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Wickes 15% off everything over Easter

andyBeaker

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sr71caspar said:
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Shame really, as I've had good service from Karen and Gary. They even took bits to the Manchester bike show for me to pick up more easily.
They can't be that stupid, because I had to wait for their till to become free so I could pay.;)


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Whoops, above is my bad.

Completely misinterpreted sr71 comment, a bit of editing will follow.....

Apologies.:facepalm:
 
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Anthropology,retail study,employment criteria for shop workers,is this forum evolving into a script for a high brow C4 documentary,or the Today programme on Radio 4?Answers at your leisure....and now the Archers dum de fu+kin dum.....etc!
 
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Was only a matter of time before the rug was pulled from under their feet
 
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I totally agree.

Part of the conception is down to going into a lot of chain type outlets where the majority of staff have little idea of or interest in their product or customer service. I put b&q and carpetright into this category, certainly the local ones.

Wouldn't buy from Carpetright if they were the last carpet retailer on earth - don't like the sales tactics, don't like the prices and most of all don't like the fact that you pay independent carpet fitters separately when the carpet is laid - you can guess where Carpetright send you if there is a subsequent problem..... "not us guy, contact the fitter".

B&q is fine if you know what you want in terms of diy, forget it otherwise. Carpetright sales people give me the impression of being transient - they were probably selling double glazing last year and will,he working in a call centre next year. And they wear jeans in the showroom.

Other places have fabulous product knowledge - Screwfix and Travis Perkins come to mind.
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My local Screwfix has a couple of young girls behind the counter, probably less than 20 either of them. Doubt if they've got masses of firsthand knowledge.
I tend to use a local hardware shop. Two old geezers there, finishing off their time after years in the trade. And they match or better most of Screwfix prices on consumables.
 
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People knock shop assistants then come into the shop on bank holiday Friday saying isn't it great we have 4 days off and I'm stood there thinking it would be nice. People want bank holidays off but expect shops to be open. We close two days a year Easter Sunday and Christmas day, we are open every other bank holiday and if you are unlucky that Easter or Christmas is your usual working day you have to make up the hours on other days. So please be kind to your shop assistants and think how lucky you are if you don't have to work on bank holidays
 
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Minkey said:
People knock shop assistants then come into the shop on bank holiday Friday saying isn't it great we have 4 days off and I'm stood there thinking it would be nice. People want bank holidays off but expect shops to be open. We close two days a year Easter Sunday and Christmas day, we are open every other bank holiday and if you are unlucky that Easter or Christmas is your usual working day you have to make up the hours on other days. So please be kind to your shop assistants and think how lucky you are if you don't have to work on bank holidays
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I remember the days when there was pretty much nothing open on Sundays and shops closed at 5pm.

I would certainly be happy to see shops closed on Sundays.
 
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