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I can’t weigh it up …. shops are supposed to be enticing us back, but I went to buy a dressing table the other day, price a few weeks ago before the 2.5% VAT reduction was £379 ….. I waited for the sales …. price had gone up to £409, so had gone up £30 despite the VAT reduction. They had knocked £10 off in the sale to make it £399. Guess who re-padlocked his wallet and walked out?
Also … HMV are moaning that sales are down in their High Street shops and that internet sales are to blame, yet in London and Birmingham city centres they have TWO shops within a mile of each other that water down their own takings. Further, their own website undercuts their own shops sometimes by as much as 50%.
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They have to advertise it at the higher price for 30 days in at least one store or summat
ih boots the chemist today they reduced their xmas stock by 75%.i got loads of bargains for myself and for up and coming birthdays.
@mzb wrote:
I can’t weigh it up …. shops are supposed to be enticing us back, but I went to buy a dressing table the other day, price a few weeks ago before the 2.5% VAT reduction was £379 ….. I waited for the sales …. price had gone up to £409, so had gone up £30 despite the VAT reduction. They had knocked £10 off in the sale to make it £399. Guess who re-padlocked his wallet and walked out?
Also … HMV are moaning that sales are down in their High Street shops and that internet sales are to blame, yet in London and Birmingham city centres they have TWO shops within a mile of each other that water down their own takings. Further, their own website undercuts their own shops sometimes by as much as 50%.
:?
Exactly..
Ok, they think that by having more than one shop within a short distance is doing good, getting more trade, when really when you consider the costs involved, is there no wonder why certain companies are going under?! It’s greed also,.. I’m pretty sure that some companies believe they’re playing a game of Monopoly. Take Clinton Cards for instance, they’re the same. Some companies grow too big too fast only to go under not long after..
@will wrote:
@woohoo wrote:
@mzb wrote:
I can’t weigh it up …. shops are supposed to be enticing us back, but I went to buy a dressing table the other day, price a few weeks ago before the 2.5% VAT reduction was £379 ….. I waited for the sales …. price had gone up to £409, so had gone up £30 despite the VAT reduction. They had knocked £10 off in the sale to make it £399. Guess who re-padlocked his wallet and walked out?
Also … HMV are moaning that sales are down in their High Street shops and that internet sales are to blame, yet in London and Birmingham city centres they have TWO shops within a mile of each other that water down their own takings. Further, their own website undercuts their own shops sometimes by as much as 50%.
:?
Exactly..
Ok, they think that by having more than one shop within a short distance is doing good, getting more trade, when really when you consider the costs involved, is there no wonder why certain companies are going under?! It’s greed also,.. I’m pretty sure that some companies believe they’re playing a game of Monopoly. Take Clinton Cards for instance, they’re the same. Some companies grow too big too fast only to go under not long after..
jus like woolies the robbin bastewards.. :lol:
Just before they closed, i bought an Advent Calendar from there, and guess what?
The windows were all boarded up, and there was fek all inside.. :lol:
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