Help me get a Primark opened in Edinburgh!

cwp500

Black_Eyeliner wrote: »

Believe it or not, unlike most other major towns and cities, Edinburgh currently doesn't have a Primark!

Please support me in trying to get Primark to listen to the people of Edinburgh who need an affordable fashion outlet by adding me as a friend on MySpace: myspace.com/edinburghprimark

ARRRRGGGH, please dont let PRIMARK get anywhere near you. The prices are low because of the unethical way they obtain their supplies. The quality is dire and you always end up buying better products after your first few disappointments.

Try it, shop there and prepare to be disappointed.

cwp500

jamtart6 wrote: »

can i just say ....the liverpool one is amazing!! 5 floors! and crowd control barriers still enforced!!

Why is it always in Liverpool that crowds have to be controlled by police and barriers? What is it about that part of the world that breeds such lawlessness?

Idiophreak

Black_Eyeliner wrote: »

Believe it or not, unlike most other major towns and cities, Edinburgh currently doesn't have a Primark!

Please support me in trying to get Primark to listen to the people of Edinburgh who need an affordable fashion outlet by adding me as a friend on MySpace: myspace.com/edinburghprimark

If you want a [STRIKE]zoo[/STRIKE] primark, PLEASE help yourself to the one in Oxford...

jamtart6

cwp500 wrote: »

Why is it always in Liverpool that crowds have to be controlled by police and barriers? What is it about that part of the world that breeds such lawlessness?

:rotfl:hilariously uneducated!

Swan_2

cwp500 wrote: »

ARRRRGGGH, please dont let PRIMARK get anywhere near you. The prices are low because of the unethical way they obtain their supplies. The quality is dire and you always end up buying better products after your first few disappointments.

Try it, shop there and prepare to be disappointed.

I think if you check the link in Black_Eyeliner's post #9, you'll see that Primark have signed up to an ethical code of supply

if you're careful & take time to look, you can find good things there, but they tend to disappear fast, leaving the 'less desirable' stuff behind

don't know about the pricing, perhaps they keep prices down by having lower profit margins because of their high volume sales?

Idiophreak

You can say what you want about their "code of conduct"....some off the stuff they have in there says "hand-stitched" or whatever...and it would take me an hour to do the stitching on there...and they're charging £2 for it...I don't see how they do that using sweat shops, much less whilst paying a decent wage...

Swan_2

Idiophreak wrote: »

You can say what you want about their "code of conduct"....some off the stuff they have in there says "hand-stitched" or whatever...and it would take me an hour to do the stitching on there...and they're charging £2 for it...I don't see how they do that using sweat shops, much less whilst paying a decent wage...

the term 'hand stitched' in this instance means that a person had their hands on the machine doing the sewing, 'hand embroidered' is another of the same ilk

I imagine only prohibitively expensive proper designer clothing & haute couture have genuine hand stitching

traleegirl

We've had Primark in Ireland for years.......used to been known as Penneys.
I loved going back and stocking up on clothes, they've opened one in Redditch two weeks ago and I've already spent too much in there:eek:

Black_Eyeliner

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

have you emailed primark and asked them when a store could be opening

Yes, I have (enquiries@primark.co.uk) and I was told that there are no current plans to open a store in Edinburgh, but that my email would be passed on to their acquisitions department who might consider it. I encourage people to email Primark to note their interest in a store being opened in Edinburgh.

Black_Eyeliner

Ivan_Konstantinov wrote: »

buy a single share in AB Foods & "Demand" they open one in your town at the AGM

I LOVE this idea - I'm going to try it!