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Criminal Records

Criminal Records is a music store on Queen West that also sells a huge range of hard to find t-shirts from local and international bands.

Criminal Records is a music store on Queen West that also sells a huge range of hard to find t-shirts from local and international bands.
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They've got rock, metal, punk, sports, movies, pop culture, women's and kid's stuff from the '70s, '80s and '90s. Choice selections, for sure.
I bought 2 records from here (Criminal), one of them being The Eternal by Sonic Youth. In the glass case it said 27.99 ON SALE. I come up to the counter and the guy gets the records I buy and rings up my total as he hands me a third record and says "Merry Christmas". It was a live Sonic Youth record that came out at the time of The Eternal's release. I said thank you and hand over my credit card. When the total comes up it says 74 dollars and change. I asked how much the Sonic Youth record was and he replies with, "It's 47.99". I tell him that in the case it says 27.99 ON SALE. The worker grabs his boss and together they realize that the record is actually supposed to be 47 and not 27. The boss gives me the record that was ON SALE for 27.99 instead of 47 and takes the record that was given to me as a gift out of my bag and says to his staff "He's not getting that (Live Sonic Youth) record for that price".
If the owner ever reads this, know how to price your merchandise properly. For you to disrespect someone who spends 50-100 dollars a week on records in Toronto, I will let everyone know, you do not know how to run a business.
I've been going there since it opened and it's still my first stop when I'm record shopping. Good prices, solid selection and anytime I'm looking for something they don't have, they're more than happy to order it. Staff is just a pleasure to deal with; they know their stuff but aren't pretentious about it.