mums........

KaHn · 24 Sep 2011 at 19:53

Tefal said:
PAEDO

Well, grass, wicket, all that.

KaHn

NinetyOne · 24 Sep 2011 at 20:00

chaosdestro0 said:
Linux?
In all honesty, linux for mums is a no brainer! Slap on linux and never have to worry about viruses! ( OK you might but very unlikely)

yeah... I don't think so.

Devrij · 24 Sep 2011 at 20:18

I was really hoping for something sexier when I clicked on this thread

bhavv · 24 Sep 2011 at 20:26

Jono8 said:
I often laugh at the price of things in shops these days.

Whoever owns HMV is living in cloud Cuukoo land. Who would pay £22.99 for a new blu-ray when you can look on your smart phone, whilst in HMV, and buy it online for about 13.99???

Their whole business model no longer makes sense in the real world.

Even funnier when I actually once went to HMV.

I picked up a game (cant remember if it was Lotro oe WoW, but one of those), and said to one of the staff 'Hi, I want to buy this, but its actually cheaper on your website, can I buy it instore for the same price?'.

Store staff's reply -

Insert >huge LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ROFFLELMAO OH HAHAHAHAHA< here

No we cant do that. Online prices are usually lower than store prices.

I reply - But its the same company? HMV store, HMV website, why arent the prices the same if its the same company?

'Because like I said, online prices are usually cheaper than in store prices'.

Ok, well I think I'll just buy all my stuffs online from now on, thank you for your fantastic and knowledgeable skills in pointing out the bleeding obvious.

Retail store staff = tards. Exception = Asda + Tesco employees, and maybe Sainsburys but I dont shop there much.

10-20 years time from now, I wont be surprised to see every retail chain die out other than the main supermarkets, and everyone will blame the supermarkets for some kind of monopolization or price fixing, when in reality the fact is that they simply have much better staff that know how to keep customers (Morrisons excluded, their staff are just dire).

kylew · 24 Sep 2011 at 20:35

Staff issues aside, because it's not a constant that you can say definitely say applies to all stores. The main reason that high street stores will disappear will be on price. The difference in price between online and high street is constantly inceasing by a small amount. High street can't compete in the way they're trying to. Their business model isn't working as well as it did, so they need to adapt or die and it looks like they don't know how to adapt.

HardwareGeek · 24 Sep 2011 at 20:54

IMO high street stores are most likely going to die out within the next say 25 years, when the older generation gives way to the internet savvy.

Only advantages they have at present is:

Instant purchasing
Can view item before Purchase - Important for tv's / audio equip etc

Apart from that online shopping is totally superior in all other ways.

They could probably keep customers if they improve the shopping experience to give it added value over online but so far none of the high street stores really do this AFAIK.

franco_22 · 24 Sep 2011 at 21:00

bhavv said:
Even funnier when I actually once went to HMV.

I picked up a game (cant remember if it was Lotro oe WoW, but one of those), and said to one of the staff 'Hi, I want to buy this, but its actually cheaper on your website, can I buy it instore for the same price?'.

Store staff's reply -

Insert >huge LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ROFFLELMAO OH HAHAHAHAHA< here

No we cant do that. Online prices are usually lower than store prices.

I reply - But its the same company? HMV store, HMV website, why arent the prices the same if its the same company?

'Because like I said, online prices are usually cheaper than in store prices'.

Ok, well I think I'll just buy all my stuffs online from now on, thank you for your fantastic and knowledgeable skills in pointing out the bleeding obvious.

Retail store staff = tards. Exception = Asda + Tesco employees, and maybe Sainsburys but I dont shop there much.

10-20 years time from now, I wont be surprised to see every retail chain die out other than the main supermarkets, and everyone will blame the supermarkets for some kind of monopolization or price fixing, when in reality the fact is that they simply have much better staff that know how to keep customers (Morrisons excluded, their staff are just dire).

pay with peanuts, get monkeys.

flibbage0 · 24 Sep 2011 at 22:29

kylew said:
I bet she knows how to say and spell "could have" properly though.

Basic English > Internet bargain hunting

Eurgh, really?

It's the internet, nobody cares, as long as you get the gist.

NinetyOne · 24 Sep 2011 at 22:49

flibbage0 said:
Eurgh, really?

It's the internet, nobody cares, as long as you get the gist.

Hmm must have missed that snide comment

Sorry must "have" missed that snide comment

Deleted member 77746 · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:15

franco_22 said:
Your mum doesn't need Norton OR Avg.

my mum uses MSE. That's why she doesn't need Norton or Avg.

Tikkabhuna · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:22

HardwareGeek said:
IMO high street stores are most likely going to die out within the next say 25 years, when the older generation gives way to the internet savvy.

Only advantages they have at present is:

Instant purchasing
Can view item before Purchase - Important for tv's / audio equip etc

Apart from that online shopping is totally superior in all other ways.

They could probably keep customers if they improve the shopping experience to give it added value over online but so far none of the high street stores really do this AFAIK.

Clothes and places like Boots will survive. But other than those two things I agree with you.

Although I do have BF3 on pre-order with HMV. I want the box and I don't trust the post to get it to me on release day. I would have picked Game over HMV but there isn't one near where I work.

LizardKing · 24 Sep 2011 at 23:33

Its not just in-store prices either that is killing the high street, how much was your last parking ticket or bus fare into town?

I for one welcome our out of town shopping centres and internet shopping. Other than clothes the high street offers little the internet cant at the fraction of the total cost of ownership.

Thanks to greedy counsellors and shopkeeper looking at short term gains the high street will become little more than a past time.

Bhogal · 26 Sep 2011 at 03:34

NinetyOne said:
I always cringe when she comes home having bought something off the high street that she could have got something equal for half the price off the net.

I should really teach her about internet bargain hunting

My mums the opposite...don't know how she does it, she picks up stuff cheaper than the net! - Soemtimes net can be rip off too!

bhavv · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:24

franco_22 said:
pay with peanuts, get monkeys.

Tesco and Asda also pay with peanuts, and they still have much better staff.

Having worked at Asda for several years, I know how much better their staff training is than a normal high street store, and how much better their staff tend to be as a result.

The only other place I've shopped at that consistently maintained the same level of staff service was Tesco. They arent just places to shop with low price, the staff at those supermarkets are trained very well and expected to be the best in the retail business.

Larkspeed · 26 Sep 2011 at 07:38

There was a national computer chain here called Norrod, They recently closed all of their retail shops and switched to online only.

Retail shops have their place there are plenty of people who either cannot or choose not to get credit cards or other such things needed to shop online.

I do not have a credit card as such, I only recently got a pre-paid mastercard for use when out of the country. Credit cards are actually quite uncommon in this country since all shops you can pay with just a bank card so credit cards are not needed.

Oh and if you kill off retail what do you think will happen to internet prices? They will rise to right where retail used to be as the reason for staying low is now gone.