Music
58 absolutely ludicrous things you can buy at HMV
by Mark Teo
April 24, 2015
For many, HMV was Canada’s music store of record. (Sorry, Music World, Sam the Record Man, and Sunrise—you barely made it into the ’00s.) It’s where many of us bought our first records, our favourite records, or pulled the Barnes and Noble scam, which involved buying used CDs and returning them for full price. Not to say that we did that. Because we, uh, definitely didn’t.
Still, HMV has outlasted many of its CD-peddling peers. And counter intuitively, they’re staying afloat by not selling music. Yes, they revealed that their top-selling item last year was a $25 Star Trek pizza cutter, but dig a little deeper, and you’ll realize that HMV gets even more batshit. Yes, they still sell music, but overwhelmingly, they’re selling cookie jars, onesies, and pillows. We don’t get it either. Above, we dug into the depths of HMV to uncover 58 of the weirdest, dumbest, and sometimes—sometimes—coolest shit they’re hawking.
