woolworths, everything a pound!!!!!

Joto_2

I was in the old Debenhams store in Brighton . The new one in the precinct had opened months ago and this one was kept open to sell end of lines, sales stock etc. There was no warning or advertising but some one announced that the store would be closing that day and everything in the store was now £1. Within 5 minutes the store was full of people emptying the aisles. Some people had one person shopping and one guarding their mountain of goods. I got 3 or 4 jackets, 6 lovely velvet scarves (teachers did very well that year) and a couple of other bits. I know I had about 20 items all for £20 and would you believe people then started complaining about the queues!

SweetPea73

I like people who make me laugh , got me looking at the thread though x x

beyond_skint

Scabby or not, if and when everything is a pound I'll be there :D I'll take my sons hulk hands with me.

See you all in there, whether you admit to it or not.

LeLLe

If most things are going for a £1, i'll be there!

6889joannew

i have to say woolworths in forestgate london closed down and on the last 7 days they reduced all there stock excluding computers and larger items.
I bought big boxex of sweets 10p all christmas stock was 25p and everything else was between 25p and a £1 so i guess this could be happening in all the stores thats closing down.
But i do have to say what a horrible atmosphere it was everyone was fighting for things off the shelf and there were stampedes soooo i dunno.

Roger_Rampant

powerRIP wrote: »

Nine, 42 inch lcd tv's please and don't forget my change, here's a tenner

Need a big trolley for that!

ben500

JasonLVC wrote: »

The administraters who control control Woolworths would be breaching their obligations if they just gave everything away.

Woolies owes about £400m to debtors and the administrators job is to find a way of paying those debts off whilst finding a suitable exit strategy fro the company/share holders.

Selling stock @ £1 wouldn't clear the debts and would leave the business more or less destroyed. Indeed, it is the stock Woolies currently has that is the bargaining chip between seller and buyer of the business.

Sounds like Toys R Us staff are having a laugh...but perhaps they could one day consider cutting their own extortionate rip off prices before it is too late for them and their appalling customer service needs a boost too (bag searches, one till operator at peak times, having to queue to collect your goods after queuing to buy them, etc).

I refuse to shop there on principal, anyone who wants to relieve me of my shopping for safe keeping had better be keeping it safe, hardly the case when they have a huge sign disclaiming responsibility yet insist on you leaving your gear behind, customer service is not something that is available with Toysrexpensive either.

ben500

powerRIP wrote: »

Nine, 42 inch lcd tv's please and don't forget my change, here's a tenner

Your forgetting the ps3 and the wii sir you actually need another pound.

scottishchick27

powerRIP wrote: »

No worries, throw in a penny chew and call it quits. Yes I know they probably don't do those anymore

They do but they cost a pound.

zenseeker

minimoneysaver wrote: »

It's true. They've just done it in the Lytham store. I got mountains of stuff for a pound an item and sold it all on ebay.....made a lovely little profit to pay for a nice Christmas for my little girl.

Yes, but it's not everything, just things that were going to be reduced to £1 as part of the Xmas clear out anyway.