eBay & the Internet killed the High Street

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I shall retract the statement re insert costs.
Just double checked and cheaper in store by a little.
Must have viewed a different item when checking earlier.

 

[PhillipM]

That's what cryptocurrencys are for.
Problem then is it's you're own fault when it goes walkies

 

[ukracer]

Me and my Mrs have been having the exact same conversation today, been shopping for a few specific things today - had a look in the high street shops - either not in stock, right size not available or useless service. Came home and bought what we needed, having seen what we needed to see in the shops - but saved roughly 15% on each. All for shopping on the high street, and it does have its advantages, but the internet does take some beating!

One of the biggest problems though is the unfair postage advantage given to chinese sellers who pretend to be in the uk but are not.

 

[ukracer]

Don't get me started on banks.

Round here all the easily accessible branches are shut.
Choice of center of bedford milton keynes or Luton. All of which are a trek and a pita to park then you walk in to find two counters open amd a queue out the door.
Always groan when a customer wants to pay in cash.


Insert tooling I bought today was £15 more expensive than buying online delivered from the same supplier.
What kind of reason does that give me to visit again.

Where did you actually manage to buy insert tooling in the high street.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Where did you actually manage to buy insert tooling in the high street.

Chronos

Ten mins till closing today so just a quick stop. Il pop back next week to browse.

 

[pedrobedro]

Couldn't agree more!

Hardly ever carry cash personally

I've been trying to tax my car online and my debit card won't work online but I have used it to shop today. Technology is not the be all and end all its cracked up to be and its really annoying when it goes wrong.

 

[ukracer]

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Don't get me started on banks.

Round here all the easily accessible branches are shut.
Choice of center of bedford milton keynes or Luton. All of which are a trek and a pita to park then you walk in to find two counters open amd a queue out the door.
Always groan when a customer wants to pay in cash.


Insert tooling I bought today was £15 more expensive than buying online delivered from the same supplier.
What kind of reason does that give me to visit again.

Banks policy is to reduce the counters to 1 or 2.....madness.

 

[MattF]

Don't get me started on banks.

Round here all the easily accessible branches are shut.
Choice of center of bedford milton keynes or Luton. All of which are a trek and a pita to park.

Going to be the same here soon. They closed the local branch months ago, and the next nearest one is due for closure, so I'll have to fart around going to the town centre branch then. It's pathetic.

 

[ukracer]

Chronos

Ten mins till closing today so just a quick stop. Il pop back next week to browse.

Lol not really a high street name though.

 

[ukracer]

One of the big problems with the internet in particular ebay it encourages numpties.

Selling a wallet so this one person offers 20 quid. Its up for 48. Not open to offers.

Told no they come back with 30 but ebay actually assist by adding an offer tab this time......if we wanted to have offers on it surely we would use that option?

 

[angellonewolf]

its not just the shops that will be going add to that all the supplyers that supply the shop there cleaners the toilet paper supplyers fire guys that test fire equipment etc on and on

add to that it you worked in the local place you spent in the local area internet shoping is a major down fall

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Lol not really a high street name though.

Nope. Handy though and open till 12 on Saturdays.
Cromwell is 15 minutes in the other direction for me too.
Not popped by there yet.

 

[cumbriasteve]

B

Banks policy is to reduce the counters to 1 or 2.....madness.

My branch of TSB has managed that

I went in last week and asked to see someone re an ISA that was finishing, so she said she was qualified and I replied I am not discussing my finances through a sheet of glass with half a dozen people listening.

A bit of discussion and I was getting nowhere so I left with what turned out to be words that came back to bite me...

I will go and do it all online, don't blame me when you have no job left... TSB internet banking has been down since then and no way am I going back in to see her self satisfied smirk.

 

[Eric the chicken]

Nope. Handy though and open till 12 on Saturdays.
Cromwell is 15 minutes in the other direction for me too.
Not popped by there yet.

If that's Cromwell at Brickhill it's best to 'phone first as not everything in the catalogue is in stock in the branch. They frequently have to order from the main depot in Leicester which is next day delivery. Staff at Brickhill are very good.

 

[rcx132]

Fast changing world. I think you need to be multi-skilled these days, so when things change you can change.

 

[8ob]

Our local council are doing a fair job of killing of shop retailers around here, there used to be parking outside all these shops which made it very easy to use them. The dimkwits in the council decided it would be a good idea to widen the footpath no one uses, fill in the parking bays, install flower beds ,yellow line 90% of the road and fit a camera up a lamppost so as to not miss the opportunity to send out the £parking £tickets . Its virtually wiped out the local trade and they are still continuing with this all over the place.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/W...89e60ab3f509d52!8m2!3d51.2490093!4d-0.5861397

Town center is still popular for clothes shopping but thats probably down to this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36395719

Bob

 

[gaz1]

its not ebay and its not the net either its the people that want cheaper thats killed the high street

pauls post sums it up spot on

That's the thing - you can go and touch/feel in the high street, then buy the same thing cheaper on the internet. Of course, nothing beats walking straight out of the shop with it rather than wait for 24hr postage

its the same when you go shopping which isle do you pick the one with a cashier or the one where you scan it yourself

 

[frank horton]

had a place in Stockport with 5 men, then the council tripled the rates over a year or 2..........asked why, because of shops closing they said ....less revenue........
so what with the w/shop pilfering and all the overheads I shut shop.........worked outta a van.....earnt more money in 3 days than for a week in the old way.......
then left the country again.........more fun and got the sun all year.........

 

[Ian James]

I must admit that I buy a lot of stuff off the internet it just works for me it save time and fuel internet buying is not the only thing that has killed a lot of high street shops off supermarket and shopping parks have all done there bit especially the out of town ones iris a shame things a totally different now to when I was a child the small town we lived just outside had 4 grocers shops two butchers ladies and gents outfitters a Barbour a shoe shop cobblers that did all his own repairs a very good hardware store its own auction mart and town market it now has one supermarket a spar loads and loads of cafes a very poorly attended general market every thing else has gone

 

[Hitch]

We've bought loads from the interweb lately.
A few things you'd have gone to a shop for traditionaly. One being carpets and flooring.
Narrow down what you want, then get a few samples to check colours/feel.
£5/m2 cheaper than carpetright for a couple of them.
Same with blinds...get a sample, order with your measurements, week later made to measure blinds land on the door step.