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Buy Metallic's "Death Magnetic" For $5 at Hot Topic, Today Only

posted Sep 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM by deathbringer.  (12 Comments)

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Metallica's latest CD, "Death Magnetic," was released worldwide today and Hot Topic is selling it for $5 - today (9/12) only. You can also pick up a special Metallica logo t-shirt for $5.00. Both deals do not include sales tax and are valid only on Friday, September 12 while supplies last. (Limit 2 CD's per person).

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12 Comments on "Buy 'Death Magnetic' For $5 at Hot Topic Today"

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1. Johnny Boy writes:

For once, some good effort by Hot Topic.

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 5:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. The G-Mann writes:

it's sad that this is what they have been reduced to...

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 6:18 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. brandedcfh420 writes:

$5 may be too much for the Hot Topic 3rd graders out there to afford the new pile of wasted talent!!!

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 6:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Jenny writes:

Why? Ugh...this is way beyond my understanding.

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 6:35 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. ...Just Another Number... writes:

What happened to the NIN style CD download idea they talk about so much a few months ago?

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 8:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. KinG_KoOPa writes:

not even worth it

# Sep 12, 2008 @ 9:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. theharpy writes:

I wonder how these track into album sales for the week? May be a nice way to pad numbers. NOT that I think Metallica would do anything like that, but an interesting question from the business point-of-view anyway.

# Sep 13, 2008 @ 2:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. StabbingTheDrama writes:

Billboard doesn't care how much records are being sold for, just how many they sell. This is a way of getting their album to debut at number one.

Actually, this is a great promotion to do. I don't know if this will help since they're only doing it for one day. I wouldn't be surprised if they take the top spot on billboard.

And G-mann, this isn't what they've been reduced to. Its called promotion and a way to sell extra albums. As long as they can get people to pay for the cd, its better than people downloading it, even if they don't make a profit. Its also not Metallica's call whether they do this promotion or not, their record label does.

# Sep 13, 2008 @ 5:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. That_One_Guy writes:

As little as I care about Metallica nowadays, it's really a good business move by the record label to sell a few more copies.

# Sep 13, 2008 @ 7:13 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. crying_for_blood666 writes:

I like this new album.

# Sep 15, 2008 @ 7:13 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. anon writes:

Hot Topic took a loss on every CD they sold for $5. They point of the sale was to increase visibility of the store as a destination for new music. (Hot Topic - all about the music...get it?) They also wanted to get as many copies into the hands of fans as possible without them having to pay overinflated prices at other stores. Mission success!

# Sep 19, 2008 @ 11:02 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. Bill writes:

why is everyone complaining about the new metallica costing 5 bucks? i think that's f***ing great ya cheap bastards.

# Sep 19, 2008 @ 4:48 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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