Talk:Suncoast Motion Picture Company

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The article is poorly written and unorganized, and therefore requires cleanup. -Fahooglewitz1077 22:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, it is just a checklist of sales. For the new article, feel free to mention how the company screwed customers by pimping the replay cards only to devalue all of them by closing stores and not accepting them anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.181.253.68 (talk) 15:16, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

I totally disagree with that last comment. I worked at a Suncoast store as Assistant Manager for nearly 7 years, and it wasn't until the company was bought out by Best Buy that we got forced to offer the Replay card, not to mention the ridiculous Entertainment Weekly magazine "7 issues for free" farce. After little success as far as they were concerned, Best Buy decided to create their own card, the Reward Zone card (which at first worked exactly like the Replay card), then sell the Musicland Group to some other company. My store had repeat buyers who refused to shop anywhere else, and the Replay card worked wonders for them. As employees of the company, we were given 4 days notice that our store would close, and had to tell our customers from behind the blocked gate. My point here is this: it was not the company's fault. It was corporations like Best Buy who turned a friendly movie-selling retail company into a money-hungry conglomerate. And that, along with low-ball pricing from stores such as Walmart, is what caused the company to go bankrupt. I miss my store, and I still run into some of the regular customers. They have every reason to complain, because most of them had unused Replay certificates, too. But they don't...they just wish they could visit Suncoast again.Dvdfreak26 (talk) 00:21, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Just curious, because I've heard from the Suncoast manager at the Henderson, NV, store that too much anime and manga is what sent the company dying from the inside, as the inventory was dead, without purchase. Evidence (not citation, somebody else can get that) is how many retail chains have gone belly-up due to overstock of anime and manga, and how many translation houses (old term), like Tokyopop, Central Park, etc., have also gone belly-up. Anyways, it's not like I wrote an article of a random conversation with a manager, then posted then published it, so Wikipedia would not consider it a source. Also, from 1999 to 2004, Joanna at the Henderson, NV, store was an easy lay. 68.108.8.203 (talk) 11:20, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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The article states Suncoast Motion Picture Company IS an American chain. I can't seem to find any sign of a store locator. Many links say they are converted to FYE stores. If that is the case shouldn't it be changed to Suncoast Motion Picture Company WAS an American chain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.197.144.134 (talk) 05:52, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

The store locator is here. Look for the multiple entries that are listed as "Suncoast": https://www.fye.com/stores 24.22.161.114 (talk) 23:17, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Removal of 4th Suncoast store.

Why does the beavercreek Ohio location keep getting removed from this page. I have to keep adding in back and each time I give a citation about the location. 2600:6C4A:727F:AB89:218B:EA56:34CF:FD1B (talk) 19:01, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

I've restored your version (minus a glitch in the categories). Although Wikipedia tends to avoid primary sources, per WP:PRIMARY, in this case I would say it is acceptable: "A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge." Given that the information is being used to make a statement of fact (store exists) and can be verified by any person with access to the shopping center, this use of a primary source is acceptable. 24.22.161.114 (talk) 13:19, 7 March 2023 (UTC)