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Originally Posted by avocollector
However in some ways I do NOT lament the passing of the cd stores - whereas the vinyl record stores here were quite good and knowlegble, too many of their successors unlike the British ones had only the $ signs in their eyes, absolutely no interest in service or ordering things and a very hostile attitude to customers - due in part to theft it must be said but still very off putting. Cannot say I'm sorry to see them mostly gone.
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I find the idea that a music/video/CD retail-store needs to be in any way 'knowledgeable' somewhat odd.
You go in, say "I want this [give them the name, and the label it's on] - do you have it? if not, when can you get it for me?".
Their need for intelligence - apart from knowing which distributor to go to in order to fulfil my request - is essentially zero. The idea that the clerk in a high-street music-shop has even *heard* of Initial-D let alone knows anything about the original soundtrack would never occur to me.