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From: atec77 on 21 Jul 2010 15:15 On 21/07/2010 10:30 PM, PhilD wrote: > "atec77"<atec77(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:i26l5r$9hr$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> On 21/07/2010 9:06 PM, F Murtz wrote: >>> Noddy wrote: >>>> "F Murtz"<haggisz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4c46583d$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>>> >>>>> Clive peters closing has nothing to do with politics they were dearer >>>>> than >>>>> any other similar concern pure and simple. >>>> >>>> Bullshit. >>>> >>>> Clive Peters were as competitive as anyone else in a *very* competitive >>>> market segment. Their problems were caused by a staff member ripping >>>> them >>>> off to the tune of 20 million dollars. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Noddy. >>>> >>>> >>> You must have gone to different clive peeters, I was after camera and >>> checked prices at the good guys, j&b hi fi, retrovision, hardly >>> normal,joyce main and some others and by far the dearest was clive >>> peeters >> Did you attempt to negotiate a real price or did you just hump off after >> looking at price tags ? >> > Unimpressed with the Good Guys in Darwin after yesterday. Wanted to buy a > copy of Win7 upgrade for someone and didn't have price on shelf, only for > full version. Sales idiot tried to quote it at $305 and told him it was > listed at only $199 at most places, even from Microsoft themselves. He went > off to get advice and came back that they could do it at $199. Told him that > their advertising was "Pay less, pay cash" so their price should be under > that. He was trying to negotiate with another salesman and I told both to > forget it and I would go elsewhere. Went straight to Wow Sight& Sound and > got it for $169. It pays to check prices elsewhere/online before going to > buy, even between different branches of the same store. > > PhilD > > You musta been in a hurry to actually buy winblows -- X-No-Archive: Yes
From: D Walford on 22 Jul 2010 05:12 On 21/07/2010 10:21 PM, Noddy wrote: > "F Murtz"<haggisz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4c46d4c7$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > >> You must have gone to different clive peeters, I was after camera and >> checked prices at the good guys, j&b hi fi, retrovision, hardly >> normal,joyce main and some others and by far the dearest was clive peeters > > The store you went to might have been more expensive, but that's hardly the > reason for their demise. For what it's worth, when I renovated my kitchen a > couple of years ago I bought a complete package from Clive Peters, and they > were cheaper than anyone else around. > > I'd also find it incredibly hard to believe that *anyone* is more expensive > than Hardly Normal :) Seems like Clive Peters is still trading, they have been advertising on the radio all day. Daryl
From: Noddy on 22 Jul 2010 05:51 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4c480bb6$0$11107$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Seems like Clive Peters is still trading, they have been advertising on > the radio all day. The place is in receivership. They're trying to trade out of trouble, but I'd be fucked if I'd be taking a chance with them now. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: D Walford on 22 Jul 2010 07:27 On 22/07/2010 7:51 PM, Noddy wrote: > "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4c480bb6$0$11107$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > >> Seems like Clive Peters is still trading, they have been advertising on >> the radio all day. > > The place is in receivership. They're trying to trade out of trouble, but > I'd be fucked if I'd be taking a chance with them now. > Depends what you were buying, appliances are covered by the manufacturers warranty so that shouldn't be an issue but I wouldn't be paying any more than small deposit on anything I bought from them until it was delivered. Daryl
From: atec77 on 22 Jul 2010 08:13
On 22/07/2010 9:27 PM, D Walford wrote: > On 22/07/2010 7:51 PM, Noddy wrote: >> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message >> news:4c480bb6$0$11107$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >>> Seems like Clive Peters is still trading, they have been advertising on >>> the radio all day. >> >> The place is in receivership. They're trying to trade out of trouble, but >> I'd be fucked if I'd be taking a chance with them now. >> > > Depends what you were buying, appliances are covered by the > manufacturers warranty so that shouldn't be an issue but I wouldn't be > paying any more than small deposit on anything I bought from them until > it was delivered. > > > Daryl A couple of stores were closed , the rest are now franchised from hardly normal -- X-No-Archive: Yes |