's a good thing if new, successful companies take their place (I can't see this happening at this moment in time). I haven't actually bought anything in HMV for many, many years now - probably nearly ten years. It's easier, cheaper and less hassle just to buy things online, as I said earlier.
It's also the last major offline music/DVD chain. To be honest with you, I'm amazed it's been allowed to be kept going for as long as it has. I would have expected it to have gone under by around 2008 or 2009.
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! With the greatest respect, HMV was/is there to sell things - it's not there for you to use it for your own entertainment! Just out of interest, when did you last buy something from HMV?
Erm... it's a business, not a venue solely for the entertainment of Joe90
Boo hoo hoo. My heart is bleeding for you.
Thanks for calling me and people like me 'stupid' and 'idiotic'. I can put these descriptors over in that pile of other things that people have called me on here.
Yeah, but they're not bloody well buying anything. If all the people in Tariq's Newsagents simply went in there to read the newspapers and didn't actually end up buying anything, what would happen to Tariq's Newsagents? Think about it.
Can that spawn of Satan himself, PC World, be next? Please please please...
Yeah, I can see Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons and M&S going down the tubes as we speak.
Times move on. Any business that cannot move with the times will suffer. Basic market forces, love.
I blame the Bilderbergers. Who's with me?
Look, if the Internet goes down, and we're all doomed (or something, I haven't got the memo on how it will actually happen), what do you think will happen to all the supermarket shops? Also: don't you have a library where you live? They tend to have free Internet access. In some libraries, you can even get a cup of tea whilst you browse.
So do TVs, fridges, and most electrical appliances. Pick a good computer with a decent spec and keep it clean of crap.
Don't buy a Windows PC then. (Yes, I know that Macs get virii, but still.)
And you don't in a high-street shop?
Not difficult. Just download crap off dodgy sites without checking its provenance first.
a) They offer free computing lessons at the local library for older people.
Have you downloaded something like CCleaner or HijackThis to get rid of all the remaining crap? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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a, Most people that I know are upset that HMV is going
b, Shops aren't just for walking in and buying something and walking out again, lots and lots of people like to browse, and because I love films, I usually end up buying loads of DVDs in HMV just because of browsing c, I have everything on my computer (ccleaner, anti-virus software installed and updated, and other stuff like that), but my internet is still slow because when I type something on the internet there is a lag so some letters don't get typed which is annoying (so I've got to type every post on a word document then copy and paste it), and I didn't used to have to do that before I accidentally installed that shitty SweetIM crap. I don't even know where this SweetIM came from, it said ''install Adblocker now'' on the button that I pressed d, As if everyone who doesn't use a computer has got time for computer lessons e, you DO have to be careful with what you buy online, because hackers can get in so easily, and there are a lot of scams, etc f, There is a lot of sarcasm in this thread, Mods, please get rid of the thread now, I made a huge mistake and didn't know WP users would be so against it | |

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Of course I don't want all stores to close down because where I live there's not much else to do or to go to. There's not a lot outside my home I feel like doing, anyway. But most of the other stores in the "city" I live in are terrible. I'm lucky if they have something that I really want and end up searching all over for it and they don't have it if I ask if they will get it soon the answer is nearly always I don't know. When I was a kid going to town or the mall was like going to Disneyland, but back then the stores were a lot better and everything was more fun as a kid but not any more.