I was at my local HMV this morning and a person in front of me in the queue was buying Now Timeless and the guy that works there told the person that it’s one of the most blandest albums Now have ever made. I thought that if the person waits a few months, they’ll find it at their local charity shop

Edited Friday at 12:501 day by Hadji

No Cliff either on the 60's one.

The new Now Timeless seems to have been removed from iTunes as it was up for pre-order

On 30/01/2026 at 10:49, Hadji said:

I was at my local HMV this morning and a person in front of me in the queue was buying Now Timeless and the guy that works there told the person that it’s one of the most blandest albums Now have ever made. I thought that if the person waits a few months, they’ll find it at their local charity shop

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

But yeah, I can see it being another charity shop item for £1.

14 minutes ago, Tylky said:

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

I thought that too and I also heard the staff member saying that they prefer the yearbooks and numbered series but at the end of the day, when a staff member is discouraging a sale of a pointless spin-off, that’s saying something. I hope the next announcement is another eras album just before they announce extra 1985-1989

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by Hadji

32 minutes ago, Tylky said:

Bit rude of the member of staff to judge an individual purchasing an album from their own shop. The staff should be encouraging the purchase, not discouraging it, haha! Sales a sale at the end of the day!

But yeah, I can see it being another charity shop item for £1.

Agreed, but I had this happen to me in HMV last year when I was buying the 30th anniversary edition of Take That's Nobody Else. The cashier sneered and said something like 'oh dear, are Take That still a thing?'.

As the last major music chain left on the high street I don't want it to close but they need to really excel at service to survive, which some branches don't really.

10 hours ago, gooddelta said:

Agreed, but I had this happen to me in HMV last year when I was buying the 30th anniversary edition of Take That's Nobody Else. The cashier sneered and said something like 'oh dear, are Take That still a thing?'.

As the last major music chain left on the high street I don't want it to close but they need to really excel at service to survive, which some branches don't really.

Never had that at all with HMVs i've been to, guess it depends on the branch and the staff member.

Actually i did have rude response some years ago , think it was HMV Pavillions in Birmingham which is long gone now.

It was nothing like above just the female cashier being annoyed it's that long ago i can't quite remember what happened

just i remember her being a bit ratty.

But overall i've had no trouble at all with staff.