The Repco service and knowledge is a store by store thing..............I agree on the crap toys though!Quote:
Originally Posted by MC97GQ
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The Repco service and knowledge is a store by store thing..............I agree on the crap toys though!Quote:
Originally Posted by MC97GQ
dont you have kids mate, 16-18 year olds know everything, i thought that was why they only employed them or retirees lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Nisshead
WRONG...........that's my wife! She knows all :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by rusty_nail
If I need work cloths's / jeans / jackets and any other bits and pieces I use Daves New York... http://www.davesnewyork.com/ Motor cycle tyres Jake wilson.. .
http://www.jakewilson.com/cl/52/Motorcycle-Tires
I can get 3 pair of jeans delivered for just over the cost of 1 pair bought locally. Jake wilson I can get a pair of Michelin PR3's deilvered for the price of 1 tyre locally.....
Is it any wonder the internet has spelt the doom of of many retailers that instist on living in the past and expect us to pay like that as well??
Yes, a friend went to the US and bought king gee work clothes for less than half the price they are over here. Last time I bought shorts they were $55 a pair. In the states, $20 or 4 for $60. There was also cheaper brands for a lower price. It's almost too dear to buy King Gees now and the quality is not there. When I worked 6 days a week in a workshop, they lasted me 2-3 years. The last pair I bought as a truck driver lasted one season.
Take a look at the Statesmans we sent over to US for police cars. They were, what, 70k for a 6L here, about 40k in the states as a left hooker. Same as the 5.7 and 6L Monaros. I saw 6L GTO's topping 100k. In UK the 5.7 base model was 21 GBP!!! Top of the line 6L was still only 44GBP. So again, we're ripped off.
But we'll gladly import Chery's and Great Walls, sell them for next to nothing and run the Australian car manufacturers out of business because they simply can't compete.
I think the advent of Internet retailing has definitely been a great thing - now hear me out before you shoot me down for being un-Australian and not supporting local jobs. Since the dawn of time retailers have been seeking ways to expand their contestable market. It starts out opening in one location, then others, then other States, the overseas, etc. The Internet has just enabled that to be done much more easily.
The difference between going to the local shop and going online *used* to be service. On-line retailers nowadays are realising that the level of customer service they need to provide is just as important as price (not always the case - but that's the same for your local retailer too).
I believe more and more goods will be sold online to the point where local retailers will have no choice but to follow suit. Think back when the Banks brought in ATMs. Oh the uproar and the hue and the cry about service being lost, etc. I for one would prefer not to have to queue for 20 minutes to withdraw $100 out of the bank. Same as ever tried to buy something in a store like Sanity, EB Games, etc lately. Much prefer to buy online than wait in the queue. But that's me - I'm impatient and have other things to do!
While this is a little hijack of the OP it is relevant and I agree with Coldcomfort - why pay more - be it in time or money. I think the only things that will remain as local stores will be services - hairdressers, physio, etc. Bit hard to get that online! (Well there is one *service* you can get online - but I digress)!
Jas
But then you have to wait a week fr it to arrive!
If you're happy and you know it tap a post!
Last year, my wife went to Rebel to buy a pair of runners. $270.00 Came home, on line, from USA $130.00 Delivered to the door. Same brand and colour. Placed order Tuesday Delivered Friday.
Steve
You would think Rebel have the buying power to sell sub 200...............greed!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve4wdin
I think online shopping is great. I own a classic car and without eBay I would have to travel to every swap meet and compete against morons and thieves to get what I want. I've bought many an obsolete part, or NOS part I needed for an absolute song.
However, working in retail I see the other side of it. You'll be asked to quote on an item, and the comment will be 'nah get it cheaper on eBay' ok, well, if we're talking hundreds of dollars I understand, but recently we were quoting on plug leads, we were $4 dearer than the eBay price. He shows me the eBay ad to prove it (I would have matched the price). He didn't mention the $15 freight or the 5 days handling time, or that the seller was in WA and we're in NSW.
Given that info, he insisted eBay was cheaper. So I wrote the eBay price, plus $15 freight down. And I got my plug leads off the shelf. I told him he could buy mine for the same price eBay and have them now, or he could buy them, pay another $15 freight, wait for the seller to get them from his supplier, then wait another 2-5 days for them to arrive at his house. He decided he'd buy the eBay ones.
Sometimes you just can't help stupidity.