RichR
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Originally posted by LeeM
trying to return everything they own wont be free. id bet it would cost a fair bit actually
Have I not stated already that they'd be hit by a restocking/handling charge which is typically 15-20% of the purchase price BUT if cashflow is required as quickly as possible, it could be a lot easier to send back everything and lose 15-20% than to wait and hope someone buys it all and possibly break even.
[Edited on 08-11-2012 by LiVe LeE]
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mwg
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Went for a look. 90% of the stuff in there was normal price. The rest had 10% off. MASSIVE SALE 
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3CorsaMeal
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would they not swap anything for logs?
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Rob_Quads
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Its mostly just business as normal. While there are 30%/20% off these sorts of sales have been appearing every so often on various departments.
Its only if its closed down will they start to flog off stuff cheaply.
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LeeM
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
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Originally posted by LeeM
trying to return everything they own wont be free. id bet it would cost a fair bit actually
Have I not stated already that they'd be hit by a restocking/handling charge which is typically 15-20% of the purchase price BUT if cashflow is required as quickly as possible, it could be a lot easier to send back everything and lose 15-20% than to wait and hope someone buys it all and possibly break even.
[Edited on 08-11-2012 by LiVe LeE]
Still need a load of people packing trucks, people to drive the trucks etc. if it was easier to just send everything back I'm sure they'd just do that
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Ben G
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sounds exactly like the sale best buy had on in the first week of closing down.
by week 3, everything left worth having was discounted massively.
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mwg
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There was a fat benefits type woman and her equally fat daughter coming out of the shop with a comet guy pushing one of those big american style fridges behind them. Fat bastards.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Were they wearing those Tesco 2 stripe trousers and hi-tec trainers??
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Sam
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And did they have heffer style boobs?
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BYRON
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I popped into the one in Milton Keynes today. To be honest, it was proper dire with only 10% discount on the best items. That said, I did walk out with another Samsung LED 3d TV.
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3CorsaMeal
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PR stunt imo, they will still be here next year
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All Torque
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Just like GAME/Gamestation...
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fazza
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mate of mine popped in last night and picked up 2 x ipads with 10% off each of them.
not a huge amount but apple stuff is never in the sale 
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Nath
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Originally posted by BYRON
I popped into the one in Milton Keynes today. To be honest, it was proper dire with only 10% discount on the best items. That said, I did walk out with another Samsung LED 3d TV.
Worst car park ever. Takes about a year to get out of that place.
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Ben G
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Originally posted by fazza
mate of mine popped in last night and picked up 2 x ipads with 10% off each of them.
not a huge amount but apple stuff is never in the sale
My dad got 12% off his using my mums john lewis discount.
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evilrob
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Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by BYRON
I popped into the one in Milton Keynes today. To be honest, it was proper dire with only 10% discount on the best items. That said, I did walk out with another Samsung LED 3d TV.
Worst car park ever. Takes about a year to get out of that place.
Were you referring to Milton Keynes in general as the "worst car park ever," or specifically Comet's customer parking facilities?
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Andrew
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by fazza
mate of mine popped in last night and picked up 2 x ipads with 10% off each of them.
not a huge amount but apple stuff is never in the sale
My dad got 12% off his using my mums john lewis discount.
I'm after a Mini IPad at the moment as well as a 40" TV. Visited a Comet in Preston on Thursday between jobs - what a waste of my time! A PB Laptop i picked up from Aria for £260 was £400 including the 20% discount 
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Daniel_Corsa
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Originally posted by fazza
mate of mine popped in last night and picked up 2 x ipads with 10% off each of them.
not a huge amount but apple stuff is never in the sale
Should have waited until 23rd Nov
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
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Originally posted by LeeM
trying to return everything they own wont be free. id bet it would cost a fair bit actually
Have I not stated already that they'd be hit by a restocking/handling charge which is typically 15-20% of the purchase price BUT if cashflow is required as quickly as possible, it could be a lot easier to send back everything and lose 15-20% than to wait and hope someone buys it all and possibly break even.
[Edited on 08-11-2012 by LiVe LeE]
Still need a load of people packing trucks, people to drive the trucks etc. if it was easier to just send everything back I'm sure they'd just do that
Well they need retail staff to stay and sell everything.
At the moment they are trying to sell as they are having to pay the staff their notice. Once the staff are no longer employed selling stock cheaperwont be viable so they will return to manufactures as Rich said.
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Nismo
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And are staff going to stay and sell the stuff if theres a chance they might not get paid to do it? yes if they dont get paid they can claim from the government but it takes ages.
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Sam
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Just been to Merry Hill (big shopping centre near me). They actually demolished the Comet building that used to stand next to Mothercare! 
Used to look like this:
[Edited on 12-11-2012 by Sam]
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Bart
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^^Probably a prime location and was snapped up by another retailer. No doubt Comet jumped at the chance of making a quick buck and shifted the stock to another store.
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Whittie
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Nah, more likely story is that a stampede of chavs came in paid for everything, and took the rest.
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Daveskater
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Originally posted by Whittie
chavs ... paid
Sounds like there's a fundamental error there.
I went to the Oxford shop today and it was as has been said already really, anything half decent has 10% off, anything with more than that is just random TV brackets etc. There was some stuff the with printed notices on it saying 'do not sell - property of *manufacturer*' So they're obviously able to send some stuff back.
Got myself a new TV stand with 30% off though, been meaning to get one for ages.
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Whittie
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Originally posted by Daveskater
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Originally posted by Whittie
chavs ... paid
Sounds like there's a fundamental error there.
Definately not, they're all on better pay than you and I put together.
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