No wonder SACD hasn't caught on

But wait, it gets even worse. The reason I'm looking to purchase music at Circuit City in the first place is so that I can use up the $50 gift card I got for participating in a work related study. I got to choose from a list of stores and chose Circuit City specifically because I knew they carried music.

So, since I couldn't find what I wanted at the store, I went back to the website. By this time I had spent quite a bit of time on this little project. When I finished making my music selections on the website, I had a total of just over $100 in merchandise to which I was planning to apply my gift card.

I started wading through the checkout procedure and came to a page whereon I am asked. Do you wish to apply a coupon or gift card to this purchase? When I selected "Yes" I was informed that I would not be allowed to use a gift card for music or video purchases.

Thinking I must have misunderstood something, I called the 800 number and was informed that, in fact, this was true.
Unfortunately for me, the very reason I had chosen Circuit City as opposed to some other store was to apply my money toward music. At the time of choosing a store I was not informed of any such restrictions. All I can say is that Circuit City just lost a potentially good customer for no good reason.

Let me put it this way. If I went to Circuit City and said that I wanted to buy a gift card but that I was placing specific restrictions on how Circuit City could spend the money I gave them for the purchase of the gift card, how many gift cards do you think they would be willing to sell me?

Why should I feel any different? I won't be giving them any of my business in the future.

Yes I know this thread started in 2008, but it is still relevant today

 Recently I was discussing music with a colleague who is in her 30s.

I'm 65.

I mentioned I was looking to purchase some CDs and SACDs.

She was incredulous!

Her only response was "You're kidding, right?"

To her, listening to music involves compressed streaming and her phone. Period.

I honestly was surprised by her response.

I guess I should have known better.

Sigh...

tomcarr

 

Laughing....good one, Sir.

 

Happy Listening!

I call such poor souls Generation Lost.

This thread was started in 2008 when the topic was relevant.  It is interesting to read the newer comments, all of with which I sadly agree. I personally own around 209 classical SACDs.  Classical and jazz listeners kept the format limping along for a while.  
  IMO it failed because:

1) it was initially tied to multichannel.  The failure of multichannel is a whole separate topic that deserves its own discussion, but said failure was an albatross for SACD, DVD-A, and BluRay Audio..

2) While sonically superior to CD, it wasn’t the night and day superiority that stereo offered vs. mono.  Many people couldn’t perceive enough of an improvement to think it was worthwhile.

3) most importantly, shortly after its release, all physical media began to be supplanted by file sharing, downloading, and ultimately streaming services. Convenience initially supplanted sound quality, as it was easier to store music on an iPod or other portable device and headgear  than a full scale system.  Eventually streaming services upped the ante on sound quality so the small group of people who realized after years of mp3 listening that they were missing something were largely satisfied