FF:NZ Real Groovy maybe disappearing?

man, looks like Real Groovy might be vanishing. Sad news.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10537688

 

If it does go, that would be an absolute tragedy. Hopefully they can find a new owner, rather than shut them down.

 

Bummer for them. SALE TIME for us maybe???

 

Went in there last night. They're still operating, but not buying in any second hand stuff, and not accepting vouchers or credit notes.

I have mixed feelings about this ... Real Groovy needed to seriously re-think their business model a few years back, and I think they adapted to market changes very poorly. I kinda hate how expensive they were, especially given how stingy they'd become recently in terms of trades (I took 17 near-new CDs in the other day, and got offered $68 trade or $34 cash) and feel like they really needed to re-think their business model. Selling new releases for $34.95 and second hand CDs for $25.95 when places like JB were selling the same albums for $22.99 was never going to work, was it? Apparently for the last month or, since they stopped paying their bills, Groovy staff had been going down to JB and *buying* their new releases and taking them back up the road and adding $12 to the price and re-selling them.

All this being said, obviously I'm really sad. I have literally spent thousands of dollars (actually, possibly much more ... I hate to think) there since the early 90s, and I can't really imagine an Auckland without Real Groovy. Also, where do you go to sell stuff now, other than TradeMe?

 

Also, if they shut down it will be a *lot* harder to find rare / promo singles, which is one of the things I sort of collect.

Are there any other 2nd hand record places in Auckland at all? The ones on K Rd I used to frequent are long gone.

 

It's back, baby.

 

W00t