Suncoast Closing

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Suncoast Closing

Postby lilyakka » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:54 pm

Anyone who is in the Cleveland area that knows of Westfield SouthPark probably knows the Suncoast I'm talking about. Since MusicLand filed chapter 11 bankruptcy they have chosen to close their least profiting stores and this includes the Suncoast at the mall, anyway I figured I'd inform you all of this. The current sales are 30-50% off everything in the store as far as I know. That goes for DVD, VHS, Manga, Anime, Magazines, Toys, Snacks, Clothes, and Gear.

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Postby Malificus » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:57 pm

The suncoast in Duluth is doing the same thing, but only 20% off everything. Same for the Sam Goody's (apparently)
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Postby nynex4 » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:16 am

yup, the Suncoast near me found out they were closing a month ago. I haven't heard yet that Sam Goody was though.
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Postby x_rex30 » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:39 am

Sweet, I'll check that out. THanks for the heads up.
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Postby Coderjoe » Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:33 pm

According to one of the guys at my local Suncoast store (Rivertown Crossings Mall), FYE purchased all of the Musicland stores and is closing all of them, just to kill off the competition. I forget the exact numbers that were posted, but they were selling all regularly priced items for something like 30% to 60% off. They also had special prices on furniture and such as well.

Yeah, I just found out about this all tonight as I wandered into the mall to check the used section at Suncoast for discs I needed to fill holes in my collection. Boy does this suck.
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lol

Postby amvwizard » Sat Mar 11, 2006 4:03 pm

This is like vultures(You People) swooping down to eat the dying rabbit(Suncoast).
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Postby Malificus » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:58 pm

I found a Suncoast that's not closing. The Suncoast in Hoover, AL is still solidly open.
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Postby Coderjoe » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:12 pm

Yeah... I have no idea what is going on. There is a posting on the musicland website that says FYE's parent company was going to buy the musicland group, but I haven't seen anything since that, and that was posted a month ago. I just got off the phone with Replay member services, and they say not all the locations are closing.

However, if you have a Replay membership but all the stores near you are closing and don't plan on driving a long distance to buy from them or use their web store, you can ask them to close your account and refund you for the remaining time left on your membership. It isn't a huge amount, though. I'm getting $12 and some-odd cents back for the 18 months I have remaining. The nearest Sam Goody store is 59 miles away, and the nearest Suncoast is 98 miles away. We had two Suncoast stores and at least one Sam Goody store in the metro area I live in, and they're all going or gone. Needless to say, I won't be shopping at any musicland group store anymore. :evil:
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Postby HorrorPhD » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:36 pm

If you're in/around the Omaha, NE area here's the skinny on the Suncoast/Sam Goody stores:

Mall of the Bluffs Sam Goody (Council Bluffs, IA) - closing...30-60% off everything in the store.

Crossroads Mall Suncoast (Omaha, NE) - closing...same discounts as the CB Sam Goody above.

Westroads Mall Suncoast (Omaha, NE) - OPEN...and will be staying open at least for now (just verified today).

Originally, I had heard from a Sam Goody employee (and a manager, at that) that because of the bankruptcy, they were going to shut down ALL Suncoast stores and a large portion of the Sam Goodys across the country. I'm hoping that isn't the case in the long term plans, but one never knows. :roll:
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Postby Coderjoe » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:40 pm

btw, info on the Chapter 11 reorganization stuff can be found at
http://www.musicland.com/reorganization.asp
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Re: lol

Postby requiett » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:04 am

amvwizard wrote:This is like vultures(You People) swooping down to eat the dying rabbit(Suncoast).

I think you have your priorities backwards. How is charging $30 for a regular DVD not being a vulture?
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Re: lol

Postby Coderjoe » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:21 am

requiett wrote:
amvwizard wrote:This is like vultures(You People) swooping down to eat the dying rabbit(Suncoast).

I think you have your priorities backwards. How is charging $30 for a regular DVD not being a vulture?


I think this is one of the biggest reasons Suncoast (and Sam Goody, for that matter) are having financial difficulties. They price themselves far enough above the competition that nobody buys there anymore, except when trying to locate some hard-to-find item which is out of print and didn't have enough demand to sell out at their stores, as well as low enough demand that other stores didn't pick it up.

I know I have moved on to Best Buy for most of my non-mailorder DVD buying needs. I had before the local Suncoast announced their closure.
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Postby madmallard » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:47 pm

that would be a sign of mis-management by their corporate pricer.
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Re: lol

Postby coritnator » Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:27 am

ok so heres whats going on musicland was bought by fye a week or so ago and there closing 50 some what stores out of the 250 still around which is upsetting cuase now i think i need to look for a new job


Coderjoe wrote:
requiett wrote:
amvwizard wrote:This is like vultures(You People) swooping down to eat the dying rabbit(Suncoast).

I think you have your priorities backwards. How is charging $30 for a regular DVD not being a vulture?


I think this is one of the biggest reasons Suncoast (and Sam Goody, for that matter) are having financial difficulties. They price themselves far enough above the competition that nobody buys there anymore, except when trying to locate some hard-to-find item which is out of print and didn't have enough demand to sell out at their stores, as well as low enough demand that other stores didn't pick it up.

I know I have moved on to Best Buy for most of my non-mailorder DVD buying needs. I had before the local Suncoast announced their closure.


i dont know if youve been to fye recently but there dvds are even worse 31 for a dvd that coast 24 at suncoast just fyi
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Postby Athena » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:34 pm

I got all of StarBlazers Season 2 for $40.
I got all of Crest of the Stars for $27.

Once I am done with the latter, I know for a fact I'll be selling it...
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