This is really sad news, Fopp was a great wee shop.

I want and need my pay, this is disgusting.

Who will feed my kids and pay my bills.

I hate this company.

1. A wee shop that tried to be big. It always happens...

I wonder if the board of buffoons who got the company into this mess got paid this month? I fancy they did.

That the staff have been treated this way should come as no surprise and is only another example of the shabby business ethics of the board of directors who have succeeded in bringing this great chain of shops to its knees two years.

I used to work for Fopp in the Midlands many years ago, and vaguely knew the owner. This is sad, but seems to be a classic case of over-stretch - I hope that they find a away out of it.

It all went tits up when they started phasing out vinyl. This was one of the things that kept them ahead of Virgin/HMV etc as Fopp's staff knew their stuff and cared about the product. At least Avalanche hasn't tried to take on the big boys at their own game, if we lost them I'd be heartbroken. As it is I'm pretty upset about poor old Fopp.

And I used to quite fancy the Canadian girl that worked in Cockburn St....

Real shame, but how many times do you see a company think it's bigger than it's boots. What were they thinking taking over Music Zone? Prior to that they'd grown fairly organically with a shop launch or two per year. Agree with the comments about the website as well. Really sorry for the staff affected by this.

How many years has the CD got left now?