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It annoys me when people who have something in particular, such as money for example, keep on wanting more even though they have got enough; being greedy.
This is the case with such electrical megastores such as Dixons or Comet. They already have enough, so why can't they 'give' some of it away. They could do bigger sales, cheaper cut prices, or organise giveaways, yet they don't, they just keep on raking in a massive profit after selling products at high, high prices.
Take Dixons. It's worth around £2 billion - so in other words, that is how much they have in the kitty. Yet still they proceed to take our money, which is little compared to the amount they already have. For once couldn't they lower prices just a bit, so the profit they make isn't as much, or even lower them so much that they would lose money on every sale. This in turn, would attract new customers to the store.
This doesn't just apply to games. Everything in these stores has a massive buffer profit. Why do they need so much? I don't know. Dixons in particular are already the biggest electronical retail company in Britain, what more do they need? It just puts me off buying stuff altogether.
Small, independent, one-shop companies almost succeed in doing this. Because they are so small and unknown, and are situated usually in cheap to rent areas, they are able to offer cheaper goods. SR is like this.
Because the bigger companies already have so much money, how can they afford not to lower prices. And what's worse, bigger companies drive the smaller cheaper places out of business, because people think that these bigger companies are better, when in fact they are actually worse.
It seems all people want to do today is to be a greedy filthy rich person. Its the customer that counts. Without customers, there is no business. Companies should respect their customers like SR do, not necessarily by supplying them with a forum and a GAD, because this would not work with large business', but by simply lowering prices.
Thanks for reading - I hope Mr. Dixon or the CEO of Comet sees this!
Namostar
This is the case with such electrical megastores such as Dixons or Comet. They already have enough, so why can't they 'give' some of it away. They could do bigger sales, cheaper cut prices, or organise giveaways, yet they don't, they just keep on raking in a massive profit after selling products at high, high prices.
Take Dixons. It's worth around £2 billion - so in other words, that is how much they have in the kitty. Yet still they proceed to take our money, which is little compared to the amount they already have. For once couldn't they lower prices just a bit, so the profit they make isn't as much, or even lower them so much that they would lose money on every sale. This in turn, would attract new customers to the store.
This doesn't just apply to games. Everything in these stores has a massive buffer profit. Why do they need so much? I don't know. Dixons in particular are already the biggest electronical retail company in Britain, what more do they need? It just puts me off buying stuff altogether.
Small, independent, one-shop companies almost succeed in doing this. Because they are so small and unknown, and are situated usually in cheap to rent areas, they are able to offer cheaper goods. SR is like this.
Because the bigger companies already have so much money, how can they afford not to lower prices. And what's worse, bigger companies drive the smaller cheaper places out of business, because people think that these bigger companies are better, when in fact they are actually worse.
It seems all people want to do today is to be a greedy filthy rich person. Its the customer that counts. Without customers, there is no business. Companies should respect their customers like SR do, not necessarily by supplying them with a forum and a GAD, because this would not work with large business', but by simply lowering prices.
Thanks for reading - I hope Mr. Dixon or the CEO of Comet sees this!
Namostar
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These companies aren't in it for their customers, they're in it for money and they charge a medium amount, enough to make a profit but not too much to put people off.
If you don't like it then ignor them and shop elsewhere.
I'm sure SR will be more than happy to supply you these games at lower prices.
If you don't like it then ignor them and shop elsewhere.
I'm sure SR will be more than happy to supply you these games at lower prices.
They also own PC World, Freeserve and The Link!!
Marks and Sparks didn't have much of an effect on the British economy, because it shut all of it's ineternational stores to save britain!!
La la la la la... I'm not listening to anything you say Bonus...La la la la!
Dixons doesn't play that much part in the economy does it? Nothing went wrong when Marks and Sparks lost money did it, they just brought out a new lingerie range and the problem was fixed!? No black wednesday happened then.
Like I said - it is easier to make money selling electronics, and any money lost, can quickly be regained.
Dixons doesn't play that much part in the economy does it? Nothing went wrong when Marks and Sparks lost money did it, they just brought out a new lingerie range and the problem was fixed!? No black wednesday happened then.
Like I said - it is easier to make money selling electronics, and any money lost, can quickly be regained.
Not really, if Dixons started to lose money, the British economy would go into freefall and overnight we would have another Black Wednesday, recession would grip the country and we would have to join the Euro to save our own necks!
Bonus wrote:
> I bet that's what the CEO of Marks and Spencers thought!! And Tony
> Blair when he single handedly made the Millenium Dome out of the
> most expansive LEGO you can buy!! Oh and the FA when they thought
> about building a new Wembly!! :P
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Well they aren't Dixons are they? Theres more money to be made via electronics than any other thing basically. If Dixons did lose money, up go the prices again (after they have been kind and lowered them) and the loss will be re made.
:D
> I bet that's what the CEO of Marks and Spencers thought!! And Tony
> Blair when he single handedly made the Millenium Dome out of the
> most expansive LEGO you can buy!! Oh and the FA when they thought
> about building a new Wembly!! :P
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Well they aren't Dixons are they? Theres more money to be made via electronics than any other thing basically. If Dixons did lose money, up go the prices again (after they have been kind and lowered them) and the loss will be re made.
:D
The_Vottanator wrote:
> Dixon's have an offer on DC games right now. A damn good offer. Buy
> one game, get another free (not on new releases). However, this
> offer is ruined by their incredibly low number of DC games.
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That is because the Dreamcast is slowly wearing away, and Dixons want to get rid of the last few stock so they can sell more PS2's and GBA's. And your not exactly going to be too pleased about buying old games, are you? Its just their scam to try and sell the things they don't want anymore to try and get some money back, other than just chucking them out.
> Dixon's have an offer on DC games right now. A damn good offer. Buy
> one game, get another free (not on new releases). However, this
> offer is ruined by their incredibly low number of DC games.
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That is because the Dreamcast is slowly wearing away, and Dixons want to get rid of the last few stock so they can sell more PS2's and GBA's. And your not exactly going to be too pleased about buying old games, are you? Its just their scam to try and sell the things they don't want anymore to try and get some money back, other than just chucking them out.
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