The UK’s best industrial and electronic online store was MusicNonStop.co.uk which has been operating for 9 years now. Unfortunately, they have announced on their site today that the website is now closed permanently. There isn’t even any kind of going out of business sale, and all outstanding orders have been cancelled. This means that if you have placed an order from Music Non Stop and it has not been shipped yet, you will probably be getting a refund and no CDs from them. The site’s official statement also says that PayPal customers should seek refunds via PayPal.

MNS says there are several reasons for the decision to close down, including a lack of good releases in these genres, increased operational costs, and a very bad exchange rate between the Euro and Dollar compared to the Pound. You can read the complete statement on Music Non Stop’s website.

I’m sorry to see MNS go, but I can fully sympathize with them. As an American, it would cost me twice as much to buy a CD from their shop due to the exchange rate. Buying from mainland Europe wouldn’t have been quite as bad, but still not favorable. I don’t know how British companies that rely on sales outside the country can survive in this kind of economic environment. Clearly, some can’t.

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