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» The Credit Crunch
What recession?
My family owns an "independent hardware retailer" in the Midlands.
In Summer 2007, one of our premises happened to be located a bit too close to the River Arrow when it flooded, so we've needed a new floor and shelving for a year and a half now.
The local shop-fitting company went bust, so instead of letting the insurance company make bad decisions for us, which had delayed us enough already, we took their money and went to a near-ish Woolworths and bought all their shelving.
A fucking lot of shelving.
For 10% what the refitters quoted us: £60k for our two shops (may as well do them both).
So on Sunday 4th we took all the family and some regular customers to Woolies with 4 commercial vehicles (2 of which we'd borrowed) and loaded/unloaded roughly 15 pickup-loads of metal, some of which we lost going round a roundabout.
It just so happened that their counters hadn't been sold, so another 2 truckloads later, we had counters that were worth £3,000 altogether for just £100.
So thanks to Woolies being shit, we saved £53,900.
Also, one of our competitors went bust so our takings are even better than before this so called "recession".
Oh, and we do locksmithing. Always lucrative when houses are being repossessed.
(Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 19:11, More)
What recession?
My family owns an "independent hardware retailer" in the Midlands.
In Summer 2007, one of our premises happened to be located a bit too close to the River Arrow when it flooded, so we've needed a new floor and shelving for a year and a half now.
The local shop-fitting company went bust, so instead of letting the insurance company make bad decisions for us, which had delayed us enough already, we took their money and went to a near-ish Woolworths and bought all their shelving.
A fucking lot of shelving.
For 10% what the refitters quoted us: £60k for our two shops (may as well do them both).
So on Sunday 4th we took all the family and some regular customers to Woolies with 4 commercial vehicles (2 of which we'd borrowed) and loaded/unloaded roughly 15 pickup-loads of metal, some of which we lost going round a roundabout.
It just so happened that their counters hadn't been sold, so another 2 truckloads later, we had counters that were worth £3,000 altogether for just £100.
So thanks to Woolies being shit, we saved £53,900.
Also, one of our competitors went bust so our takings are even better than before this so called "recession".
Oh, and we do locksmithing. Always lucrative when houses are being repossessed.
(Thu 22nd Jan 2009, 19:11, More)
» Hidden Treasure
Whilst clearing out the loft
I stumbled across a box with my baby teeth in them and, for some reason it also contained mouldy chilli peppers =/
Also whilst up there I found my Dad's old porno collection, circa 1980's, which mysteriously disappeared a few days afterwards. I dont know if my Dad managed to get rid of it before my Mom found it, but he did act a bit strange for a week afterwards.
(Thu 30th Jun 2005, 16:41, More)
Whilst clearing out the loft
I stumbled across a box with my baby teeth in them and, for some reason it also contained mouldy chilli peppers =/
Also whilst up there I found my Dad's old porno collection, circa 1980's, which mysteriously disappeared a few days afterwards. I dont know if my Dad managed to get rid of it before my Mom found it, but he did act a bit strange for a week afterwards.
(Thu 30th Jun 2005, 16:41, More)
» The last thing that made me cry
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (the modern remake of the film)
That bit at the end when the monster sacrificed his own life to give his "father" a proper cremation
(Tue 19th Apr 2005, 16:34, More)
Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (the modern remake of the film)
That bit at the end when the monster sacrificed his own life to give his "father" a proper cremation
(Tue 19th Apr 2005, 16:34, More)
» I just don't get it
America
they let you buy a gun in the supermarket and then beat the crap out of you and throw you in jail when you carry it around
(Sun 3rd Apr 2005, 13:23, More)
America
they let you buy a gun in the supermarket and then beat the crap out of you and throw you in jail when you carry it around
(Sun 3rd Apr 2005, 13:23, More)