OC/UK on the move again?

jon86 said:
There is no retail store anymore, and likely won't ever be.
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I don't blame them, retail is expensive and dying

I still really enjoy retail though - there is no better feeling than walking through a tech store; no online website can compete with that but I understand why it's a dying business model

People even buy cars online without ever seeing them in person or test driving them; it's horrible but that's the future
 
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tom_e said:
OcUK doesn't have a shop you can walk around (been click n collect only since the world fell apart IIRC) so don't worry you're not missing anything :D
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I'm sad about that. My partner and my wallet, less so :p

Grim5 said:
I still really enjoy retail though - there is no better feeling than walking through a tech store; no online website can compete with that but I understand why it's a dying business model
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Agreed. I'm a culprit as I buy 90% of my bits online but sometimes a store can change your mind. I think about 10 or so years ago I was walking around a Maplin not really looking for anything was just on my lunch break. I wasn't really looking for a new keyboard but at the time I had my eyes on some chiclet styled boards cause I thought they looked cool. As I was walking down one of the aisles I just happened to drag my finger of a mechanical keyboard and I was converted immediately. Had there been no physical store where I could interact with that, I'd have been using membrane keyboards for even longer.

I completely get why companies prefer a website vs a store and having everything on display and even as a punter online shopping is much more convenient but you can't beat perusing some aisles and getting something unintentionally.
 
Junglist said:
How I wish we had computer stores down here in the south-west. Seems the north has a strangle hold on all the shops.

I expect walking around a physical shop like OCUK would be like how I used to feel as a kid walking around computer fairs.
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Grim up north ennit, people stay inside and play games instead of enjoying outdoors etc.

Any excuse to trot out the old "grim up north" thing, I'm a bitter southerner riled up about house prices so I've got to vent somehow.
 
Zefan said:
Grim up north ennit, people stay inside and play games instead of enjoying outdoors etc.

Any excuse to trot out the old "grim up north" thing, I'm a bitter southerner riled up about house prices so I've got to vent somehow.
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Yeah, it's grim up here. Nobody should move up here. There's no scenery and it's jam packed. It's really expensive too.

It's not like I can look out of my window and see kites, kestrels and the occasional deer. It's horrid, southerners should stay down south.

* Whistles * :)
 
adidan said:
Yeah, it's grim up here. Nobody should move up here. There's no scenery and it's jam packed. It's really expensive too.

It's not like I can look out of my window and see kites, kestrels and the occasional deer. It's horrid, southerners should stay down south.

* Whistles * :)
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See, I told you to look on the positive side when they put that video billboard on the warehouse opposite :)
 
MissChief said:
There never was a separate retail store, it was part of the warehouse. No reason they couldn't do it again.
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It was never particularly impressive, and obviously if you have a store, you need to pay people to man it all the time.
Click and collect just means someone can pop out and chuck your stuff at you.
 
MissChief said:
There never was a separate retail store, it was part of the warehouse. No reason they couldn't do it again.
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Not necessarily, the first two shops Millennium and the the first Overclockers on the corner at IMEX were like geek clubs and even had a coffee/tea machine so we could all discuss geekness.
When they moved to the third property inside the tunnel of IMEX there was still a shop counter where people queued for stuff but Mark put a stop to the 'geek club' element and rightfully so.
Sometimes it could be scary walking in there as a new customer and several blokes standing by the counter discussing tech.
 
I thought the shop at the old (Milehouse) site was very good in both layout and the kit on display, I can understand it arguably not being cost effective, that said I rarely visited when there was nobody in there buying stuff….
 
dcsarge said:
Never heard of them but glad to see things are going well for National Veterinary Services. I get all my pet upgrades from them.
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NVS are a massive veterinary wholesaler. They supply 50% of the vets in the country on a daily basis. They had a massive unit in Talke Pits before this move. Used to be owned by Dechra pharmaceuticals before selling NVS and Nationwide Veterinary Labs in Poulton le fylde.
I used to run the Lab divisions Logistics
 
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Scania said:
I thought the shop at the old (Milehouse) site was very good in both layout and the kit on display, I can understand it arguably not being cost effective, that said I rarely visited when there was nobody in there buying stuff….
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I sort of hope now they've got more space they might bring the store front back, if just a small display area.
 
mattyg said:
NVS are a massive veterinary wholesaler. They supply 50% of the vets in the country on a daily basis. They had a massive unit in Talke Pits before this move. Used to be owned by Dechra pharmaceuticals before selling NVS and Nationwide Veterinary Labs in Poulton le fylde.
I used to run the Lab divisions Logistics
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I know that place (NVS) well, we ship pet food up to them from Somerset on a regular basis, they seem to enjoy keeping you waiting to unload for whatever reason! :D

I’m paid by the hour so it’s no real hardship….
 
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