2020 Retailers in trouble thread

[alfa phil]

Dont mind Gap also, think it was the last shop i went into and actually bought something.

[loafer123]

Good for some stuff, but outclassed by Uniqlo.

[hyphen]

Big boost for online shopping, Royal Mail postman to collect parcels/letters on their rounds for a 72p charge. Or 60p for prepaid items.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8861539/P...

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 21st October 08:08

[Tlandcruiser]

I like gap too

[Gary29]

Don't recall ever setting foot in a GAP store in my life.

[anonymous-user]

There is a GAP Outlet in a shopping centre near me, having not shopped there in years I popped in the other week

They were offering 30% off everything in store, then 20% weekend bonus and they allowed my wife to use her student discount

I picked up a nice think fluffy hoodie for about £14 in the end so got some trackies and general 'loungewear' seeing as we are home so much

[Castrol for a knave]

vaud said:

Tryke3 said:

There is no point in GAP, surprised they are still in business but guessing they sell well in China and India?

I quite liked gap; they did a wide range of jeans that actually fitted me.

Wife, who is like a person, only smaller, was gutted when they closed the Gap near us - the only place that sold jeans to fit a 1970's Rumanian gymnast. .

[Drawweight]

Castrol for a knave said:

vaud said:

Tryke3 said:

There is no point in GAP, surprised they are still in business but guessing they sell well in China and India?

I quite liked gap; they did a wide range of jeans that actually fitted me.

Wife, who is like a person, only smaller, was gutted when they closed the Gap near us - the only place that sold jeans to fit a 1970's Rumanian gymnast. .

Even Romanian gymnasts grow up

[anonymous-user]

hyphen said:

Big boost for online shopping, Royal Mail postman to collect parcels/letters on their rounds for a 72p charge. Or 60p for prepaid items.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8861539/P...

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 21st October 08:08

only 10 years too late, as well as the post persons turn up at random times. Perfect for all the FRH but for most normal people pointless.

[FunkyNige]

hyphen said:

Good to see the Americans showing solidarity with the UK against those pesky Europeans.

#Brexit #Gapsit

1. Gapxit, Shirley?

[jammy-git]

The Spruce Goose said:

hyphen said:

Big boost for online shopping, Royal Mail postman to collect parcels/letters on their rounds for a 72p charge. Or 60p for prepaid items.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8861539/P...

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 21st October 08:08

only 10 years too late, as well as the post persons turn up at random times. Perfect for all the FRH but for most normal people pointless.

How does payment work? I'd be fine with leaving a return on my doorstep (but then I live in the country). I can see it working well for a significant number of people, but the payment might be a bugger since I never have 72p in change on me!

[BrabusMog]

jammy-git said:

The Spruce Goose said:

hyphen said:

Big boost for online shopping, Royal Mail postman to collect parcels/letters on their rounds for a 72p charge. Or 60p for prepaid items.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8861539/P...

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 21st October 08:08

only 10 years too late, as well as the post persons turn up at random times. Perfect for all the FRH but for most normal people pointless.

How does payment work? I'd be fine with leaving a return on my doorstep (but then I live in the country). I can see it working well for a significant number of people, but the payment might be a bugger since I never have 72p in change on me!

From the article:

Customers can pay online or on the Royal Mail mobile phone app. They must print out a pre-paid label and stick it to the package, before leaving it on the doorstep or in a safe place.

[jammy-git]

BrabusMog said:

From the article:

Customers can pay online or on the Royal Mail mobile phone app. They must print out a pre-paid label and stick it to the package, before leaving it on the doorstep or in a safe place.

That's not a bad process. I can see a lot of companies just paying for the return charge upfront when a customer buys something and either taking the hit or increasing their delivery charge slightly to accommodate for it, then being able to off "hassle free returns - just leave on your doorstep".

[Drumroll]

jammy-git said:

That's not a bad process. I can see a lot of companies just paying for the return charge upfront when a customer buys something and either taking the hit or increasing their delivery charge slightly to accommodate for it, then being able to off "hassle free returns - just leave on your doorstep".

As already said posties certainly round here don't have a set time the deliver. Not sure I would leave a parcel for collection on our doorstep. Have had enough issues with sending stuff back. Without the added certainty of did they actually pick up the parcel.

I know a couple of posties and for them it could be a nightmare. All it would take is several large parcels and they won't have the means to carry them.

[Spidersleg]

Posties round here were already grizzling about the hours they work, can't see the unions liking this.

[vaud]

Spidersleg said:

Posties round here were already grizzling about the hours they work, can't see the unions liking this.

But if it is popular then won't it also create some jobs?

[anonymous-user]

vaud said:

But if it is popular then won't it also create some jobs?

They don’t want jobs that involve work. I might be being a touch too cynical there, but not much

[Anonymous-poster]

Furlough has been a real disaster for buisiness and a god send for the feckless and it’s going to take years to get peoples mindset back to work to be paid!

[egor110]

jammy-git said:

The Spruce Goose said:

hyphen said:

Big boost for online shopping, Royal Mail postman to collect parcels/letters on their rounds for a 72p charge. Or 60p for prepaid items.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8861539/P...

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 21st October 08:08

only 10 years too late, as well as the post persons turn up at random times. Perfect for all the FRH but for most normal people pointless.

How does payment work? I'd be fine with leaving a return on my doorstep (but then I live in the country). I can see it working well for a significant number of people, but the payment might be a bugger since I never have 72p in change on me!

1- you pay online

2- you get a time slot so the postie has to rearrange the delivery to get to you.

[egor110]

JPJPJP said:

vaud said:

But if it is popular then won't it also create some jobs?

They don’t want jobs that involve work. I might be being a touch too cynical there, but not much

Back to your comfy desk job