Best Buy will likely go bankrupt before most mom and pop music stores, so I wouldn't worry too much. Also, this only dilutes DW's brand name and cheapens it (which surprises me that this would be true in the first place).
Now that debt-laden suburbanites can no longer pull equity out of their houses to buy huge flat-panel TVs and other gadgets...these big-box consumer electronics stores are hurting very badly. Circuit City declared bankruptcy Monday, I believe. CompUSA went TU last year.
Also, after talking w/ Shane - mom and pop music shops don't sell DW anyhow because of the huge cost-of-entry for the privilege of selling their drums, and other insane restrictions.
If Best Buy does start selling musical instruments, I bet you'll see a spike a few months later on Craigslist as all these people started unloading their instruments.
Best Buy will likely go bankrupt before most mom and pop music stores, so I wouldn't worry too much. Also, this only dilutes DW's brand name and cheapens it (which surprises me that this would be true in the first place).
Now that debt-laden suburbanites can no longer pull equity out of their houses to buy huge flat-panel TVs and other gadgets...these big-box consumer electronics stores are hurting very badly. Circuit City declared bankruptcy Monday, I believe. CompUSA went TU last year.
Also, after talking w/ Shane - mom and pop music shops don't sell DW anyhow because of the huge cost-of-entry for the privilege of selling their drums, and other insane restrictions.
If Best Buy does start selling musical instruments, I bet you'll see a spike a few months later on Craigslist as all these people started unloading their instruments.
Actually, Best Buy is doing quite well.
That's not what I read this morning:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/12/news/companies/best_buy/index.htm?postversion=2008111209
Of course consumer spending has gone down, and it will be a tough holiday season, but relative to how other electronics companies are doing, Best Buy is a winner.
My brother calls it Worst Buy.
I happened to be in there the other day and they just finished their musical instrument section. IMO I wasn't that impressed. They did have a DW 5 piece kit that they wanted 3K for. I was shure of the model but with what I saw, I wasn't impressed. No the quality for the dollar as Guitar Center.
The good: in some communities the GC will stock *one* DW kit, and it may be some unpopular color like lavender. This could mean better availability and prices.
The bad: yet another item sold by clerks they have no clue about. Wait... was I describing GC or Best buy?
The good: in some communities the GC will stock *one* DW kit, and it may be some unpopular color like lavender. This could mean better availability and prices.
The bad: yet another item sold by clerks they have no clue about. Wait... was I describing GC or Best buy?
Tell him I commend him for being extremely original by taking the opposite of "Best," which is "Worst," and replacing it.