Empire Direct

On 21 Jan, 21:47, J G Miller wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:25:31 -0800, Mike wrote:

* But this is in the US. Not something that will affect most
* of us here.....

That is what people in the UKofGB&NI kept saying about sub-prime
mortgage policies.

That's because the infection crossed the pond and hit our banks square
in the throat, hence we're all suffering.
A shop I've rarely heard of going under in a country i've never
visited won't worry me unduly on a UK newsgroup, thanks for asking.

On 22 Jan, 01:53, "Bill Wright" wrote:
"J G Miller" wrote in ....

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:25:31 -0800, Mike wrote:

* But this is in the US. Not something that will affect most
* of us here.....

That is what people in the UKofGB&NI kept saying about sub-prime
mortgage policies.

I'm not UKofGB&NIish. I'm British.

Bill

Hear hear.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:53:01 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I'm British.

I always got the impression that you were more Norse/Danish
than Celtic.

On 21 Jan, 13:28, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article ,
* *Doctor D wrote:

John Lewis.com wanted £95 more for the Panasonic TX-19LXD8 than Amazon,
so I emailed JL and asked about a price match. They weren't interested.

Of course not. No high street retailer can compete with mail order. Unless
selling things exclusive to them.

Every time I have been to John Lewis (Oxford Street, London) where I
have bought something that I could buy more cheaply from the Internet,
the shop floor staff told me that they would not match, but when the
office dealing with the paperwork got back to me, they always coughed
up!

John

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

You dont profit from stock until you sell it, so holding 170m£ in
stock each year means that someone has to put the cash up front.
And that cash doesn't have to be paid for?

Sure, but most of these companys use rolling accounts that may take
30-60-90 days to be paid, that's how we used to sell a lot of our
equipment.

That's what I thought. The manufacturer or distributor would normally
provide short term credit - not banks. Unless the company is dodgy. In
which case if the banks lend to them no wonder they're in trouble.

Stock is only part of the picture though... every month a company may
earn 120% of the money it needs to meet its running costs - which means
it is a solid profitable business. However the money may accumulate
steadily over the month, whereas suppliers and staff will need to be
paid in blocks. Hence there may not be adequate cash available to meet
these demands. Traditionally the banks have provided the necessary
operating cash flow credit. If they suddenly withdraw this without
warning you can end up with a solvent business that is now unable to trade.


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John.

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"J G Miller" wrote in message ...
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:53:01 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I'm British.

I always got the impression that you were more Norse/Danish
than Celtic.

As is often the case with these flippant remarks, the true facts are more
interesting than you might suppose. I have gypsy blood.

Bill

On 23 Jan, 03:58, "Bill Wright" wrote:
"J G Miller" wrote in ... On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:53:01 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

I'm British.

I always got the impression that you were more Norse/Danish
than Celtic.

As is often the case with these flippant remarks, the true facts are more
interesting than you might suppose. I have gypsy blood.

Bloody Septic knowitalls.

Mike Henry wrote:
In , "Adrian"
wrote:

Doctor D wrote:
Within the past fortnight I have bought a Panasonic TX-19LXD8 TV, a
Panasonic microwave/grill, and a Canon camera. On the items they
actually sold, Tesco were nowhere near competitive. I bought them all
on line in the end, and for the TV Amazon were by far the cheapest.

I don't care how cheap it is, I wouldn't buy a television that isn't 16:9

Nor would I, and I'd hope all those nasty 15:9 and 16:10 screens had been
well and truly banished by now. It's depressing that they haven't, people
are still buying them, which only encourages the manufacturer to keep
doing it :-(

Sadly even Sony have just launched this 16:10 TV:-

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/t15-l-...TechnicalSpecs

However, thankfully their first OLED TV is 16:9

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/tvp-ol...roductBenefits

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Mike Henry wrote:
In , "Adrian"
wrote:

Doctor D wrote:
Within the past fortnight I have bought a Panasonic TX-19LXD8 TV, a
Panasonic microwave/grill, and a Canon camera. On the items they
actually sold, Tesco were nowhere near competitive. I bought them all
on line in the end, and for the TV Amazon were by far the cheapest.

I don't care how cheap it is, I wouldn't buy a television that isn't
16:9
Nor would I, and I'd hope all those nasty 15:9 and 16:10 screens had
been
well and truly banished by now. It's depressing that they haven't, people
are still buying them, which only encourages the manufacturer to keep
doing it :-(

Sadly even Sony have just launched this 16:10 TV:-

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/t15-l-...TechnicalSpecs

From the photo, it looks pretty close to 16:9.
I saved the photo, blew it up x2, and cropped the screen area. The ratio
of pixels was 1.7520661.
16:9 is 1.777 recurring.
16:10 is, of course, 1.6 - miles off what I measured.

However, thankfully their first OLED TV is 16:9

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/tvp-ol...roductBenefits

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Ian

Ian Jackson wrote:
From the photo, it looks pretty close to 16:9.
I saved the photo, blew it up x2, and cropped the screen area. The ratio
of pixels was 1.7520661.
16:9 is 1.777 recurring.
16:10 is, of course, 1.6 - miles off what I measured.

However, thankfully their first OLED TV is 16:9

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/tvp-ol...roductBenefits


He he the spin has started:

"Thanks to OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology, individual
pixels can be turned off completely when reproducing black resulting in
an astonishing dynamic contrast ratio of over 1,000,000:1"

I would add "If you are watching in total darkness in a room painted
matt black and wearing all black clothes and a balaclava" because I
don't believe you'll get that in a real room just from reflection. This
does not of course mean it isn't better than other technologies.

Andy