Being as non tech as you can get, I totally accept the rants from you tech aware guys, but on the once in a blue moon occasion that I’m in the market for a toaster, vacuum cleaner, TV, kettle or double doored fridge-freezer etc, I’ve always got what I want from what’s on offer in my local Currys and been happy with it, I never, ever, buy extended warranties though.
How the hell do Currys stay in business?
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at our business we are phasing out copper anyway and only install it if we have no choice - its all fibre now.
i doubt we will ever use cat8 - fibre is cheaper and faster.
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G903. It's okay. Actually wanted a Corsair one as it has rests for your thumb and pinky finger, but I knew they wouldn't have it.
Probably. I still think I'm 16 working at Argos where everything had a 16-day money back guarantee. The only thing that didn't was computer games.
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I've read the thread and am ready to offer my thoughts.
@Diddums it's not them, it's you. You know exactly what you're going to get as soon as you walk into that shop, and yet back you go again and again... It's rage porn. You didn't need to see that air fryer out of the box, and you knew that ADSL router wasn't compatible... You just craved the thrill of demonstrating your superior knowledge to the little purple clad minions again. I bet your heart was pounding when he said he couldn't take it out of the box for you to inspect, with your fingers starting to twitch like they were typing that strongly worded email to the manager even before you could fumble the phone past the erection that was partially blocking the exit route in your pocket.
Meanwhile, on your local Currys employee WhatsApp chat group, there's a sticky thread...
@Diddums it's not them, it's you. You know exactly what you're going to get as soon as you walk into that shop, and yet back you go again and again... It's rage porn. You didn't need to see that air fryer out of the box, and you knew that ADSL router wasn't compatible... You just craved the thrill of demonstrating your superior knowledge to the little purple clad minions again. I bet your heart was pounding when he said he couldn't take it out of the box for you to inspect, with your fingers starting to twitch like they were typing that strongly worded email to the manager even before you could fumble the phone past the erection that was partially blocking the exit route in your pocket.
Meanwhile, on your local Currys employee WhatsApp chat group, there's a sticky thread...
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Had that trouble at Netto. People asking you to get something big or something else with a lot of assembly and small parts, telling you to open it on the shopflor when the picture and measurments're on the box, they'd tell you they didn't want it and to put it back then walk off.
If it was up to me, they'd be paying for it.
What I don't like about curry's staff is that most of the time they're either busy with somebody else or just standing around doimg nothing but me? If I wasn't busy I'd be dealing with them straight away or ASAP but with all the technology and different specs I couldn't work there.
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If they are so bad why do you keep going back, could be why they are still around?
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Is that a question or statement, because either way it makes no sense.
I think he's making the observation that when they (the store attendants) are not attending to a specific customer, then they appear to have few additional duties, and spend their time waiting for another customer to attend to?
Maybe he's berating the lack of efficiency in having multiple store attendants with nobody in the store who wants to be helped? I mean, "helped." But I imagine the store management have some idea how many attendants they need to employ to cover busy periods.
Or maybe he's saying that after rejecting their offers of "help," they stand around watching him? Maybe he looks a bit dodgy and they're worried he might make off/out with a small toaster?
Like I said, I only go because I have no choice to see these items in the real world before purchasing.
The air fryer being a perfect example, there are literally no photos online of it with the basket removed so I can't see how easy it is to clean. I've checked everywhere, including youtube, and nobody's got an open one I can see, which is why I had to go to Currys.
This of course is completely irrelevant to the fact that these people are paid to do a job. That job is to serve people and if they can't, then they should find someone who can, not just shrug their shoulders and go "no soz lol", I might sound like a massive Karen here, but I also always appreciate good service and will usually tip when I encounter this and make sure I'm friendly to these people, I've been in their shoes and know the industry well. I also made sure to do my job to the best of my ability and if I couldn't do something or wasn't sure, I would enquire about it. This is why I am now no longer serving entitled prats asking about air fryers and am instead earning a decent salary with a decent career ahead of me.
"Rage porn" wtf is that
the last time I was in currys I bought some kitchen gadget for £12 the guy was like "do you want insurance with that?"
I'm like "dood it's £12 I'd just buy another"
seems the store in Newcastle city centre is long gone now though, pretty much only the catalogue shop left to buy anything pc related and they are basically an advert to "buy online" cos everything they sell is out of stock in the actual store.
city centre shopping is dead it seems.... even if you go looking for kitchenware in Newcastle upon tyne there's like 3 shops wit the worlds tiniest selection of pots/pans.
It made me wonder how people like my parents cope when they need a new TV or whatever... cos basically everywhere seems yo be on the decline as the world moves to ordering online.
I'm like "dood it's £12 I'd just buy another"
seems the store in Newcastle city centre is long gone now though, pretty much only the catalogue shop left to buy anything pc related and they are basically an advert to "buy online" cos everything they sell is out of stock in the actual store.
city centre shopping is dead it seems.... even if you go looking for kitchenware in Newcastle upon tyne there's like 3 shops wit the worlds tiniest selection of pots/pans.
It made me wonder how people like my parents cope when they need a new TV or whatever... cos basically everywhere seems yo be on the decline as the world moves to ordering online.
They stay in business from the billions they made from over 2 decades ago from selling MONSTER hdmi cables for £40 each (scammed customers by showing one TV with SCART cable and other tv with MONSTER hdmi cable side by side comparison setup)
I've only ever bought from Curry's when I've had a voucher of reason to buy it from there particularly.
On Christmas eve I had a £50 voucher from work and coupled with a 7% discount I bought an Oculus Quest 2 from Curry's. I had to hunt someone down to help me and even then they weren't helpful. In fairness it was close to the store closing time but previously I've always had an average level of service from them.
On Christmas eve I had a £50 voucher from work and coupled with a 7% discount I bought an Oculus Quest 2 from Curry's. I had to hunt someone down to help me and even then they weren't helpful. In fairness it was close to the store closing time but previously I've always had an average level of service from them.
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Not Curry's per se, but I still have my PC plugged into a Sony stereo I purchased from Dixons back in the late 80s/early 90s, a LBT-D305 if anyone is interested or actually cares. It's still going strong, but will be getting replaced in the near future with a pair of Edifer R1700BTs.
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That was exactly my point.
I know shopfloor sometimes gets boring and I don't blame them for checking their phones sometimes but come on, a customer might not be sure as to whether the new PC'll run the big game they want
(it took two of their staff to assure me that DOOM ETERNAL and Cyberpunk'd run on my Lenovo Ideapad 3).
Not exactly the gaming laptop I wanted but it was better than nothing.
Now, about upgrading the internal SSD drive (all that DLC and those mods soon mount up)
The absolute irony and inference in that sentance surely can't have went over your head.
It's retail. It's boring, crap work. For most, it's their first job, for some it's a stop gap and for others, it's a career. And that's ok.
Whatever career you're doing diddums, there's someone out there with better prospects and more money in the bank than you. Probably worked harder too.
I seen someone mention on the insurance question. Just a heads up. If a cashier has every asked you if you want something totally asinine to what you're buying (insurance on a £12 charger, a bag for a tiny item) it's mystery shoppers. Always mystery shoppers. If they don't ask, the store will get marked down, area manager will come down on the store manager and thus, the lowly employee on the other end of the "what a plonker" gets it in the ear.
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And for some people they've got no other choice. Who'd do all the menial, low paid dead end jobs like factory work or sweeping the streets if everybody was skilled or went to university and got a 'good job'?
Did you read the rest of my post, or just pick the sentence that suits you?
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They're actually a lot cheaper these days than all the other e-tailers, Overclockers included.
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I was in the Fenton, Stoke on Trent shop at the time when I noticed this.
I'd got my wife's little mirror angled so I could see up the back and then asked for the Manager, an argument ensued and he turned off both TVs.
When I went in the following week the display had been taken down.