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Is "Tower.com" a reputable place to order Blu-ray movies from? Thanks!
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I've bought records there with no problems. Tower Records was around as a "brick and mortar" store for many years.
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Is "Tower.com" a reputable place to order Blu-ray movies from? Thanks!![]()
I've bought records there with no problems. Tower Records was around as a "brick and mortar" store for many years.
Tower Records went bankrupt and all their assets were auctioned by the courts in DE a year or so ago. I don't recall who acquired the rights to their name, but whoever is running tower.com has no affiliation with the former physical stores or site. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but just thought it was worth disclosure.
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Is "Tower.com" a reputable place to order Blu-ray movies from? Thanks!![]()
Tower Records went bankrupt and all their assets were auctioned by the courts in DE a year or so ago. I don't recall who acquired the rights to their name, but whoever is running tower.com has no affiliation with the former physical stores or site. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but just thought it was worth disclosure.
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The original Tower went out of business more than a year ago...
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the website/name was sold to some unknown company, which is
why I was curioius.... the current Tower.com has pretty decent
prices on some of the Blu-ray movies I'm looking for...
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The original Tower went out of business more than a year ago...
the website/name was sold to some unknown company, which is
why I was curioius.... the current Tower.com has pretty decent
prices on some of the Blu-ray movies I'm looking for...
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I recommend it too. I already bought several Discs. The Delivery times are fast (I`m from germany) and the prices are good (often cheaper than amazon.com).
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The current reviews of tower.com on "resellerratings dot com" are very unfavorable. Six-month rating of 1.11/10 which is pretty much the ocean floor level for ratings on this site. Note the customer review that begins "This is NOT the Towerrecords we all knew,it`s now owned and operated by Caiman Holding Inc,the same Caiman.com that sells on Amazon."
I once ordered CDs from Caiman.com, and I did receive what I ordered, but the quality of the packing was poor compared to other vendors I've dealt with.
Knowing this information, I would look elsewhere first for movie or music orders.
I once ordered CDs from Caiman.com, and I did receive what I ordered, but the quality of the packing was poor compared to other vendors I've dealt with.
Knowing this information, I would look elsewhere first for movie or music orders.
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Caiman, the infamous Amazon marketplace seller, is the business behind Tower.com now. Check the feedback on Amazon for more detail.
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based on what i have read around the net, i would never order from tower.com
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They've been great for me, and given their reputation when their stores were open all over southern california - they were wonderful, BUT they were somewhat pricey too.
For those who don't know - they were HUGE in California, until they recently closed all of their stores and jumped on the online bandwagon.
so, I'm sure it's now even MORE in their best interest to specifically keep their online customer base strong.
I say go for it!
... but please don't blame me if they screw something up.. haha!
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Originally Posted by bifocalprojector /forum/post/12871481
Is "Tower.com" a reputable place to order Blu-ray movies from? Thanks!![]()
They've been great for me, and given their reputation when their stores were open all over southern california - they were wonderful, BUT they were somewhat pricey too.
For those who don't know - they were HUGE in California, until they recently closed all of their stores and jumped on the online bandwagon.
so, I'm sure it's now even MORE in their best interest to specifically keep their online customer base strong.
I say go for it!
... but please don't blame me if they screw something up.. haha!
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I have a difficult time trusting some of the reseller rating sites. I have a friend who works in the industry who used to tell me about how they would go in and pollute the sites with negative ratings about competitors, especially when they picked up on any type of bad pattern. I know that Tower had some troubles when they switched over to strictly online, because they were being fulfilled by a one-stop distributor. But I think they have stuff worked out pretty well now - I want to have faith in them just because the Tower brand is so fantastic.
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