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Which high street name is going to go bust next sweestake?

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    Which high street name is going to go bust next sweestake?

    I reckon, based on the Internet killing them and the cost of running a retail unit being sky high and lack of vision or boringness, the next victims will be:

    JD Sports
    Bhs
    Jessops
    possibly WHS
    One or more of the high street travel agents
    First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

    #2
    Debenhams
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #3
      Jessops, all that can be got off of ebay cheaper.

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        #4
        Waitrose

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          #5
          Currys please - gits

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            #6
            Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
            Currys please - gits
            Can't see Currry's going broke. Their website is popular.

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              #7
              gotta be JD Sports

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                #8
                Originally posted by Purple Dalek View Post
                Jessops, all that can be got off of ebay cheaper.
                The same could be said for PC world and Currys and Comet. The only thing I use these lot for is to see what the thing I want to buy looks like in real life. Then I go online to get it cheaper. The trouble is, a lot of people don't do this which is why they do ok.

                Last year I went to Jessops to buy a camera. I found a good price for it on the net and asked if they could match it - they didn't even try. Even if they dropped their profit to a stupidly low amount, they would still have made some profit but they wouldn't budge. In the end I got it from Currys because they dropped their price to very close to the net price. When you factor in the delivery price and the possibility that it might not arrive before Christmas, I was happy to pay a little bit more than the net price to have it there and then.

                My bet is WH Smiths will be next
                Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.

                I preferred version 1!

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                  #9
                  Next.
                  ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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                    #10
                    Computer People
                    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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