Focus DIY Closing Down (merged)

soba

shanleypink wrote: »

The one near festival park/ Hanley is closing.

Where's that then? I know of B&Q on the Festival, Homebase at Wolstanton and Focus at Cobridge, but can't think where there's a Focus closer to Festival. Do you mean that one at Cobridge?

stphnstevey

Very interesting - can people post when they see things go down to cheaper than the current 10% off please

Pieman1972

Patio heaters are 55% off - still 90 quid though..... there are other more than 10% deals around the store.....but generally everything 10% off.

hendersonb

Does anyone know when they are actually closing the stores so I can keep an eye out for better prices?

pgibb6617

Went in the Cannock Store today. They are closing down on Tuesday next week 7/08/07. Still only 10% at the moment.

Pieman1972

to be honest - don't you think they'll shut the store and shift it to the next closest thats closing / not closing ????

stphnstevey

Yes - I was thinking that today actually - Maybe no bargains at all!

anglojock

wife just called to say Focus in Cheadle are putting up posters now saying "Massive Summer Clearout" dont know whats on offer but I would guess garden furniture etc. Just wanted to let you guys know asap.

allan_2

thanks for this... will pop into local store this weekend to see if there are any bargins to be hand. Never a huge fan of focus so not surprised that they are going down the pan!

tonyivb

About 18 months ago B&Q closed down a load of stores including a couple near me (Greenford & Alperton).

They did the same kind of thing... 10-50% off discounts for the first few weeks, but when they got their final closing date they slashed & burned.

If the Focus staff have any sense then they will be open to offers for anything in the store... at the B&Q they had one of those large bendy buckets full of the little bags of hardware bits for 25p each... I ended up paying £15 for the lot (including the bucket)... I stopped counting when I got to 150 bags (and I'm still sorting them out!)

Remember, anything that is not sold when the store closes will have to transferred to another store, so any decent manager will pretty much accept any offer so they don't have to do the paperwork.