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MalcSB

MalcSB

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It’s so much cheaper to buy stuff from Screwfix (or, sadly, Amazon if we can wait a whole 24 hrs).

I read somewhere that Homebase cocked up several times, like over winter by not stocking enough heaters. Also, The Range may be buying quite a lot of the stores.

So many of these household names have gone over the years, feel so sorry for the staff. Increased employment costs will be the final nail in a few more coffins.
 
Nick

Nick

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Yeah I'm not sure why people would get tools and DIY stuff from there now when there's tool station and Screwfix much cheaper.
 
MalcSB

MalcSB

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Nick said:
Yeah I'm not sure why people would get tools and DIY stuff from there now when there's tool station and Screwfix much cheaper.
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You used to be able to buy some simple and basic stuff quite cheap in Homebase and B&Q, but then they seemed to stop stocking that and it all became more expensive and they “diversified”. There really seems little excuse for a packet of screws or a light switch being twice as expensive as at Screwfix.

Locally they had already decided to turn the local Homebase into a Sainsbury’s. Great news for the B&Q which opened 18 months ago. Not so good from a traffic point of view and the car park is nowhere big enough. At least the staff have been offered jobs but even the young girl on the checkout wasn’t sure if she wanted it.
 
Marty

Marty

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MalcSB said:
You used to be able to buy some simple and basic stuff quite cheap in Homebase and B&Q, but then they seemed to stop stocking that and it all became more expensive and they “diversified”. There really seems little excuse for a packet of screws or a light switch being twice as expensive as at Screwfix.

Locally they had already decided to turn the local Homebase into a Sainsbury’s. Great news for the B&Q which opened 18 months ago. Not so good from a traffic point of view and the car park is nowhere big enough. At least the staff have been offered jobs but even the young girl on the checkout wasn’t sure if she wanted it.
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For me, it's convenience, I can walk down to B&Q in 5 mins and save a fiver in fuel over going to Screwfix.

For others who aren't in trades and don't really know what they're looking at, it probably helps to go into a store and pick up things and compare to what they already have etc.
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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Marty said:
For me, it's convenience, I can walk down to B&Q in 5 mins and save a fiver in fuel over going to Screwfix.

For others who aren't in trades and don't really know what they're looking at, it probably helps to go into a store and pick up things and compare to what they already have etc.
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The problem with Screwfix and all these large stores really is that modern logistics 'best practice' doesn't really align very well with Joe Bloggs just wanting to buy a couple of wood screws.
 
chiefdave

chiefdave

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fernandopartridge said:
The problem with Screwfix and all these large stores really is that modern logistics 'best practice' doesn't really align very well with Joe Bloggs just wanting to buy a couple of wood screws.
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the amount of waste for your average person must be insane. I needed a couple of picture hooks, I've now got a pack of 200. The chances of me ever using them are non existent.
 
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OffenhamSkyBlue

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They tried to diversity by getting Habitat (another failing company) and Laura Ashley embedded in their operations. It was never a truly DIY store. And their previous cock-ups including the sale to Bunnings - it's been managed badly for years
 
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