Chinese Democracy is $1.99 at Best Buy

[FunkyMonkey]

It's on the website too.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Chinese+Democracy+-+CD/9111016.p?id=1925065&skuId=9111016&st=chinese%20democracy&lp=1&cp=1

Not anymore.

I spoke with someone at Best Buy who looked it up for me and he said it's no longer an active SKU online.  They appear to be just selling it in the stores. 

Which he said was really weird -- it's usually the other way around.

[faldor]

It's on the website too.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Chinese+Democracy+-+CD/9111016.p?id=1925065&skuId=9111016&st=chinese%20democracy&lp=1&cp=1

Not anymore.

I spoke with someone at Best Buy who looked it up for me and he said it's no longer an active SKU online.  They appear to be just selling it in the stores. 

Which he said was really weird -- it's usually the other way around.

Maybe it's not worth it for them to ship an item that's only $2?  The shipping costs would be more than the item itself.  I haven't been to my local Best Buy in awhile, but last time I was there, they had cut their Chinese Democracy inventory just about in half since the price reduction.

[hitmanhart408]

CD to be out of print soon/not in stores? Glad I have some copies still sealed   





not srs

[FunkyMonkey]

Maybe it's not worth it for them to ship an item that's only $2?  The shipping costs would be more than the item itself. 

Maybe, but why are they making Chinese Democracy unavailable online -- why not just charge for shipping or include it in this offer that they make with other CD's.

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[Thorned Rose]

been a long long long time since I posted....

I saw it yesterday... so I gobbled up 2 copies for 1.99

they had 3 copies of the vinyl record too....

for 1.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted once so bad when it came out, but didn't want to pay 20.00

so happy to have it

great album

[Bodhi]

yeah i picked up 2 more Vinyl copies the other day, i have one for decoration on my desk at work.

[Is he struggling?]

Looks like the discounting has had some effect. Check out Nielsen Soundscan's top 10 vinyl sellers for 2011 so far:

1. Abbey Road, The Beatles (20,200)
2. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes (20,200)
3. King of Limbs, Radiohead (15,400)
4. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons (14,800)
5. Tomboy, Panda Bear (11,500)
6. Bon Iver, Bon Iver (10,900)
7. The King Is Dead, The Decemberists (8,300)
8. Chinese Democracy, Guns 'N Roses (8,200)
9. Angels, The Strokes (7,900)
10. People's Key, Bright Eyes (7,900)

[HBK]

This Saturday My Best Friend Travel To NY City And Visit One Store BEST BUY, Only 4 Disc Of ChineDem. This Discs My Beatiful Girl BUY ALL 

HBK Have 4 New Disc Of ChineDem. Version USA/HQ, Pictures.... Comming Soon.

 

[BigSexyGNR68]

I see they removed Chinese Democracy from their website. Best Buy in Bismarck,ND is totally sold out. CD and Vinyl. I don't know about Fargo,ND,Grand Forks,ND,or Minot,ND though.

[JDA]

I couldn't find any in Fargo last week, but I would be suprised if it's because they sold them all out.  Wouldn't you? Why wouldn't they have a couple extra in case someone wants to buy one?  I think they got sick of having so many in stock and shipped them out somewhere. 

[russtcb]

There's a good amount of CDs around Detroit but almost all the vinyl is gone. The only places I can recall seeing it recently was two Best Buy locations that are pretty remote.

[Stoned_In_L.A.]

I couldn't find any in Fargo last week, but I would be suprised if it's because they sold them all out.  Wouldn't you? Why wouldn't they have a couple extra in case someone wants to buy one?  I think they got sick of having so many in stock and shipped them out somewhere. 

According to an employee on the Best Buy "unboxed" forum, that is exactly what they did.

When I asked if the embarassing $1.99 price tag might have anything to do with making room for the next guns album, the response was, "nope. simple case of supply versus demand. we have way too much supply, but there is no demand".

I think it's going to be painfully hard for guns to get ANY support on getting another album out.

[Ali]

I think it's going to be painfully hard for guns to get ANY support on getting another album out.

From who, the label?  I don't understand what you're saying here.  Most bands don't even sell 600k copies of their albums anymore and they have no problem getting albums out.

Ali

[jarmo]

You need to tone down your act a bit.

After four posts, I can tell what kind of a "fan" you are.

Isn't that embarrassing?

Seen your kind before. Many times.

We get it, it's "fun" to try to stir shit up, even when there's nothing there. Like with your Richard Fortus remarks.



I guess Amazon had no demand for the Lady Gaga album they sold for $0.99 during its first week of release....

Or them selling the U2 album for $4 on the release date....





/jarmo

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[Stoned_In_L.A.]

You need to tone down your act a bit.

After four posts, I can tell what kind of a "fan" you are.

Isn't that embarrassing?

Seen your kind before. Many times.

We get it, it's "fun" to try to stir shit up, even when there's nothing there. Like with your Richard Fortus remarks.



I guess Amazon had no demand for the Lady Gaga album they sold for $0.99 during its first week of release....

Or them selling the U2 album for $4 on the release date....





/jarmo

Act? Easy, bro. I assure you I am neither acting or trying to "stir" anything up for fun.

A member asked about Best Buy being out of stock and I passed along info directly from a BB associate that reinforced his assumption.

Not sure what sparked your little outburst, but if it was my "embarassing" comment, I apologize. You're right. A $1.99 price tag on the "most anticipated album ever" is great news! I'm sure that is exactly what Best Buy was hoping for when they bought all those copies. 

[jarmo]

It's not like the album was on sale during its release week. It's 2011 now!


It's not the only album in music history that was on sale.


Some people will try to find something to complain about in everything.

What kind of an embarrassment is it to sell hundreds of thousands of copies without any major promotion?





/jarmo

[Stoned_In_L.A.]

It's not like the album was on sale during its release week. It's 2011 now!


It's not the only album in music history that was on sale.


Some people will try to find something to complain about in everything.

What kind of an embarrassment is it to sell hundreds of thousands of copies without any major promotion?





/jarmo

I'm not alleging that albums don't go on sale, however; I highly doubt that this was the reception that BB had hoped for. They had so many copies that they practically attempted to give it away to clear shelf space. That isn't my assumption, that's the words of a BB associate.

I'm not complaining that they did this. To be honest, it doesn't affect my life in the least. I would have liked to have seen my favorite band's comeback album do better commercially, but when you take into consideration all the balls that were dropped by all parties, it's hardly a surprise that things turned out the way that they did.

[jarmo]

If they were so desperate to clear out shelf space, how about actually making sure people knew the album was on sale and not sold for the price on the price tag?

If you read this thread, you'll notice that Best Buy doesn't seem as desperate as you suggest.

They lowered the price and didn't do anything.

The only reason people knew of the new price was because they read it on the Internet.


Great idea to clear shelf space. Let's secretly lower the price and wait for the customers to realize....





/jarmo

[FunkyMonkey]

They had so many copies that they practically attempted to give it away to clear shelf space. That isn't my assumption, that's the words of a BB associate.

That doesn't make sense, they're just selling it in the stores now.  If that was the case they would just sell it online.  This is what Best Buy told me in June:

We did stock this CD when it first came out and some stores still do have it on the shelves.

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