Bye Bye Best Buy, the sell off starts ...

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:57:45 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:20:28 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On a slight aside, what a crap web-page - it's fixed width text
(text should flow to fit itself into the available browser window
width) and there aren't even scroll bars so one can read the right
hand edge!

Yes.

Possible workarounds for people who cannot see the whole of each line.

1. Use the brower's Zoom or Text size facility to make the text smaller.
or
2. Use Print Preview (which wraps lines to fit the page).

3. Get a wide screen monitor?
http://www.bestbuy.co.uk/category/co.../monitors.aspx

:-)

On 30/11/2011 17:24, SteveH wrote:
Richard wrote:

On 30/11/2011 03:44, Brian Gaff wrote:
No need to worry, have no intention of looking at it in any case.
Seems to me this company have seriously miscalculated when they bought
their stock.

You are aware that this is Carphone Warehouse? Best Buy in the States
is run entirely differently - if anything, CPW misunderstood the market
- to be beaten by DSG is simply embarassing.

Wrong.

It was / is a joint venture between Best Buy USA and CPW.

Yes, run and managed entirely by CPW under a profit sharing agreement.

Not a surprise that they went under - the shops were too big and margins
too low for it to be sustainable.

Then their buyers weren't up to the job. In many cases they were more
expensive than Comet - that's impressive!


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"Richard Colton" wrote in message
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On 30/11/2011 17:24, SteveH wrote:
Richard wrote:

On 30/11/2011 03:44, Brian Gaff wrote:
No need to worry, have no intention of looking at it in any case.
Seems to me this company have seriously miscalculated when they
bought
their stock.

You are aware that this is Carphone Warehouse? Best Buy in the States
is run entirely differently - if anything, CPW misunderstood the market
- to be beaten by DSG is simply embarassing.

Wrong.

It was / is a joint venture between Best Buy USA and CPW.

Yes, run and managed entirely by CPW under a profit sharing agreement.

Not a surprise that they went under - the shops were too big and margins
too low for it to be sustainable.

Then their buyers weren't up to the job. In many cases they were more
expensive than Comet - that's impressive!

I think it just goes to prove that he reason electricials costs 50-100% more
than the US is because of the local costs of sale, not because of any "rip
off" by the shops.

If Best buy couldn't get prices any lower then it's likely that it isn't
possible

tim

On 01/12/2011 18:05, tim...... wrote:

"Richard Colton" wrote in
message b.com...
On 30/11/2011 17:24, SteveH wrote:
Richard wrote:

On 30/11/2011 03:44, Brian Gaff wrote:
No need to worry, have no intention of looking at it in any case.
Seems to me this company have seriously miscalculated when they bought
their stock.

You are aware that this is Carphone Warehouse? Best Buy in the States
is run entirely differently - if anything, CPW misunderstood the market
- to be beaten by DSG is simply embarassing.

Wrong.

It was / is a joint venture between Best Buy USA and CPW.

Yes, run and managed entirely by CPW under a profit sharing agreement.

Not a surprise that they went under - the shops were too big and margins
too low for it to be sustainable.

Then their buyers weren't up to the job. In many cases they were more
expensive than Comet - that's impressive!

I think it just goes to prove that he reason electricials costs 50-100%
more than the US is because of the local costs of sale, not because of
any "rip off" by the shops.

If Best buy couldn't get prices any lower then it's likely that it isn't
possible

tim


You may have a point, but if that's true, it's surprising how many of
the independants (without the buying power of DSG or BB) manage to sell
for lower prices (usually with better service too).

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