The following companies just filed for Bankruptcy on April 29, 2008:

> Hollywood Video
> Levitz
> Sharper Image
> Performance Team Freight
> Linens n Things
> Circuit City
> Bed, Bath and Beyond


Gift Cards will soon expire.

And while we're OFF TOPIC gas went up 3 cents a gallon today too. No end in site. People are dumpng their trucks & SUV's like crazy!!!

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 05-09-2008).]

Just wondering how this is related to arranger keyboards ?

How much is Gass now in The US..... overhere in Holland we pay like $9 a gallon....can't be that bad with you guys?

Sorry ..should have put the Off Topic ( OT) in the title. Hopefully members will be forgiving of this error....

Gas is up .31 cents in last 30 days.

whhew, I thought it will bw something like: KORG, Kurzweil, or something.

but, I was hoping for Begringer

so is this really true?

Dont worry at this rate we'll be at $10.00 by years end ;(

It is true.. Some folks may have a friend or family member with a gift card...

No such luck Vadim.....there's always a market for lower priced equipment. Not everyone can afford the best latest & greatest. Gives people an alternative, same way Casio fills a need for keyboard arranger players.

Maybe this is the solution to the gas probelm?

What do you think?
http://drivewater.com/g5cpab/

Maybe you don't feel too sympathetic in Holland towards gas prices in the US. Mind you, you probably don't have to drive 60 miles just to get to the next small town, do you?

Most STATES in the US are bigger than your whole country, and large cities are often hundreds of miles apart (except in the NorthEast). Your personal gas costs are probably less than ours, even at your (tax) inflated gas prices, due to how little you have to travel, just to get to a gig...

Bed bath & beyond did not file for bankruptcy protection. Linens & Things did.

Beakybird

These big corporations deserve what they get after putting out the "little guy" year after year.Just look around you every town is now a clone of each other, Home depot, Fridays, Olive garden, Lowe's, & on & on all over. The poor little guy doesn't have a chance anymore to survive in the market place. Downhill we gooooooooooooo!!

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 05-09-2008).]

Even though they filed it doesn't mean they're closing. We've had a grocery store chain file 3 times in the last 10 years and every time it is the small investor that holds the common stock that gets screwed.
They just cancel the stock, cancel some debts, renegotiate the union contracts (downward of course, cut benefits)

The company officers and large investors don't lose a thing. And of course the company comes out better off Some of the debtors get big tax writeoffs.

BTW what happens when Home Depot or Guitar Center come to town and chase out all the local stores.. then they leave.

Don't worry... So what if there are no music stores left..?

When the tab for the War finally comes due (after the note has been bought by the Chinese, of course), none of us will have very much for new keyboards, anyway

What an inspired idea... Start a war, and put the whole thing on credit, so the NEXT administration (2008) has to be the ones that have to raise taxes and cut benefits to pay for it. Genius...

Then, at the NEXT election after that one (2012), you promise to cut taxes and regain power after it was YOU that made the mess in the first place (and then you just cut taxes on the top 10%, thereby fulfilling your election promise )...

After all, as long as the top 10% do well in the US, who cares what happens to the rest of us?

"I pledge allegiance to the United Corporation of America, and to the Profits for which it stands, with Golden Parachutes for us, and Liberty and Justice for all who can afford them"
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Or we could talk about MUSIC..?

Yes Playing Music makes me forget all that crap you just said......just close your eyes Diki & play your songs &
"Make The World Go Away" thats the magic we musicians possess & many have no idea of what we're talking about

Making the world go away would involve only playing music up until thirty years ago, wouldn't it, Donny..?

From what you post, I actually get the impression that it is YOU who would prefer the 21st century to have never happened..!

Me, I prefer NOT to stick my head in the sand, and pretend the last few years never happened, but whatever gets you through the day.

BTW... 'all that crap you just said'... Do you REALLY want to go down that path, or are your manners and civility just on temporary leave? That finger you are pointing has three pointing back.

With that statement you would be correct.....take a look around you...its the one solice I have that I can recall a happier time....through memories & my music.
Life is way too short to dilly dally my friend.We all choose are path.....do it wisely. I live for today but & exist in yesterday for sure!
Now wheres my "Introducing the Beatles" album & my headphones?