Indeed .... Thatchers Tories taught us to take what we like, when we like.

Blair tried to add 'caring' into the system but simply added the article called 'chav' ..

 

Don't think you will get much off anything because everything is price fixed so they only discount when the manufacturer says so.

 

Seriously? You are on a different planet mate

 

I managed to get a good bargain on a couple of "Humax Youview DTR-T1000". I got £100 off each of them.
Ok, admittedly their list price of £279.99 is a little bit more expensive than some online retailers, but at £179.99 each after discount, I reckon I got a bargain.

(If I was only buying one, the price would've been £195.99. Still a bargain though)

 

dont comet own game aswell?

 

They're owned by OpCapita, the same company that owned Comet until they put it into administration. GAME will probably go the same way once OpCapita have extracted as much as they can in management fees and alienated all the suppliers.

 

need a new xbox was hoping i could pick one up cheap thats all

 

Sorry to have called your heroine, but we live in a dog eat dog society thanks to her government and what came after! Say what you like about the 60s and 70s but at least people looked out for one another and had a code of ethics even amongst the criminal fraternity.

 

 

Well they had to as everyone had a lot less money and were forever on strike.

 

Yep, me too. Well me one actually! My 6 year old Humax free view recorder packed up so this was a good time to bag a 30% off bargin. £195.99 - just hope it works well as you can't return it.

 

That all comes down to how greedy the dealer is. I know for fact that the vast majority of mainline stuff that the multiples and Euronics dealers sell is cheaper in the Independents if you take into account delivery connection and disposal of the old appliance (Which we offer)

If somebody comes in with a online price and they want that price matching or beating then we supply on the same terms. Ie dropped off in the house with no unboxing, no installation and no disposal. People can't have it both ways.

 

Register it direct with Humax and you'll get 2 years warranty direct with them anyway.

 

So:

Empire direct= Dead
Best Buy = Dead
Comet = Dead.

Not much left in the way of big electrical retailers: DSG and thats about it.

Suppose there is Richer sounds and Superfi, but they operate on nowhere near the same scale as the likes of Comet.

 

The march of the Online Shopping Experience shows no end.

DSG should go under simply based on their utter terrible Customer Service!

 

We were fairly lucky in the end. We phoned Comet, and Santander, but were advised by Comet to go straight to the store and sort it out.
As it happened it was 12 days after ordering the oven, and Comet had a no quibble cancellation policy within 14 days, so managed to get the deposit refunded to us and the finance refunded to Santander.

Their fire sale is crap. We went in there last night to see if they had a deal on any Rangemasters they have in stock. 10% off the price of a basic Rangemaster 90, that they are trying to sell for £1400.
Currys are currently selling the next model up for £999, plus an extra £100 off if you trade in your old oven.

Also, when we ordered the oven a few weeks ago, we also looked at their netbooks, as that is what the kids want for xmas.
We saw the same model in store yesterday, and they had put the price up before reducing it back down to around the price they were selling it for in the first place!

 

Don't be too harsh on yourself, I wouldn't say you've got rose tinted spectacles, you're just a bit of an old Thatcherite Tory that can't see the truth, one day you'll wise up

 

And you will be no older than 35 then

 

oh to be 35 again!

 

Well how can you say 'they were forever on strike' then.... they only worked 3 days a week in the first place