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Forward not Back,

13/01/2009 00:10:01
I await Radio Rentals being the main outlet on the High Street again.

However, this isn't news. It was obvious to everyone this Christmas that people are bricking it over the prospect of losing their jobs as the day of economic reckoning has arrived. Why would you buy a new TV, for example, when the old one is perfectly adequate?
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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 00:33:01


It is of no surprise, the 'People', are not Stupid!

Firstly, the 'melt down' is here!, in all its force, job losses and total uncertainty, of what the future holds for us!

Secondly, The 'High Street' Stores, must think we are all Stupid, or Something!

Their 'Dogmatic' approach, is to pretend they have,....

....'Sales-On'!

When the,...'People' get to the Stores, its all, 'Trickery'!

The Stores are have only items, 'On Sale', that no-one wants, or is old stock, that no-one wants!

You 'High Street' Stores, better get 'With-It', PDQ!!

OR YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!!


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Ewan Randall,

13/01/2009 01:45:58
(#1) – (Forward not Back) – What is the point in wishing for Radio Rentals to be the main outlet on the High street?

Isn’t this more like conformation that panic doesn’t always make us buy?

Isn’t it also right that when people are made to panic, and they spend less money, jobs go?
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Ewan Randall,

13/01/2009 01:53:24
(#2) – (Charles Linskaill) – People lose jobs because people panic and spend less money, which leads to job losses, are the people not stupid enough to realize the cause and effect of their actions?

The shops sell the goods according to tried and tested means, do you think these tried and tested means should change just for you?
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Forward not Back,

13/01/2009 01:57:05
#3 - I'm not wishing for it, I'm saying that the only way that people will be able to get their hands on the new gadgets (the big ticket items mentioned) is the return of HP and renting. This is the natural aspect of the credit bubble bursting.

And you are right that when people spend less, jobs go. The point is that UK consumers have been buying things made outside the UK for years. With the devaluation of the pound, they now won't be able to afford them in any case.

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Forward not Back,

13/01/2009 01:59:42
I would also add that jobs are disappearing as well because businesses have been leveraging their balance sheets for years, producing a growth rate above trend. With the collapse in credit facilities being so sudden, it is causing any company who looks like a potential basket case to the bank to fail.
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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 02:27:59


#4, Ewan Randall,

"these tried and tested means",....

.....are only used for 'Profit Making!

I could not care a,..'Hoot' on the Stores, doing anything for me, I give a honest opinion, what IS ACTUAL Reality!

Dont tell me how to, 'Suck Eggs'!





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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 02:44:50


ZAVVI!, I knew they would go Bust!

USC!, I Knew they would go Bust!

WOOLWORTH'S, I Knew they would go Bust!

HBOS, I Knew They would not be Saved!

Adams, I Knew they would go Bust!

Lewis, I Knew they would have a gloomy outlook!

WHY!!!!??????

BECAUSE I!, LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD!!!



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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 02:49:54


Time and Time Again, I told you all this, in the year 2008!

Non Believe, and ignoring the truth, is accepted!

Apologies, However, Would be nice!


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Julian.,

edinburgh 13/01/2009 03:05:43
Charles,

When exactly did you tell us all this?

If you did you must be the best predictor in the world.
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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 03:15:26


Julian ~10,

It is all captured on Google, it would take another couple of hours, to retrieve, links, to what I said in comment, in the Scotsman News, last year, but believe me, it is out there!

Google UK Search and my name, followed by topic, followed by News Paper, will reveal all, as is, Yahoo UK Search!


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Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 13/01/2009 03:16:51


But it is far to past 'Bed Time' to give you the links.


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Navvy,

singapore 13/01/2009 07:15:09
torrid = parched especially by the sun

odd use of the word, not much sun at Christmas
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Banana Heid,

Ayrshire 13/01/2009 10:06:50
Rip off Britain is receiving some payback. no less than it deserves...
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ddmc,

13/01/2009 11:28:50
so much for all the increased footfall the retailers reported, i think they must be as optimistic as estate agents, lol
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Richard Lionheart,

13/01/2009 12:41:44
It is not all doom and gloom.

Climate change campaigners are delighted as the British Economy regresses; we come closer to the Co2 output of a mid African state.

Gordon Brown is pleased because we have a whole new “green/renewable” business sector creating Jobs.

Mud hut Anyone_ http://www.BritishMudHutsforSale.eu
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John south of Soutra,

13/01/2009 13:11:16
A 3.3% drop year on year is hardly a disaster especially given that most stores had dropped their prices prior to Christmas, they have probably put more units out of the door, for this to be the worst sales peformance since records began, the sales figures would have to be lower than at any time within the 14 year period not be lower than the previous year.
Do any of the reporters that write these stories have any commercial background
The problem that we have is that we now have analysts who have only ever experienced companies recording year on year increases in sales, and do not how to react because there has been a sales drop.
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Montford's Jaicket,

Hanging Around 13/01/2009 16:32:59
#1 Agree - there's no point buying a new TV as you will only get the same old programmes anyway!

This Government (for want of a name that can be published) have totally screwed the economy of the UK. Other nations made the sensible step of giving a tax rebate to those who are in work, enabling them to increase their spending - which they probably will, given that saving money is not a good idea with interest rates at a record low. Not Trash Gordon, saviour of the underwear, however; his idea of helping the economy is to bail out the banks to the tune of umpty-squillion pounds and, if things get tough, we'll print more money! The economics of the mad-house.
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For Scotlands Future,

Vote for the SNP 13/01/2009 19:09:00
Christmas Cancelled??
About time too.
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drahcir,

14/01/2009 03:27:33
Perhaps the secularization of Christmas was cancelled, but nobody can take the true meaning of Jesus coming into a world he made to die for lost sinners saving them (me) from a devil's hell. Thank you Lord !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWyQOh64Qy8&feature=channel_page

goldieshouse.piczo.com
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Archie1954,

Vancouver 14/01/2009 03:42:17
My family of 11 individuals from Vancouver, Sacramento and Portland decided it was more important to be together for the holidays than to purchase gifts so we spent our money on travelling and holiday fare. We didn't even miss the gifts.
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Rabbit63,

Australia 14/01/2009 15:10:58
Well I hate to break the news to the big corporate stores, but this Christmas was a bumper year for my business. We make and sell Roto-moulded kayaks.
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Rabbit63,

Australia 14/01/2009 15:13:20
In fact most small businesses I know did well. Of course it might have something to do with providing something people want, at a decent price and a good quality. People are turning away from the big stores, away from big names, I think people have had enough of the shabbiness, the greed and corporate whoredom./

 

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