Post #265035 by Dr.TikiMojo on Tue, Nov 7, 2006 10:20 AM

On 2006-10-17 16:28, martiki wrote:

Last night, after reading this thread, I went down to the local Tower to pick through the bones. Everything was 15% off, and I got a couple of things. But there was another DVD that I was looking for, so I went over to the Best Buy, and I discovered that everything I'd bought at Tower was cheaper at Best Buy, even with the discount. Proof that there's always a bigger fish.

As Martiki wrote: this is what has stopped me from shopping at most "local" music stores for years! It's all about the prices and finding what you're looking for!
As a second generation San Franciscan I remember the Tower Records in the City always being there. It was the place we would sometimes travel to when we wanted "harder to find" music.
Back in the days of Vinyl LPs I also remember shopping in San Rafael at a place called The Record Factory where you could find discount records, over print, close outs, etc for as little as .99 cents! The best part was that there was also a "Used" Record store just two doors away from that! I would find the albums that were given to all the local radio stations that they no longer played. I thought that was very cool! In my youth, as a band manager, I used to buy 10 or more records a week!

Other reasons Tower is closing: Mrs.Mojo now buys most of her World Music at Border's where she can listen to a sample of the CD by scanning it's Bar Code. The ONLY music I buy in stores now are always places where I can hear the samples of what is on the CD!

Regardless, I will miss seeing it. I am so sick of all the Walmarts and Costcos and other GIANT generic stores!

Goodbye Tower....another memory of my youth! :cry: