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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 11:10:21 GMT
Oh dear, it didn't look good tbh. I guess I may well not get my 15p cash back from that switch I got the other week  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 11:14:58 GMT
hhmmm wonder if a fire sale is coming, need some bits.
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Post by JohnV on Feb 28, 2018 11:38:38 GMT
hhmmm wonder if a fire sale is coming, need some bits. good idea .... if most of it wasn't crap ..... must admit I'll keep an eye out as well  |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 28, 2018 11:42:36 GMT
I thought WIX was Polish. I bought one 3.5 years ago at the Banbury place and saw it said Made in Pooland on the packet, cursed, used it but then bought a Mahle (Made in Austria Heil Hitler) which is on our engine right now. We have been told to use only Bukh filters - but these say Made in Fucking Morocco on the packet. www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=199Perhaps some are, the ones I have are US manufactured (although in North Carolina, not South Carolina as I stated earlier).  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 11:42:47 GMT
Toys 'r' Us have gone the same way this morning too.
Feel sorry for those that will inevitably lose their jobs.
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Post by kris on Feb 28, 2018 13:49:37 GMT
Toys 'r' Us have gone the same way this morning too. Feel sorry for those that will inevitably lose their jobs. They also owe 15million for a vat bill, which won't get paid I suppose. |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 28, 2018 14:04:37 GMT
They must be quite seriously in the shit, even the most tuppeny-hapenny businessman knows that if there's one creditor you don't fuck about it's the VATman.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 15:27:04 GMT
That VAT bill will likely mean any other creditors will get naff all even when assets are disposed of, ISTR the VAT man/HMRC is the first in the queue when a business goes belly up???
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 16:04:37 GMT
Is it only the uk part that has gone tits up?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 16:06:01 GMT
ahh just read, yes it is, so the yankees care not one bit, sitting over the pond. Wonder if they own the ground the shops are built on, coul be worth a few quid. I know the warehouse at coventry is joined with the shop, lot of land! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 16:44:38 GMT
ahh just read, yes it is, so the yankees care not one bit, sitting over the pond. Wonder if they own the ground the shops are built on, coul be worth a few quid. I know the warehouse at coventry is joined with the shop, lot of land! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_UsThe nearest one to us is at teesside retail park and i am fairly sure they dont own the land that one sits on. Probably owned at least in part by the local council. I suspect that will be common. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 17:04:55 GMT
Is it only the uk that has gone tits up? Yep. Railways all owned by foreigners. Confectionary companies mostly all flogged off to the Americans. Arabs owning 50% of London. Marple Locks still not repaired. Cotton industry shipped to India. Power stations operated by the French. Snows a bit and schools close. Students with rings through their noses at 'University' (previously Willesden Poly) now studying Transgender Rights instead of Chemistry. I believe toys r us was a us outfit that was imported here, a bit like McDonald's. So as far as i know nothing was "flogged' off to the American's. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 17:21:30 GMT
Is it only the uk that has gone tits up? Yep. Railways all owned by foreigners. Confectionary companies mostly all flogged off to the Americans. Arabs owning 50% of London. Marple Locks still not repaired. Cotton industry shipped to India. Power stations operated by the French. Snows a bit and schools close. Students with rings through their noses at 'University' (previously Willesden Poly) now studying Transgender Rights instead of Chemistry. Thats mostly true and the same applies across the board for industries which were once strong in the UK. Post industrial revolution business consolidation. My ancestors (grand father and great grandfather) family business was a large door manufacturing company. sold out of the family due to a family rift in the early 70s and eventually incorporated into a Canadian company. The same company (premdor) took over several other UK door businesses thereby reducing the choice for consumers and making it more difficult for UK consumers to buy UK products. . I don't really understand why this country (UK) didn't do so well out of all this consolidation. we appeared to be in a strong position but I know very little about business and obviously the people in charge of these companies chose to sell. Maybe they get shit in their eyes when they see the money. Its happened in most industries in this country. Selling off the family silver. I know this is not news btw. |
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Post by Stumpy on Feb 28, 2018 17:59:42 GMT
Every time I read this thread about Maplin's, I want to shout Hi-De-Hi  |
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Post by thebfg on Feb 28, 2018 18:24:57 GMT
Is it only the uk part that has gone tits up? Dident the USA and Canadian arm go bust last year. |
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