Bull Moose Music

Bull Moose Music is now open in the West Street Shopping Center in Keene. I was all smiles when I heard Bull Moose was opening a new store in Southwest NH, where I pass through quite a bit. I usually do most of my music and discounted books shopping at the Bull Moose Music in Salem near my home.
This new Bull Moose superstore offers a pretty good selection of new and used music, vinyl records, and movies to choose from, plus video games, books, and other cool stuff. As of this review, this store was still coming together as much of the merchandise was still being unpacked and stocked on the numerous shelves in time for the Grand Opening (December 5, 2015). This store is a pretty good size layout, though not as big as the Salem and Scarborough ME locations.
The music is organized by genre with a mix of new and used CDs. The DVDs and Blu-​Ray movies are separated and organized alphabetically, TV and music titles separate. The popular and new release music and movies are prominently located near the front of the store, as are the deeply discounted CDs and DVDs. There is also a good selection of video games and game systems in stock and toys, novelties, snacks, candy, and miscellaneous too. The selection of books is pretty decent offered at 35 percent off cover price organized by subject including children’s, regional, art, humor, biography, nonfiction, travel, and others.
The prices including the sale prices here are very competitive to other area stores (ie. Target and Wal-​Mart), except the selection here is a lot better! As a holder of the Bull Moose Music FBC (Freakin’ Buyers Card), I earn points with each purchase here and receive the Bull Moose Music weekly emails with their e-​sales flyers, new releases, promotions, and events (chainwide). This store stays open late and after midnight on new release dates (typically late Thurs-​early Fri).
On my recent visit to this store, I purchased a new «NH historical book» for $ 12.99 ($ 19.99 cover price). The service at the registers was friendly and prompt.
IMO, the new Keene Bull Moose location fills a major void in the area as a specialized store for music, movies, video games, and discounted books. FYE and Borders closed up their stores in Keene a few years ago. So in this area, it was basically just Target, Wal-​Mart, and Game Stop. This new location would also be a good place for live artist performances and autograph CD signings, similar to some of their larger and busy stores in Maine.