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作者: maldini 時間: 2008-6-7 08:11 標題: How come there are fewer shops selling Chinese CDs?

How come there are fewer shops selling Chinese CD and DVD? Like what happened to the shop selling CD and DVD at Lansdowne Mall?

作者: Mr.JPG 時間: 2008-6-7 08:34

乜仲有人買呢D咁落後既野架咩
多多錢都唔夠 "涉"

作者: maldini 時間: 2008-6-7 08:39

原帖由 Mr.JPG 於 2008-6-7 09:34 發表
乜仲有人買呢D咁落後既野架咩
多多錢都唔夠 "涉"

There was another one at Parker Place that was closed. But the are still people who like to rent DVD and TV series.

作者: Hyde 時間: 2008-6-7 08:48

those ppl are outdated

even my mom knows how to download bt

作者: maldini 時間: 2008-6-7 08:53

原帖由 Hyde 於 2008-6-7 09:48 發表
those ppl are outdated

even my mom knows how to download bt

But downloading still takes some time.

作者: Mr.JPG 時間: 2008-6-7 08:58

downloading a cd/drama take less time than a round trip to the shop.
save time + save money + save earth (less trash) > disk

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2008-6-7 10:42

1) 價值問題  --- 大部份中文音樂都係一文不值  自然賣唔到錢
2) 素質問題 --- 香港人冇咩版權意識  咩都唔使錢就最好
3) 經濟問題 --- 潮流都興一站式網上購物  Retail賣碟肯定冇咩錢賺

作者: 快樂牛郎 時間: 2008-6-7 10:46

原帖由 Mr.JPG 於 2008/6/7 08:34 發表
乜仲有人買呢D咁落後既野架咩
多多錢都唔夠 "涉"

我錢唔多
不過一年200幾隻碟仲買得起

作者: ecwkwok 時間: 2008-6-7 13:11

因為中文戲同歌o係溫哥華o既版權無人執行囉。

因為d 戲同歌質素同內容差囉。

因為無乜新戲，新歌出囉。

如果隻碟 / 戲係好既話，我就算download左都會買番隻正版當係support。你睇完人地o係街頭賣武or廟街唱大戲，都會掉低兩個錢當打想掛？餓死晒d 唱歌，做戲o既，將來仲邊有好歌聽，好戲睇？

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2008-6-7 14:03

原帖由 Hyde 於 2008-6-7 09:48 發表
those ppl are outdated

even my mom knows how to download bt

Shoot .. I am even worse then your mom tim .. I still dont know how to download mp3 nor where to ..

作者: emailyahoo 時間: 2008-6-8 02:22

以前係“一寶“租新戲要馬住個老板娘！

作者: maldini 時間: 2008-6-8 07:10

原帖由 Mr.JPG 於 2008-6-7 09:58 發表
downloading a cd/drama take less time than a round trip to the shop.
save time + save money + save earth (less trash) > disk

But after you downloaded the TV series you still need some time to save onto the DVD. You still need to view it on your large TV. I am not sure about the quality of downloaded TV series.

作者: jiujai 時間: 2008-6-10 12:28

The reason is margin really slim. The gross profit is 5% at most. Even you see some movie sell like hot cake, if a single DVD is leftover and doesn't sold, it will take the gross profit of another 20 DVD to cover this. Item not sold had to be discount heavily in few months.

Then combined with the falling of price of movie: a new big hit movie VCD (legal) sold for $20 ten years ago now only sold for as cheap as $7. That mean the gross is 35 cents instead of $1 per disc (and the gross was higher before, mostly 10%), but sales volume stay the same.

As operate on slim profit, stock control is very important but extremely difficult: new titles come and go (~10 new titles per week), there's no barcode (or the barcode is not scan-able), so making computerize very expensive. E.g. MAL has to redefine a new code, manually write it and stick it on every disc. (Each anti-shoplift barcode sticker cost 8 cents each, which seriously eat into the already slim 35cent gross profit.)

As CD/DVD is small, stealing is very bad in some area, like Chinatown and Burnaby. In some high school, there are gangs that offer 30% off of the price tag of any items find in shop, and they will steal it for them. They are professional shoplifter and very hard to catch.. even the shop catch them, there's nothing much they can legally do as they operate as big group (5-10 people), and they will just laugh even the shop find out and walkout with the goodies (except in Chinatown the shopkeepers will chase them and beat them up). One disc stolen mean no gross profit for another 20 disc.

Then finally come the tax: For some strange reason all the tax people believe any business should have at least 30% gross. (Chinese use to be operate on smaller margin, 20% at most) There's very common Revenue Canada will force as much as hundred thousands dollars of plenty on the shop in advance (the alternative is frozen asset), even the shop send in all evidents. To the get the money back, only way is hire an accountant to present an audit report to wave this plenty, which takes 6 month to one year (if don't have to go to court, otherwise 2 years). For the shop owner point of view, it's cheaper to just close down the shop and rest the case, instead of have hundreds of thousands cash flow lockup (if they have the cash), and have to spent 10K hire an accountant to get the money back from the Revenue Canada.

[ 本帖最後由 jiujai 於 2008-6-10 13:50 編輯 ]

作者: shutterbug 時間: 2008-6-10 13:40

these days people buy online la....

not many good CD/DVD to buy anyway...

作者: siumaibb 時間: 2008-6-11 10:05

people do direct http download now........CD has no future......I think it is time for the industry to make changes.....

作者: rockypath 時間: 2008-6-11 13:32

A & B Sounds used to be a popular place. But now I just hardly remember when is my last time visit the shop.

作者: fibbi 時間: 2008-6-11 14:34

原帖由 maldini 於 2008-6-8 08:10 發表

But after you downloaded the TV series you still need some time to save onto the DVD. You still need to view it on your large TV. I am not sure about the quality of downloaded TV series.

Well...I have a S-video out cable from computer to TV ...so all the video inside computer can be watched on TV. Quality is good. If TVB charges $2 per episode for me to download, I'll pay. But if I go renting, I have to WAIT for a week or two for the episodes. So I just can't find a reason to rent. TVB TV is free to watch in HK anyways.. But yeah..I'm not saying that it's right to do. Songs...I did't download much, even if I did, I'll buy (the good ones) to support the copyright. Movie..hm...I also buy movie DVD, mostly English ones. But I do own Initial D, "Tau ming jong", "mo garn dou" etc. And I rent the smaller production of the Chinese movies as well.

作者: 大C姐 時間: 2008-6-11 15:39

真係好想問﹐有無人會走去買大方同燉麗鶯既<非常愛>DVD﹖

我唔係要貶低呢D偶象﹐但係呢邊既市場確實有限。

-- 唔識BT都唔會買垃圾既大C姐

作者: BlueBear 時間: 2008-6-12 21:35

becoz there exists such thing as BT download
thought I dont do that.....

and becoz this is Canada, ppl luv NA music

and becoz HK / Chinese CD sucks
not worth to buy......
just look as those so-called Stars in HK...
and u'll c what I mean by that

作者: maldini 時間: 2008-6-13 17:41

In HK, China and other parts of Asia, there are still lots of singers who can sing well. Those who say only NA people can sing should broaden their knowledge.

作者: echo 時間: 2008-6-13 21:56

原帖由 jiujai 於 2008-6-10 13:28 發表
The reason is margin really slim. The gross profit is 5% at most. Even you see some movie sell like hot cake, if a single DVD is leftover and doesn't sold, it will take the gross profit of another 20 ...

真係搵食艱難!

作者: ACC-HE 時間: 2008-6-13 23:56

Actually I don't see a lot of CD shops in HK as well.. HMV seems to be the biggest, but just a handful of branches.

作者: mattb 時間: 2008-7-6 10:46

原帖由 Mr.JPG 於 2008-6-7 09:58 發表
downloading a cd/drama take less time than a round trip to the shop.
save time + save money + save earth (less trash) > disk

I guess its too bad that there are some people out there who are willing to pay for cds because of the better audio quality and that is it sometimes the only LEGAL way to obtain music?
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