Otis
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Words also frequently said by Rolf Harris victims.
Words also frequently said by Rolf Harris victims.nooooo.. you just spoiled my childhood you monster.
Woolworths were the best for Airfix, as that's where they originated. The bagged Airfix kits were entirely Woolworth's idea. Before that they were boxed and much more expensive.I was a regular. Checking out if Airfix had released a new kit damn near every week. Upstairs for the real stuff.
Toys R Us is an institution though. Shouldn't be forced to go pop by the government. We should all pay our tax but maybe struggling businesses should be given some help with repayment.
You think I didn't practically live in those shops as well? How naive. :emoji_smile:Woolworths were the best for Airfix, as that's where they originated. The bagged Airfix kits were entirely Woolworth's idea. Before that they were boxed and much more expensive.
Where I lived there were two specialist model shops within easy walking distance, one at the bottom of Far Gosford Street and another in Lower Ford Street so didn't even need to go into town.
I read somewhere that 43% of all online purchases in the US are made through Amazon.Its another two out of many high street shop closures. Stores cannot compete with online alternatives due to the costs of stores alone. Amazon deliver food in the US, if that gets traction here you could see that impact local supermarkets also.
I still remember my first visit to Toys R Us in Birmingham when I was a kid, the place was huge! Maplins always seemed too expensive and you could see many a person in there looking at the items then looking on their phone for a cheaper price.
scary isn't it!!!I read somewhere that 43% of all online purchases in the US are made through Amazon.
Not if your name is Bezos.scary isn't it!!!
Its another two out of many high street shop closures. Stores cannot compete with online alternatives due to the costs of stores alone. Amazon deliver food in the US, if that gets traction here you could see that impact local supermarkets also.
I still remember my first visit to Toys R Us in Birmingham when I was a kid, the place was huge! Maplins always seemed too expensive and you could see many a person in there looking at the items then looking on their phone for a cheaper price.
Only been in Toys R Us a couple of times in recent years but they seem to put zero effort into the shopping experience. As a toy shop they should make it fun so kids are begging their parents to take them.
Maplin is just too expensive, you only go there if its a last resort.
Maplin was laughable, silly money for a network cable where they would rip old people off who had no clue.
something needs to happen with the high street, else it will end up charity shop, £1 shop, coffee shop, repeat......
something needs to happen with the high street, else it will end up charity shop, £1 shop, coffee shop, repeat......
Saying that, The Entertainer is never usually busy in the city centre either.
Think they need to give people a reason to go there and think outside the box.
If I want a PS4 game as an example, why would I finish work, drive to down, park, walk to a shop in town, buy it, walk back to car, pay for parking, drive home and pay more for the game than I would if I just ordered it from Amazon to be here tomorrow at work? If I really wanted it tonight, I'd stop at Tesco for the ease of it but Amazon are bringing more and more to same day delivery too.
Amazon customers can pick up orders with their regular shopping at Morrison's. Saves me having to stay in of the off-chance of the postman turning up.
It's a worry as these guys and all the tech giants believe and do circumvent Govvts /Statehood.I really don't like the direction that we're going in.
Ordering everything from Amazon Prime with them employing 'self employed' workers on serf wages to deliver it, whilst the parent creams away billions of profit on which it pays no tax in the UK. Meanwhile our town and city centres become ghost towns with the local economy suffering greatly as a result. Time to put Amazon on a level footing with everybody else I think.
I really don't like the direction that we're going in.
Ordering everything from Amazon Prime with them employing 'self employed' workers on serf wages to deliver it, whilst the parent creams away billions of profit on which it pays no tax in the UK. Meanwhile our town and city centres become ghost towns with the local economy suffering greatly as a result. Time to put Amazon on a level footing with everybody else I think.
Well yeah, but you can't blame people for choosing that. The same as people who will go to Tesco that's open 24 hours rather than a local butcher who they can only get to at the weekend.
If the local butcher / computer game shop did next day delivery and even if it was a couple of quid more expensive I'd buy it from there rather than Amazon, it's just convenience.
To be fair, I buy more shit I don't need when I go into shops. Oh buy one get one free, straight in my basket. Go into a b and m and can guarantee it will be 60 quid gone easy on shite.There are however millions of examples of consumerism where up selling of delivery speed or quantity is not required or desired.......but people are sleepwalking and just click those options by default.....
We simply do not NEED most of the shut we buy......and we certainly do not NEED it delivered same day or within an hour or whatever.
It's a sickness
It's perceived convenience as if everybody has got so many better things to do than going shopping. It's a load of bollocks reallyWell yeah, but you can't blame people for choosing that. The same as people who will go to Tesco that's open 24 hours rather than a local butcher who they can only get to at the weekend.
If the local butcher / computer game shop did next day delivery and even if it was a couple of quid more expensive I'd buy it from there rather than Amazon, it's just convenience.
It's perceived convenience as if everybody has got so many better things to do than going shopping. It's a load of bollocks really
Well yeah, but you can't blame people for choosing that. The same as people who will go to Tesco that's open 24 hours rather than a local butcher who they can only get to at the weekend.
If the local butcher / computer game shop did next day delivery and even if it was a couple of quid more expensive I'd buy it from there rather than Amazon, it's just convenience.
As a small business owner I would probably be thrown into prison if I refused to pay my next TAX bill.What's forcing them to go into admin is the £15million tax bill.
Whilst I agree that the business should be responsible, they ultimately should not be forced into administration by the tax man. (In my opinion).
People who would rather buy their meat from Tesco than a local butcher are already a lost causeompus:
I understand both sides of this really, but working with clients I’ve had in the past I see the difference it makes to small local businesses and so tend to use them where I can over supermarkets, but for the most part the quality is similar yet the supermarkets can undercut on the price. The convenience/cheaper angle I understand, but I’m in agreement with FP/JHFC that society as a whole are a bunch of consumerist zombies nowadays. My younger sister has bought 5 phone cases in the last 3 weeks. What’s the fucking need?
There's a maplins near me and I never knew what it was. Looked like a cross between Tandy and Woolworth. I always thought of hi-de-hi when I drove past it.
There used to be a hottie serving in the Bishop Street branch, she knew her stuff too!I often popped in to browse but have hardly ever bought anything, just a few cable adapters & odds and ends simply because the guys behind the counter give good advice & it seems churlish not to buy having picked their brains.
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