Woolies - closing down sale tomorrow (11/12/08)

secretary192

Chuckley, you see the 1st day of sales i went croydon me thinking i was there bright and early not to many people are gonna be there when i go there @9.03 the queue was out the door i could not believe it i was in there for like 2 and a half hours 45 mins just in a queue oh man croydon is a good one as well but cant get there tom gonna have to go brixton or get up well early friday but by then all the consoles will be gone defo not doing late night

Money_maker

I'm sad to see our woolies go. As a small market town, this is the only large store of its type we have. Unless its replaced by wilkinsons or another similar retailer (no more supermarkets required) this town will die, tescos has already killed off most of the smaller stores.

I cant face woolies tomorrow, last week was bedlam, queues for miles. No hope with or without the pushchair. Just wish the sale is over a long period of time.

brightonman123

i would lauh if the staff just walked out and left everyone to it.. not like they can threaten people with the sack, as thats iminent(sp?) anyway!

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icebergx

Do you think there's anu chance that they'll be discounting stuff like PS3s, TVs and other electrical equipment?

tomstickland

What do Woolworths sell that might be worth buying?

chicoblondie

woolworths sale is still the same as last week all entertainment 10 % 20% of home goods 50%of gifts and 30 % of deccies my daughter works in one of the stores
they still do not know how much work is left as they are not telling them much but dont go in thinking that its 50% of all stock hope this helps emma

markchap

Don't go expecting 50% off everything, my friend who is a store mgr for them has said it will be the same as it has been, so no xtra discount!

The administrators want to give the impression that there will be massive discounts, but they haven't mentioned that stock is going to be reduced further.

Chuckley, the store wouldn't have recieved any p.o.s yet for any new offer, they only got told today

chuckley

secretary192 wrote: »

Chuckley, you see the 1st day of sales i went croydon me thinking i was there bright and early not to many people are gonna be there when i go there @9.03 the queue was out the door i could not believe it i was in there for like 2 and a half hours 45 mins just in a queue oh man croydon is a good one as well but cant get there tom gonna have to go brixton or get up well early friday but by then all the consoles will be gone defo not doing late night

i didnt reach till 9.35 and i came through the whitgift entrance. queues were long espesh the middle tills but i went to the front tills where it moved really quick! i was queuin for 10 mins max... same on sunday.

brixton will be worse man... people will be fightin for stock... stick with croydon, better selection and less fights

zsazsa_3

It may actually be a quite "clever" marketing ploy! I do not doubt for one minute that Woolies are going to close down but by stating "closing down sale" (which they will start doing as from tomorrow), it encourages consumers to get in there looking for the "bargains" and then people actually end up buying things they really do not need !!!

I went in for the "up to 50%" reduction last week and managed to get my niece a travel cot for her baby for £24 which was a total bargain. In looking around the store, there really was nothing else I wanted or needed.

As for the staff losing their jobs etcetera, consumers are actually doing them a favour by continuing to shop in Woolies until the bitter end because it pays their wages and keeps them in employment for at least another few weeks - they are going to lose their jobs in any event and yes it is sad but the flip side is if you buy the "bargains" you are paying the staff's wages a bit longer!

Happy bargain hunting everyone - I think I will give it a miss