High street collapse

[kancutlawns]

I realised I needed a bottle opener yesterday at midday and got one delivered to me for £1.57 by 6pm though.

Amazon Prime is fucking amazing. Fuck shops.

You could have saved money by using your teeth.

More difficult to get a dentist appointment than a bottle opener.

Plus you’d be charged a hundred squid for an emergency appointment plus the cost of dental implants.

[theleader82]

Marks and Spencer’s have announced they’re closing 100 stores by 2022

[Zambo]

They had loads too many anyway. We had five within around 10 miles. Three are now shut, but still got two to chose from and get to easily and quickly.

[kancutlawns]

They had loads too many anyway. We had five within around 10 miles. Three are now shut, but still got two to chose from and get to easily and quickly.

And they’re crap too. Generally dated and just haven’t moved with the times.

[Royal24s]

So what's that ?
Another 2000 or so unemployed with consequent loss to those they do business with. What - I'm just guessing maybe 200 /300 homelessness issues plus the eventual closure of small businesses who benefitted from the footfall to these stores ? Nice boost to the housing crisis and some more benefits for everyone else to pay.

- nothing to worry about there then !

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Nothing lasts forever sheeple!

[Reg]

Nothing lasts forever sheeple!

When did YOU last support the high street by popping into BHS for a pair of slacks and Anne Summers for a cheeky cock ring?

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Nothing lasts forever sheeple!

When did YOU last support the high street by popping into BHS for a pair of slacks and Anne Summers for a cheeky cock ring?

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[Royal24s]

Nothing lasts forever sheeple!

No, but things do tend to last a bit longer if you try to look after them a bit.
.....and it's usually sensible to think about replacing them before you throw them away

[Zambo]

Most the shops I've been in to in the last year have a poor range, particularly clothing. Also, standard sizes have run out and not been re-stocked, so it's little wonder that people are shopping on line. The alternative is to either eat a lot more so 8XL fits, or starve yourself into an S. Doesn't take much thought to buy in before you sell out, but the satff don't seem to give a shit when you query it.

[Royal24s]

I'm sure, but does that matter compared to what we're discussing here ?
Some of the fucking mongs you meet working in shops probably deserve shooting, not just the sack, but even so , there are very serious economic consequences for everyone when we gradually allow not just retail but every other industry to wind down and stop in our own country and just get the cheap version from abroad .

Cost is a massive factor, but it's not the ONLY factor .

[Zambo]

Well it matters to the customer I reckon if they go out to buy something and come back home time and time again with bugger all, but I take your point.

[Eaststand]

So what's that ?
Another 2000 or so unemployed with consequent loss to those they do business with. What - I'm just guessing maybe 200 /300 homelessness issues plus the eventual closure of small businesses who benefitted from the footfall to these stores ? Nice boost to the housing crisis and some more benefits for everyone else to pay.

- nothing to worry about there then !

Why do you have this notion that terrible businesses that are run badly and have always been run badly are blameless?

Its no one else's fault but these garbage businesses who were either too stupid or too arrogant to move with the customers wants.

The idea we should "look after" a business that is doing a shit job of extracting our money from us is laughable.

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[Royal24s]

No no no
We don't protect bad businesses. We do however protect the economy itself and prevent it from bleeding to death and seeing it's life's blood being drained into foreign economies.

Haven't got time to go into the ins and outs of a cats arse at the moment, but we've been letting cheaply produced foreign goods flood our home markets without proper import duties and controls so that manufacturing here can't compete and millions lose their jobs and the opportunity to prosper .
While it's great to get cheap goods for a while , eventually all the money goes to China and the shops ( good or bad) close because people here eventually have no money to spend in them.
When that happens we end up on tv adverts abroad asking for £4 a month to feed a starving British kid !

[Royal24s]

In other words we are allowing our national resources to be stripped out without a return just as those African countries did, although in a modern and slightly more subtle way.