Woolworth's - Page 10

mani · 13-12-2008, 05:02

alot of woolies stuff has been far over-priced for so long.

the console game prices have always been a few quid higher than gamestation/game

the dvd's are always full price apart from the crap they had on at £3.

there was no proper organisation inside a wollies store - ok they sold bits of everything but i think thats where its faltered alot. you want some dvds you go to a dvd shop you want some games you would go to a game shop you wants kids clothing you'd go to adams etc the whole woolies having bits of everything meant no one wud go there as they might not have it so you'd go where you know they'd have it maybe at a discount.

steeljack · 13-12-2008, 07:29

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Originally Posted by garinda

Interesting that Woolworths not only survived the Great Depression, but boomed.

yep , but it would also be interesting to know who Woolworths product suppliers were during those days , i.e. what percentage of the products on sale were manufactured "in country" , made by the eventual consumers , not in some third world sweat shop .
Sorry to sound selfish but I want my grandchildren to grow up with a better standard of life than I have had , that means a better education , health care and job prospects , but looking at the way things are going , Western politicians (European and north American) have decided to downgrade Western lifestyles to the advancement of the third world.

garinda · 13-12-2008, 09:52

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Originally Posted by steeljack

yep , but it would also be interesting to know who Woolworths product suppliers were during those days , i.e. what percentage of the products on sale were manufactured "in country" , made by the eventual consumers , not in some third world sweat shop .

'Despite these reservations, the store proved to be a success; large queues outside both stores and low priced 3d (1.25p) and 6d (2.5p) items leading to stores being almost stripped bare of goods before the end of the first day of trading and being attributed to mass purchased mass-produced foreign and local goods.'

Woolworths Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

jaysay · 13-12-2008, 10:20

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

i agree ,we need a new political force it isnt right/left wing anymore political and social needs have moved on these political leanings are outdated .we need commonsense and learn to know that political correctness or thatcherism doesnt work.we need to be more sociably accountable instead of doing nothing we need to do something......we need to look at the bigger picture ..

There was nothing politically correct about Thatcherism and but for Thatcherism this country would a sunk without trace, you forget that we were the sick man of Europe in 1979, when Denis Heally got told to go home and put his own house in order when he went cap in hand to the IMF to bail the Callaghan Government out. I'm not saying that everything Thatcher did was right, but she turn this country round from an hopeless bankrupt into a world economic power again

garinda · 13-12-2008, 10:34

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I'm not saying that everything Thatcher did was right, but she turn this country round from an hopeless bankrupt into a world economic power again

In the short term.

All very well being a service industry country, instead of a manufacturing one, until it becomes cheaper for those services to be supplied elsewhere.

jaysay · 13-12-2008, 11:57

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Originally Posted by garinda

In the short term.

All very well being a service industry country, instead of a manufacturing one, until it becomes cheaper for those services to be supplied elsewhere.

The thing is Rindi if this country had carried on the way it was there would have been nothing at all, but a debt ridden wilderness much like i will be when this cosseted clown leaves office, that's after he's "Saved the World" his words not mine

cashman · 13-12-2008, 12:40

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Originally Posted by jaysay

The thing is Rindi if this country had carried on the way it was there would have been nothing at all, but a debt ridden wilderness much like i will be when this cosseted clown leaves office, that's after he's "Saved the World" his words not mine

utter crap, whoever is in power you will be ok. yer like me a surviver.

Royboy39 · 13-12-2008, 14:06

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I am getting to the end of my four score years and ten............ /quote]
You are 90 years old?

That was a slip.....of course meant three score years and ten.

jaysay · 13-12-2008, 14:55

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Originally Posted by cashman

utter crap, whoever is in power you will be ok. yer like me a surviver.

Shoooooosh cashy I'm only winding Rindi up

jaysay · 13-12-2008, 14:58

[quote=Royboy39;659728]

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Originally Posted by West Ender

That was a slip.....of course meant three score years and ten.

Whas a score between friends Roy, well at our age a hell of a lot

garinda · 13-12-2008, 14:59

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Shoooooosh cashy I'm only winding Rindi up

You'll need to wind much harder.

jaysay · 13-12-2008, 15:15

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Originally Posted by garinda

You'll need to wind much harder.

Glad to see your on your toes

flashy · 13-12-2008, 16:06

just come back from Blackburn, went past woollies and some stupid fools(20/30 peeps) where queued up outside, they thought there was a massive sale on, till i stood there laughing at them and told them that the same sale is on that was on last week, they soon dispersed

cashman · 13-12-2008, 16:31

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Originally Posted by flashy

just come back from Blackburn, went past woollies and some stupid fools(20/30 peeps) where queued up outside, they thought there was a massive sale on, till i stood there laughing at them and told them that the same sale is on that was on last week, they soon dispersed

naughty flashy, should have let em stand there............its raining.

flashy · 13-12-2008, 19:49

dear uncle cashy, please read again what i wrote lol it was BLACKBURN, its indoors