Tower Records going out of business Sale starts 10/6 40% off

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what's on sale and how much is unclear, but they do carry videogames so you might wanna check em out tomorrow. they sell dvds, musics, games, figures, etc

http://www.towerrecords.com/stores/Default.aspx

so far, 30%+ off everything


new update, credit to ITDEFX

UPDATE: 12/5/06

All cd's are now 60% off!

DVD's are now 50% off

Toys are now 50% off, again nothing really worth getting.

Magazines are 90% off........

Porn now 50%

Books 60%
 
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[quote name='Pookymeister']Hot Topic seems to do OK.:roll:[/QUOTE]

yeah, they seem ok. coz that's where i buy my Naruto shirts.
:lol:
 
Despite the high prices, it's still sad to see them go.

Tower Records once had three stores in the Portland area (TMK), and now they're down to one - the Gateway location on NE 102nd. I've been there a few times. I've only bought something twice; the first time, I had a coupon and got the first 3 Doors Down CD for around six bucks shortly after it was released. The second time was when they were first clearing out games. I got a non-Player's Choice copy of True Crime: Streets Of LA for the Gamecube for ten bucks. This was shortly after it became a Player's Choice title, so it was a decent deal back then. Oddly enough, it was the last game they had in the store.

The other two were at Eastport Plaza and Beaverton Mall. The Eastport Plaza store closed sometime in the early 90's when Eastport Plaza was still an enclosed mall. The store was right near the main mall entrance. The mall was starting to get pretty dead by then, but that didn't keep Wherehouse from moving into the space. When the mall was finally torn down in the late 90's, Wherehouse moved into a space in the new strip center that took the mall's place.

The Beaverton Mall location closed shortly before Beaverton Mall was fixed up and had its name changed to Cedar Hills Crossing. I was in the area one day right after their going out of business sale started and decided to look around. I didn't get anything. It wasn't a huge loss for the area, as there was an Everyday Music across the street that has a great selection, and a Borders up the street, both of which are still open to this day. Along with that, Best Buy later opened a store in Cedar Hills Crossing.

I'll probably stop by the Gateway store at least one more time, to see if there's any hard to find CD's I'm looking for there and/or anything else worth buying.

So long, Tower Records. You'll live on in our memories - especially when one of us plays a round of Crazy Taxi.

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Maybe I'll check the one out in Rockville. But I haven't enjoyed going to Tower Records ever since they stopped having j-music imports. I'll see if they have anything tomorrow if I have time.
 
Fairfax Tower Records was crowded today. I bought a bunch of books (mostly star trek/star wars) at 20% off a few magazines at 30% off. They claim they have 5 xbox 360's :whistle2:O but I doubt anyone is going to buy one at 10% off, since a near by Microcenter has then on sale for 350$ right now.. If I am damn lucky I might get one around the 30%-40% off mark. Who knows..but I am having concerns that once I do get it, my copy of DOAX2 might be the game that kills it :p
 
[quote name='chodax']Well im going to go there right now. Ill post if my local one in vegas has anything good.[/QUOTE]
I'll probably check out the one in Henderson after I get out of work today.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Fairfax Tower Records was crowded today. I bought a bunch of books (mostly star trek/star wars) at 20% off a few magazines at 30% off. They claim they have 5 xbox 360's :whistle2:O but I doubt anyone is going to buy one at 10% off, since a near by Microcenter has then on sale for 350$ right now.. If I am damn lucky I might get one around the 30%-40% off mark. Who knows..but I am having concerns that once I do get it, my copy of DOAX2 might be the game that kills it :p[/QUOTE]

Amazing. With such little discounts people THINK they are getting a deal. Reminds me of when Sam Goodys were closing about year ago. People going NUTS inside the store for 10% off...whih is still 20% higher then Best Buys prices.
 
[quote name='crewj']i agree, it's sad to hear that tower is going... i remember way back when the smashing pumpkins made an apperance in our n. clark store in chicago.

they did have a great pron selection! :applause:;):whistle2:#[/quote]

thats the store i go to!! best store ever! my dad works in the bank half a block away.. i told him to snoop around for me, hope he gets some insider info. will update.
 
Just hit the one in Vegas at Sahara and Decatur.

They have some decent stuff, but I'm waitng for the prices to drop some more as the liqiudation continues.

Picked up Lost in Blue for $26 and SamSho 5 for Xbox $26.:cool:
 
[quote name='gizmogc']Amazing. With such little discounts people THINK they are getting a deal. Reminds me of when Sam Goodys were closing about year ago. People going NUTS inside the store for 10% off...whih is still 20% higher then Best Buys prices.[/QUOTE]

Im going to wait til cd's are 30%-40% off to start buying soundtracks. If they move quickly this could be there own version of a blackfriday :) I netted a DS and XB for 90/130 respectivly with some cd's for 10 bucks from Sam Goody's closing. Too bad the employees took all the PSP's.
 
Has the closing been confirmed for ALL stores? I just can't picture the Sunset store closing, that thing is like a land mark.

Edit: Wow. The Sunset one is already closed.
 
aw hell naw!!

Tower is my favorite record store!

I knew they went bankrupt, and that they were selling their store,

but I didnt kno it would mean they gonna get liquidated now!!

now I gotta switch over to Virgin Megastore.

btw, their prices arent too bad.

they got lots of hard to find stuff, so it makes it a more convenient alternative than amazon,

plus on new release days all the stuff is affordable.

and if u r an insider there, u get mad coupons!!!
 
The Tower Records in Lansing closed a LONG time ago, so has nearly every other music store around, besides indipendent vinyl stores.

DAMN YOU INTERNET!
 
I checked the Tower Records out near my house today, and they confirmed that they were going out of business, (Two big "EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!" signs on the front windows.) The only bad part is everything is only 10% off now I want to wait until stuff at least gets to 20% off, but then again, I don't think that the 360's and PSP are going to last that long... People will probably be satisfied with the mere 10% and buy up everything...

:bomb: I can't stand it when people aren't cheap enough to help us really cheap people be cheap...


If only they would let us CAG's show them the way to cheap enlightenment!
 
[quote name='thefunmachine']Has the closing been confirmed for ALL stores? I just can't picture the Sunset store closing, that thing is like a land mark.

Edit: Wow. The Sunset one is already closed.[/QUOTE]

Huh? I just called them and they're open... (I just asked a dumb question about hours, the guy sounded totally pissed, but they're probably all in bad moods) I drove past there today, actually, and saw the sign said "The end of an era" and assumed they must be closing. Didn't even think there'd be a sale!!!!! Should've stopped by.

That does really suck; I can't believe at least Tower Sunset isn't being kept open... I spent a lot of time and money at that store over the years, it really is too bad about 4-5 years ago they just got insanely expensive and I couldn't justify spending $15.99+ (creeping up to $19.99+) for new releases...

It's very sad..
 
10% off a game system barely pays for tax. Thanks but no thanks, I'll take an Overstock deal instead.

Even 20% off saves you only as much as Overstock. That's really sad.
 
[quote name='Bravelionheart']10% off a game system barely pays for tax. Thanks but no thanks, I'll take an Overstock deal instead.

Even 20% off saves you only as much as Overstock. That's really sad.[/QUOTE]

just wait about a month or 2 and try to get it on it then. this seems like the Sam Goody type clearance.
 
[quote name='Justin42']Huh? I just called them and they're open... (I just asked a dumb question about hours, the guy sounded totally pissed, but they're probably all in bad moods) I drove past there today, actually, and saw the sign said "The end of an era" and assumed they must be closing. Didn't even think there'd be a sale!!!!! Should've stopped by.

That does really suck; I can't believe at least Tower Sunset isn't being kept open... I spent a lot of time and money at that store over the years, it really is too bad about 4-5 years ago they just got insanely expensive and I couldn't justify spending $15.99+ (creeping up to $19.99+) for new releases...

It's very sad..[/QUOTE]

At first glance, the store seems to be okay but their little marquee board said "It's the end of the world as we know it" and beneath that, it says "thanks for your loyalty" (or something very similar to that). From the outside, that's the only indication of what is really going on.

Oddly enough, I have never seen the Tower at Sunset so busy before. I guess everyone is trying to pick up some deals although as most of us know, the prices absolutely stink. It's funny how people flock to the place just because of a closeout sale. I guess I'll go back when the discount is better but as for now, it's more depressing seeing such a well known store shut down.
 
I think the only true deal going on in that store is the books and magazines for 20%/30%. Its funny to go to the magazine section and see a bunch of teenagers look a magzines wondering "oh are those real?!??!".

Too bad they don't accept checks :(
 
the tower at lincoln center has all these games crammed on 1 tiny space. i remember they still had NFL2k1 & 2 for the dreamcast last time i was there about a year ago :)
 
Between Target, BestBuy and CC you can get any new release for 9.99 (or less) - shocked that Tower was able to hold on this long.

As for indie/small label (or a small indie lable backed by a major) - I just order directly from the website... B&M cd stores are becoming history.
 
[quote name='soulwish2003']Between Target, BestBuy and CC you can get any new release for 9.99 (or less) - shocked that Tower was able to hold on this long.
[/QUOTE]

what???

New releases usually run me between 13-16 dollars for the first week. CD's I never see BB ever have a good sale on CD's.. CC started having some sales on cd's but there soundtrack section sucks.

Between CC, BB, and Tower, I say Tower has the biggest Soundtrack section followed by BB then CC.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']what???

New releases usually run me between 13-16 dollars for the first week. CD's I never see BB ever have a good sale on CD's.. CC started having some sales on cd's but there soundtrack section sucks.

Between CC, BB, and Tower, I say Tower has the biggest Soundtrack section followed by BB then CC.[/QUOTE]

If all you're buying are soundtracks, that might explain your average purchase price. I don't recall seeing those pop up in the ads very often at the $10 price. When it comes to other genres though, I can commonly find albums for $10. In fact, I've gotten more than a few at the $7 price point, too (usually at BB).
 
i gotta check in tomorrow. most of their cds are $16 and up here. personally i'm a member of a cd "club" for the last 1.5 years where i get everything for $6, free shipping but they don't have a lot of the more obscure titles (although i've probably bought around 150 cds from them)

the sam goody and hollywood video sales around here were 10% off at first and then started sliding when it got towards the end. the tower around here is kind of out of the way and not that many go to it considering there are 2 best buys, circuit city and barnes and noble within 5 minutes of it. but it's also huge and wheneveri go there i find things i want but don't want to spend $5-8 more then what it would cost off of amazon.
 
damn I start work in an hour...

I just saw this thread and am now like

"o snap, here's something I forgot to do today"

regardless, tomorrow I shall go
 
JEKKI, you're a SoCal guy right? I'll let you know what's up at the Costa Mesa Tower Records location, it's only a couple minutes from my house.

Also, if anyone else is going out there, head towards Newport and 18th/Rochester and stop by SecondSpin - the best used CD store in the area.
 
La Jolla Tower had an XBox 360 premium, 2 cores, and a PSP behind the counter as of this morning. 10% off right now.
 
[quote name='rapsodist']If all you're buying are soundtracks, that might explain your average purchase price. I don't recall seeing those pop up in the ads very often at the $10 price. When it comes to other genres though, I can commonly find albums for $10. In fact, I've gotten more than a few at the $7 price point, too (usually at BB).[/QUOTE]


yea your right... just wish they didn't discriminate against soundtracks and give them a sale once and awhile :whistle2:(
 
[quote name='supershammy']JEKKI, you're a SoCal guy right? I'll let you know what's up at the Costa Mesa Tower Records location, it's only a couple minutes from my house.

Also, if anyone else is going out there, head towards Newport and 18th/Rochester and stop by SecondSpin - the best used CD store in the area.[/QUOTE]

I wish I could stop by that SecondSpin location. I'm a patron of the one at Sherman Oaks...they're okay. Their used prices tend to go really high for artists with medium to high exposure (about $10-11 for a used CD) and really low for artists whose promotion is regional or nonexistent (about $2-3). But the absolute worst thing about the store is how dirty the CDs are. Everytime I walk out of the store, my fingertips are black! I've learned to bring wipes with me when I visit the store. At least I don't have to do that if I visit Rockaway, CD Trader, or Freakbeat.

But I will be forever grateful to SecondSpin for having a used copy of the soundtrack to Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still can't believe I found that sucker! In all my years scouring CD shops, I've never seen it anywhere else...
 
[quote name='rapsodist']soundtrack to Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still can't believe I found that sucker! In all my years scouring CD shops, I've never seen it anywhere else...[/QUOTE]


i found the raiders soundtrack in Miami , FL back around late 1999... back then it was my 100th cd in my collection :)
 
I just checked the Tower Records in Burlington, MA. No games, and all of their other stuff was so overpriced that 10-30 percent off is worthless.
 
[quote name='GunstarRed']As much as I love sales, it's still kind of sad when an entire chain goes out of business. Sure Tower was way overpriced on most stuff, but they also carried a lot of things you can't get elsewhere and they had in-store concerts and autograph signings. They did have some pretty neat collectables that sometimes, yet rarely, got clearanced. They also had tons of posters I'd never seen anywhere else.

They needed to reorganize their corporate structure with the changing times, which they never did, so that greatly contributed to their downfall.

That being said, at Tower's current prices, they would need to drop to more than 50% off for a lot of stuff to even be considered deals.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, growing up, going to Tower with my cousin late at night was fun. Very eclectic selection. I bought my first concert ticket from them when I was 18.

The percentage off will have to increase to well over 80 percent before I would consider most items a score.

I did see some people yesterday buying 360s. . . I don't know what the percentage off for hardware currently is, but I saw logitech wireless controllers, xbox memory cards, remotes, etc. . .we'll see what happens.

Tower R.I.P.
 
[quote name='supershammy']JEKKI, you're a SoCal guy right? I'll let you know what's up at the Costa Mesa Tower Records location, it's only a couple minutes from my house.

Also, if anyone else is going out there, head towards Newport and 18th/Rochester and stop by SecondSpin - the best used CD store in the area.[/QUOTE]I actually went there on monday,

but there were all these ppl hanging outside the store.

they were closed coz of a power outtage -_-

Im gonna go head out there in like 45 minutes to see whats up.

all I want is that Bronze Nazareth cd

edit: o yeah, there's a WOW or OH or whatever the place is called at lakewood mall

(it's tower records + good guys, altho the good guys part is closed down)

they sell games there!!!

there may be one, or at least a tower, in Buena Park...

I plan on going to that area tomorrow anyway
 
I just stopped at Tower Records on a break between classes. All video game stuff was marked down 25% including systems. A bunch of guys from my section just got 360 premiums for $300; and at that price I'm tempted to buy another.
 
Really nice price, too bad I'm broke this month after that 7800GS OC. Oh wel, might as well just wait for the price drop. Though if this closing sale gets better (say 30%), might as well just bite the bullet.
 
Really? I know that the Tower at lincoln center,NY had some xbox 360s a couple days ago. I'll check after work to how much there going for now.
 
They just advertised on the radio that Tower records is going out of business. Everyone better go now before the really good stuff is sold out.
 
tower in chicago jacked up the prices so much that even 25% off is still paying more than other stores...i asked about 360...they said thats not marked down...its at regular price....screw tower
 
Don't know about Covina, but Brea is still pretty much full.

[quote name='crazyj']any socal people know if the west covina one has good stuff?[/quote]
 
It wasn't 25% off everything at the Tower I went to. But it was 25% off all the gaming stuff. Most of the CD's were 10% off, the DVD's 10% off, magazines 30% off, etc. They even had PSP's there and other gaming peripherials like the Xbox 360 Network adapter.

The only thing I didn't see were Nintendo DS's or DS games. It doesn't appear as if they ever sold them at all.

Added:One more thing: on my receipt, it doesn't show the 360 Premium as being $399 - 25%. If just rang up as $299.99 period. Yu couldn't tell from the receipt that there was any markdown at all. I don't know if that is important or not, but just wanted to share.
 
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