High Streets Woes - part II

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Rossell » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:14 pm

Alan wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:46 pm
But when the debt collectors go under.... oh yeah they will be the last profession when the sun goes dark.
When the apocalypse comes it'll just be cockroaches and debt collectors left.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:43 pm

I even tried to help smaller online shops and that failed as well. I went to ShopTo to buy Spongebob game for the Switch. Sold out with an RRP £24. Bought it from Amazon for £20. So even you try to not shop at Amazon you just keep on coming back

- cheaper
- prime
- no hassle return
- you can buy gift cards

Its.....so fucking convenient - that's the problem !!
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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:49 pm

It can be quite hard to support local retailers sometimes. I remember when we first moved into this house, which was a new-build, we decided we wanted to go local so visited a place up the road for curtains. After sitting with the advisor and talking through our - fairly limited, nothing flashy - plans, they quoted us about £600. Bear in mind we're talking about three small upstairs windows and a pair of French doors.

We came back and looked at the website of a large online retailer (not Amazon), and found we could get basically the same for around £120.

No prize for guessing which option we went with in the end.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:02 pm

its so crazy - the high street will be a place to go to socialise or buy shoes (never online ! - well not for my feet) or stare at laugh at prices of properties at Real Estate windows
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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Raid » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:12 pm

Yeah, I barely touch the high street these days, which is perhaps more significant when I say that I work on it (so it's hardly out of my way). I can't stand slowly walking around shops browsing; I want to go to a place, pick up the thing I want, and buy it without having to dodge people who aren't as focussed as I am. There's just no point in my shopping locally when all Lancaster has is shops that are on every high street. The only place other than supermarkets (and occasionally the butchers) I go to is our local coffee bean roasters, which is like shopping in Beamish and all of the staff are well trained and knowledgeable.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Alan » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:21 pm

I really dont like shopping IRL. I hate browsing and immediately just want to get out which makes me end up buying the first thing that vaguely fits the bill where as online I'll research the shit out of everything. Took me 4 hours to buy a set of bathroom scales yesterday!
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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Raid » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:36 pm

I'm the same, and it's one of the other reasons I like shopping online. My purchasing decisions shouldn't be influenced by how little time I want to be spending around the general public.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Rossell » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:26 pm

I was once in a John Lewis where my mate spent literally two hours trying to work out smoothie maker he wanted to buy his missus for Christmas.

Nearly killed the fucker.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by The Jackal » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:35 pm

Achtung Englander wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:02 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53270679

This virus has destroyed so many lives. Its tragic

Up to 700 jobs at Harrods
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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Sly Boots » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:43 pm

Rossell wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:26 pm
I was once in a John Lewis where my mate spent literally two hours trying to work out smoothie maker he wanted to buy his missus for Christmas.

Nearly killed the fucker.
For added hilarity you could have done so using said smoothie maker. Maybe with an 80s action-style line like, "smoothie THIS" as you pushed him head-first into the whirring blades.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:48 pm

The Jackal wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:35 pm
Achtung Englander wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:02 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53270679

This virus has destroyed so many lives. Its tragic

Up to 700 jobs at Harrods
Not the one I'd open this heart-to-heart with, but go on.
I just copied it straight from the BBC mate
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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:55 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54635810

Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which owns Jaegar and Austin Reed has filed notice to appoint administrators, putting 21,000 jobs at risk.
Debenhams, which said in August it would cut thousands of jobs, is up for sale and trying to find a new owner.
The DW Sports chain which entered administration in August threatening 1,700 jobs.
Scots-based clothing retailer M&Co which has gone into administration and said it would cut nearly 400 jobs in August.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Rossell » Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:58 pm

I get my jeans and chinos from gap, sometimes some t shirts. It just fits well with my tall frame. This sucks.

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by 2Channelwonder » Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:43 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54818644

Nooooo not Argos! I had three in one area and they closed the oldest one but I knew at least a second would go because of the concession inside a large Sainsbury's. I don't know how many branches there are in total but they are blinking before counting Christmas sales even if it's a slow annual round of closures ending in March 2024. It won't be the same and the catalogue is going as well, it's the end of an era :cry: :( :-({|=

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Re: High Streets Woes - part II

Post by Hatredsheart » Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:04 pm

2Channelwonder wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:43 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54818644

Nooooo not Argos! I had three in one area and they closed the oldest one but I knew at least a second would go because of the concession inside a large Sainsbury's. I don't know how many branches there are in total but they are blinking before counting Christmas sales even if it's a slow annual round of closures ending in March 2024. It won't be the same and the catalogue is going as well, it's the end of an era :cry: :( :-({|=
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