Toronto Weird Boys

I'll also give credit where credit is due, Sonic seems to have lowered some of their prices in general and while I certainly wouldn't say they're on the lower end of the scale, if you compare prices across Sonic, Dead Dog, Kops, Pop Music etc... Sonic is tending to fall in the middle somewhere now. Whereas a year ago they were by far the most expensive.
 
Mather said:
I'll also give credit where credit is due, Sonic seems to have lowered some of their prices in general and while I certainly wouldn't say they're on the lower end of the scale, if you compare prices across Sonic, Dead Dog, Kops, Pop Music etc... Sonic is tending to fall in the middle somewhere now. Whereas a year ago they were by far the most expensive.
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Oh you're absolutely right on this. They have definitely lowered the prices and I'm feeling more comfortable buying from them, rather than going in and pricing things at Kops as I find stuff.

Like, I had Danny Brown in my hand ready to buy and while Kops didn't have it, they were about 15-20 cheaper than Amazon.
 
Mather said:
I'll also give credit where credit is due, Sonic seems to have lowered some of their prices in general and while I certainly wouldn't say they're on the lower end of the scale, if you compare prices across Sonic, Dead Dog, Kops, Pop Music etc... Sonic is tending to fall in the middle somewhere now. Whereas a year ago they were by far the most expensive.
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Ok, its not just me that noticed this.
 
bdrummond said:
Oh you're absolutely right on this. They have definitely lowered the prices and I'm feeling more comfortable buying from them, rather than going in and pricing things at Kops as I find stuff.

Like, I had Danny Brown in my hand ready to buy and while Kops didn't have it, they were about 15-20 cheaper than Amazon.
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Yeah even on Mofis, stuff like Weezer and whatnot is $59 and maybe less than a year ago those 1 LPs would have been in the $70+ range.
 
Mather said:
Yeah even on Mofis, stuff like Weezer and whatnot is $59 and maybe less than a year ago those 1 LPs would have been in the $70+ range.
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I'm noticing though, that it's gotten steadily busier over the past year, to the point where lineups are around the main floor when I go on a weekend. Maybe the sale volume is allowing them to be a bit more lenient with their prices as they're now making enough to cover that prime real estate they're sitting on.

Think Swifties are single handledly driving prices down.
 
bdrummond said:
I'm noticing though, that it's gotten steadily busier over the past year, to the point where lineups are around the main floor when I go on a weekend. Maybe the sale volume is allowing them to be a bit more lenient with their prices as they're now making enough to cover that prime real estate they're sitting on.

Think Swifties are single handledly driving prices down.
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Yes it's definitely busy and this is certainly a possibility. But whatever the reason I can't remember the last time I saw anyone lower prices on anything so it's nice to see. Especially since it's arguably the nicest and largest vinyl shop in town.
 
I say Swifties because the demographics has definitely changed to like 17-25 year old females, and they're not hitting up the audiophile jazz section, that's for damn sure.
 
Mather said:
Yes it's definitely busy and this is certainly a possibility. But whatever the reason I can't remember the last time I saw anyone lower prices on anything so it's nice to see. Especially since it's arguably the nicest and largest vinyl shop in town.
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Yeah, it is definitely my favorite shop to browse. I could spend hours there.

Funnily enough I was watching Scott Pilgrim vs the World the other day and while it was instantly recognizable, it was super alien at the same time.
 
Mather said:
Haha yeah back when it was at Bathurst and Bloor inside Honest Eds.
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Wait....was it!?
Should've known. Had the same feel, but I guess that's what I wasn't able to put my finger on. I may have been to Honest Eds like 3 times in my life, and Sonic Boom wasn't there to my knowledge either time.
 
bdrummond said:
Wait....was it!?
Should've known. Had the same feel, but I guess that's what I wasn't able to put my finger on. I may have been to Honest Eds like 3 times in my life, and Sonic Boom wasn't there to my knowledge either time.
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It was inside Ed's on Bathurst and then it was also on Bloor on the north side just east of Bathurst.
 
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