Originally posted by Lordgeous
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Curry's - do NOT buy anything from them for the moment.
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI don't know which was which, but they are the same group. I must say I was very impressed at reading the various reviews of their customer service. I think one site had an average of 1.9 stars from about 2,500 reviews.
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixons_Retail
Hmm. Just in case anyone feels tempted, this just dropped into my email inbox https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4566782
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixons_Retail
Hmm. Just in case anyone feels tempted, this just dropped into my email inbox https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4566782
To the platitudinous answer that such a system would be "inefficient", I say "bring it on" - we need to slow down to save the world as a habitable place for all, along with its exhaustible resources, human and material.
This is, of course, the "free world" we told the people's of eastern Europe and Russia they were welcome to join. Personally, I always regretted the demise of Rumbelows.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostIn the wake of Dixons closure of its high street outlets many years ago, it's difficult to remember that Currys etc are part of its empire. To answer Bella's point, which which I feel so much in sympathy, the problem of managements who ignore what their staff tell them their customers are saying to them about poor service, lack of the required items in store and so on is one that rests on the belief that to succeed one treats ones staff like dirt, especially when jobs are no longer two aplenty, live in igonrance of the conditions of the hoi polloi, and and rake in the proceeds from any eventual merger or takeover, this being accepted practice under monopoly capitalism, where success equals the devil takes the hindmost. The answer of course rests on workers taking control en masse over industry and retail and deciding how much of what is produced where in consultation with the buying public; but until we reach that inescapable stage in the interests of historic social and political advance, we're stuck with choosing between the given alternatives, and falling back on small, well-run companies who care for their product and staff but are often stymied by coucil taxes and out-competed/priced "the big boys".
To the platitudinous answer that such a system would be "inefficient", I say "bring it on" - we need to slow down to save the world as a habitable place for all, along with its exhaustible resources, human and material.
This is, of course, the "free world" we told the people's of eastern Europe and Russia they were welcome to join. Personally, I always regretted the demise of Rumbelows.
Julian Richer explained his approach as follows:
“I mean treating staff, customers and suppliers honestly, openly and respectfully. I mean doing what we say we will do. I mean taking responsibility for our actions, owning up when things go wrong and setting out to put them right. I mean seeing ourselves as an integral part of society and paying our dues – especially taxes – accordingly. By following this approach, I believe we create a virtuous circle for ourselves: Not only is it the right thing to do, we sleep better at night, and I believe a fair and honest approach to customers and staff leads to a huge competitive advantage.”"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest
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I found a link to cancel the order and duly filled it in. Greeted this morning by an email telling me that 'they needed more information. Please call us on ...' No order reference number. It's bog-standard default reply aimed at delaying refunding for even longer. The number given is the one where people have been known to lose the will to live while trying to navigate the tortuous and labyrinthine IVR system that guarantees you ever to actually speak to a human being.
Then I found an email address to customer.service and duly composed a response....only to receive...."This email address is no longer in use".
As has already been said...if any company deserves to go to the wall, this company is right up there at the top.Fewer Smart things. More smart people.
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Originally posted by Beresford View PostI ordered a freezer from a very helpful person in store on 15th March. He said it would be delivered on 1st April, and it was, with social distanced delivering. Absolutely no complaints. So they are not bad all the time. Must be very difficult for them at the moment.
As you say, the current situation is not at all easy for many businesses right now.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostI learned the hard way, long ago, never to buy from Currys (why the errant apostrophe in the thread title?) other than from current stock and in-store.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostTechnically you are right, but Currys/Curry's is/are wrong to omit the apostrophe. I admire the way Sainsbury's retain their apostrophe, even though is must create problems with its huge neon signs. Similarly, I now avoid Waterstone's because for some inexplicable reason, they decided to drop theirs.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostThough founded by Harry Curry"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostTechnically you are right, but Currys/Curry's is/are wrong to omit the apostrophe. I admire the way Sainsbury's retain their apostrophe, even though is must create problems with its huge neon signs. Similarly, I now avoid Waterstone's because for some inexplicable reason, they decided to drop theirs.Sainsbury'sSainsburys (Sainsburies?) who still own a sizeable stake in the company. The case for the final s being considered a sign of possession/ownership is now considerably weakened. Similarly, Waterstones was bought up by WH Smith. Much more sensible, though, to drop the s - like FW Woolworth - not so sure about Boot, though it's better than Tesco's.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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English lacks an equivalent preposition to the French "chez" or German "bei" meaning, "at the house or premises of". The English "at" cannot do the job. You can say "I was at my friend's", but not "at my friend". I suppose that is why people, by analogy, sometimes find themselves saying "at Tesco's", when "at Tesco" would work just as well.
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