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This is a link post PLAY.COM shutting down! (direct retail trade only)
Government loopholes on delivery from overseas have been closed so Play will only be a marketplace for other traders from now on.
I imagine a few other cheap online retailers will disappear shortly.
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 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post fuck!
gutted, that and amazon are my only internet shops
 (BumCoffee Portrait videographer, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Aren't you forgetting:
?
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post haha
It also says specialist suppliers since 1984 and I think their website is too.
 (BumCoffee Portrait videographer, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Their shop in southmead
Is about 3 doors down from "beaver maintenance"
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post What is "Southmead"?
And how do you know where the Ladyman shop is!?
*worries*
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I used to live round there
and had to walk past transformations to get to the better of the two local the chinese takeaways.

google street view seems to suggest the transformations shopfront isn't there any more, and has been replaced by a net curtain shop.

So don't worry, I haven't been stalking you when you're out shopping.
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't Amazon also based in Jersey?
I'm sure they were using this loophole too.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's depressing

(BumCoffee Portrait videographer, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Amazon have warehouses in the UK
I'm guessing Play never got big enough to demand the tax breaks to set up on shore like Amazon did
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 11:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are a load of online retailers...
small and large that were using this loophole to retain a profit while undercutting the highstreet. The result is that most small retailers on the highstreet are now out of business and all we are going to be left with is Amazon, Ebay and Supermarkets. Best get a job in Tesco while there are vacancies.
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh no
I really don't want a return to the days when CD's and DVD's cost fifteen quid each because the music industry were stitching us up
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post They're still stiching you up
It's just the retailers stopped paying taxes and employing shop workers.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I used to use Play lots
for games - but every title I ever pre-ordered would arrive a week or so late, so I stopped. True story.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mster Johnny Ekstrom, now that's a name, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yup, this was my experience too.
Used them for a lot of stuff, but they mucked up a couple of highly-anticipated preorders, so I went elsewhere.

Not really a loss, I don't think they've been consistently cheaper than anywhere else, plus their returns were quite expensive because you had to ship it overseas for a refund.
 (I helped save b3ta! OneSullenBrit *air sandwiches*, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:52, , Reply)