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Not true. There is not always another customer around the corner, especially at the moment. What are facts today are:
- Fewer people are buying new cars
- Fewer people are buying foreign holidays
- Fewer people are making home improvements affecting both DIY stores and tradesmen
- Fewer people are buying houses
- Consumer spending is at a low (depending on what sources you read it's 2, 10 or 20 year low.
Thats due to the current economic crisis, but the general rule of thumb is if you don't buy someone else generally will0 -
brightonman123 wrote: »anyone who pays £700 odd for a fridge needs their bumps felt, imo!
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
I only got a 2:1 on my business degree :rolleyes:
true fact of business, if you won't buy, someone else will, fact of life!
Not bad - until you consider i got a first in Law
True fact of business - one unhappy customer tells 10 people, one happy customer tells 3.
If you won't buy someone else will - deary me. Tell that to all the companies that have gone bust or electronics firms like Dixons who had to be bought out by Currys and then reatil only online because their profits fell so drastically. Or indeed many high street companies who continue to struggle and report losses. You are clueless.You must be - to come out with a stupid comment like that which goes against the entire ethos of sales.
Can you imagine the manager coming over and saying "look, if you don't buy it someone else will" He would be fired.0 -
Not true. There is not always another customer around the corner, especially at the moment. What are facts today are:
- Fewer people are buying new cars
- Fewer people are buying foreign holidays
- Fewer people are making home improvements affecting both DIY stores and tradesmen
- Fewer people are buying houses
- Consumer spending is at a low (depending on what sources you read it's 2, 10 or 20 year low.
That is absolutley right and i have come to the conclusion d.edna must be a troll. No one would seriously say (and believe) that a rule of business is - if you don't buy it someone else will - thats absurd.0 -
Thats due to the current economic crisis, but the general rule of thumb is if you don't buy someone else generally will
The current economic crisis is the enviroment that businesses are trading in. This is not a short lived blip but is a regular cycle of bust and boom that lasts years. No retail business owner takes the view there is always another buyer/customer.
~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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Congrats, I just missed out on a firstNot bad - until you consider i got a first in Law
A happy customer is more than likely to repeat purchase at a shopTrue fact of business - one unhappy customer tells 10 people, one happy customer tells 3.
There are other factors resulting them going bustIf you won't buy someone else will - deary me. Tell that to all the companies that have gone bust
To be fair dixons were cr a p for many many other reasons like the dodgy salesmen they hadelectronics firms like Dixons who had to be bought out by Currys and then reatil only online because their profits fell so drastically.
Poor business decisions as well as other factors need to be included in these losses,Or indeed many high street companies who continue to struggle and report losses.
Such as demographics, Would you really stick a porche delearship in the middle of Salford where the average person living there could not afford a Porche?
Im not clueless,You are clueless.You must be - to come out with a stupid comment like that which goes against the entire ethos of sales.
I've seen this many times in Dixons, Its even happened to my partner, when she was thinking of buying a TVCan you imagine the manager coming over and saying "look, if you don't buy it someone else will" He would be fired.0 -
I did, Currys have the product, you wish to purchase it. You don't want to pay said price, Currys don't sellIdiophreak wrote: »Did you not learn anything about supply and demand, market forces or anything else in your degree?
Ahh Market forces, Is someone haggling for a few £ off really a market force? I don't think so0 -
That is absolutley right and i have come to the conclusion d.edna must be a troll. No one would seriously say (and believe) that a rule of business is - if you don't buy it someone else will - thats absurd.
Either that or they have seriously dumbed down the degree course in Business Studies. I only have an O level in Commerce and a qualification in accounting which had a module in economics and I know that businesses that treat their customers with contempt do so at their own peril.
Oh I was also co-proprietor with my OH for his retail business for 15 years. I can assure you that every single customer mattered if they looked like serious buyers. ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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That is absolutley right and i have come to the conclusion d.edna must be a troll. No one would seriously say (and believe) that a rule of business is - if you don't buy it someone else will - thats absurd.
I quite like the idea...
"Jones..I heard you lost the Smith deal...the one you were working on for 5 years"
"Yes, sir...sorry, sir"
"Oh don't worry...if they don't buy it, someone else will....tea?"
The world would be a warm and fluffy place 0
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