??? COLONY ?????

[hak]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 12:09am

I have to ask...
I've seen several of y'all saying you bought a CD at Colony ... WHY? they are sooooo overpriced, actually charging about 20-30% MORE than the manufactuers list price. I bought a CD there once, then found the SAME CD at the Virgin Megastore [a few blocks away] at a much lower price.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 12:15am

They are overpriced and no longer fun to browse as they were in the Lp days. However, because they are overpriced they have stock long after an item goes out-of-print and everyone else is sold out. Still I would rather support Footlight Records.

COLONY are also very slow to pay suppliers. Sometimes overdue by 6 to 8 weeks.

[pab]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 1:39am

For me, Colony will always be a place where I purchase sheet music and not CDs, unless, of course, I can't find them anywhere else. They always had what I wanted, back when I was a student, and I’ve been able to find sheet music there ever since, especially when I could not find it at other places.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 2:46am

Is colony online? is there an nyc store for footlight? I think i bought the off b'way cast recording of Godspell there for $22, which was a hella alot, but at the time I didnt really know.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 2:55am

They have a new website:
http://rev6.colonymusic.com

[hak]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 2:34pm

i can see sheet music [i don't know how they price that] but paying $22+ for a CD you can buy at another place for $13.99
sounds like a waist of money to me.

rentboy: footlight does have a store downtown [not sure on the address], never was in it - so i don't know how well it's stocked

[stylinbohemian]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 4:42pm

i like colony and since i only get to visit there like once or twice a year i love going mad in there and the only reason i got a CD there was cause out where i live u cant like get n e good cast recordings so i bout Little Women cause they already had it there

[lvpblues]

Posted: 5/1/05 at 10:40pm

I enjoy browsing when I'm in NYC, but I rarely purchase because of the ridiculous pricing (this goes for CDs, DVDs AND sheet music). In terms of, well, almost everything, it's more cost-efficient to look elsewhere. The only items I've bought there are the incredibly rare cast album CDs that I think are out of print. (I've gotten "Juno" and "The Grand Tour" from them). They tried pushing the new OLC of "Mary Poppins" on me for $40, which I ended up buying for half of that from Amazon UK.