Buying Bike Vids

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Veggie Dave, May 4, 2004.

  1. Veggie Dave

    Chris H Guest

    AOL

    There are 224 items in the category 'Motorcycle Sports' including such
    gems as Noddy - A Bike For Big Ears and Brum - Stunt Bike Rescue [1]

    HTH

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    [1] synopsis: Adventures with Brum in 'Brum Cashing Balloons', 'Brum And
    The Runaway Train', 'Brum And The Gorilla Caper' and 'Brum And The
    Splash And Grab'[2]
    [2] This sounds like four typical posts on UKRM.
     
    Chris H, May 4, 2004
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  2. Veggie Dave

    sweller Guest

    But would at least have a high proportion of your target market, at least
    the motorcycle shops would.

    Wessons is a bike shop in Horam which has a cafe. Bikers come there at
    the end of their Sunday ride out.

    He's got them in the shop, Steve is a very capable salesman (IME) and
    sells shed loads of good quality clothing on the back of this.

    He also has a stand of books and videos which he seems to shift ...
     
    sweller, May 4, 2004
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  3. Veggie Dave

    Tim Guest

    Halfords have been stocking motorsport vids in various guises of late.
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  4. Veggie Dave

    Lozzo Guest

    Ben says...
    Hein Gericke shops sell bike related videos and DVDs

    HTH
     
    Lozzo, May 4, 2004
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  5. Veggie Dave

    Ballistic Guest

    Amazon

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    Ballistic, May 4, 2004
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  6. It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
    Sounds like a perfect marketing plan.

    Sherioushly Moneypenny; I'd give ebay a whirl - there's all sorts of
    shit on there and if you keep it up week after week you'll soon shift a
    few.

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    Grimly Curmudgeon, May 4, 2004
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  7. Veggie Dave

    Veggie Dave Guest

    Thanks for your belief in what we do by assuming shifting a few would be
    better than what we're doing now ... although it's nice to see how many
    UKRMers who said they were going to buy a copy actually did...

    We're looking for large shops that we can distribute to - not a way of
    off-loading a load of DVDs we can't sell

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    Veggie Dave, May 4, 2004
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    The bargain bin in QVC.

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    Salad Dodger, May 5, 2004
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  9. Veggie Dave

    Lucretia Guest

    Halfords, Bikersweb, Amazon, eBay, BSH, HMV. All have supplied biking
    vids and DVDs what we have bought.
     
    Lucretia, May 5, 2004
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  10. Veggie Dave

    Ben Blaney Guest

    Sort of, except...
    I remember hearing a programme on Radio Four about a bicycle shop who
    were struggling for business, and now they do a lot through ebay - and
    it's turned them round.
     
    Ben Blaney, May 5, 2004
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  11. Veggie Dave

    Ben Blaney Guest

    What cunts.

    Name and fucking shame.
     
    Ben Blaney, May 5, 2004
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  12. Veggie Dave

    darsy Guest

    well, some ideas, which I'm sure you've already thought of:

    * mail order, advertised in the biking press
    * Halfords (I'm pretty sure they already sell some)
    * motorway service stations (people will buy all sorts of shit here
    that they wouldn't normally, just because it's all there is to buy,
    IYSWIM)
     
    darsy, May 5, 2004
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  13. Veggie Dave

    darsy Guest

    nah, Bittorrent.
     
    darsy, May 5, 2004
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  14. Veggie Dave

    Christofire Guest

    Me for one - I couldn't find them *anywhere*.
     
    Christofire, May 5, 2004
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  15. Veggie Dave

    Ben Blaney Guest

    Ben Blaney, May 5, 2004
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  16. Veggie Dave

    Pip Guest

    At the risk of a whooshing, you have to ring IQ18 and do the card
    thing, mate. The number is on their website.
     
    Pip, May 5, 2004
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  17. Veggie Dave

    Christofire Guest

    You took the risk...
     
    Christofire, May 5, 2004
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  18. Veggie Dave

    Christofire Guest

    I know - it was a "joke" about them not being in shops. I wouldn't buy
    one until I got a DVD player anyway.
     
    Christofire, May 5, 2004
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  19. Veggie Dave

    Ben Blaney Guest

    I thought it might be, but it wouldn't do any harm to post the URL.
    You haven't got a DVD player? Blimey, I've got three (not including
    the ones in computers).
     
    Ben Blaney, May 5, 2004
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  20. Veggie Dave

    Christofire Guest

    [of buying DVDs from www.iq18films.com]
    No. I was given one from here, but that's gone on a family-walkabout,
    and I did get one for the last gf so thought I'd use that. Moving on,
    the drive I borrowed for my computer has given up the ghost, meaning if
    I absolutely must watch a DVD I have to use my work notebook or the old
    man's computer. The notebook is preferable as it's got a bigger (and
    lcd) screen.

    I keep thinking of getting a player, but I haven't a clue what to get.
    The cheap ones have been as good as expected - i.e. work most of the
    time but can refuse to play some discs. With a computer drive I need
    the computer on. This leaves me buying an expensive bit of kit that by
    all reports on future tech is going to be out of date in the not too
    distant future.

    As it's going to take that long to trickle-buy a decent collection,
    there's not much point. The icing on the anti-dvd cake is that I don't
    have enough time to watch the TV I taped two weeks ago at the moment,
    so when I'm going to find time to watch whole DVDs in one go I don't
    know.
     
    Christofire, May 5, 2004
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