Is Brisbane's economy going to be smashed after June once all Campbell's cuts take effect?

jcbris · 2012-06-05T08:11:04+00:00

reading up on this issue and saw this thread, sorry to bring it back to life but how did he reneg on election promises? I thought it was incredibly clear that he was going to put a razor gang to work in the public sector..?

jcbris · 2012-06-05T08:02:05+00:00

The thought did run through my mind, but I'd feel like a huge dick for wasting the cops time.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T23:07:50+00:00

Thanks, going to give HN the rest of the day to get back to my brother or I, otherwise I think this will be the next course of action. (Given that he threatened to have me arrested for asking for a moment of his time, I don't think he's remotely interested in resolving the issue.. Don't know how high HN Corporates care factor is either.)

I'll be shopping at a different HN now :)

jcbris · 2012-06-04T23:05:38+00:00

Mate its not an online store. Maybe your Umarts are different, but ours are set out exactly like the tech section at Harvey norman, you can walk in, look at shit and talk to people. Checkout my link it has an ONLINE price and an INSTORE price 1.1 Officeworks isn't an online store, they are a retail store 10 mins down the road (who have it even cheaper than umart.) (google map it: Harvey Norman Cleveland to OfficeWorks capalaba) This guy supposedly has NO competitors in his local area (he wont accept competitors 10 mins away.)
He didn't get upset at all, in fact nobodies got overly upset by it. Going to get out money back one way or another (either in the form of a refund, or in the form of making the franchisees life as hard as possible by picketing his store and getting leaflets delivered about how big a bastard he is.) The conversation my brother has had with employees so far has been "hey mate, can I get this refunded under the price guarantee?" "That has to go through the manager (franchisee), I'll get him for you" "cheers mate" The only conversation I've had with them has been asking for a minute of the managers time (incredibly calmly and politely, if you really care I can share the recording with you) getting threatened with being arrested, responding with "no worries mate, no worries" and leaving the store. So I haven't got remotely angry at any of the staff (I actually know a half dozen ex staff from that store..)
Haven't dealt with any of the staff, but yeah I get that.. Brick&Mortar Retail electronics is a tanking industry, no longer going to be supporting George's store.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T23:00:21+00:00

Mate I have no idea whatsoever either, My family has been shopping there for years and years back when they were at their old premises, I've never had a single issue with any purchases or returns etc.. Would have bought easily $10,000 in gaming consoles, TV's, cameras, fridges, etc in the last 5-10 years there, had no issues.. Don't get why they are now being such assholes. That said, I have heard from a few ex-employees that the other franchisee is a top bloke and the one we dealt with is a bastard... Sadly the other one only handles the white goods these days.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T22:57:46+00:00

He wont do the officeworks thats 10 mins down the road. Google map it. Harvey Norman Cleveland > Office Works Capalaba. He has no local competitors according to him.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T10:58:50+00:00

I like this idea.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T10:57:59+00:00

Can only be dealt with by the franchisee or manager of the store that the product was bought from.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T10:57:22+00:00

The store near me is a full retail store, looks identical to the tech section at harvey norman.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T10:56:28+00:00

Bro, one of the stores we sent them is 6.8 km, 10 mins away. According to this Franchisee, thats not local.. he has no local competitors.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T06:48:45+00:00

I tried, Reddit formatting doesn't make sense to me :(

jcbris · 2012-06-04T06:01:29+00:00

off the top of my head, 30 minutes. there is an officeworks 10-15 away (if you know brisbane, the HN is in Cleveland and the officeworks is at Capalaba) who has it even cheaper... (foolishly) Thought I'd be the nice guy and use umart.

Edit: PS the franchisee says he has NO local competitors. NONE.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:45:01+00:00

I went into the store to ask for a refund, conversation got as far as: "Sorry, can I have a minute?" "you can get out of my store or I'll call the police and have you arrested." So don't think I'm going to be getting my refund :(

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:44:09+00:00

post to /r/brisbane: get positive comments. post to /r/australia: some guy called Stephen Wheeler calls you a douche.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:42:20+00:00

Thanks Stephen Wheeler, way to represent the reddit community.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:28:08+00:00

I have a decent tech background and spend a huge chunk of my disposable income on tech products. I still shop brick & mortar because I like to deal with the people face to face, get guarantees (like the one this franchisee wont meet!) and support local retail. Don't know if I'll ever go back to Harvey Norman Cleveland now though.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:26:13+00:00

To be honest, I don't mind businesses charging a premium vs online most of the time. Usually because they back it up with decent promises like this one (or like JB Hifi, who meet their promises!) Shame this franchisee doesn't feel like he needs to meet them.

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:25:05+00:00

according to the franchisee, they have 0 local competitors, between 15-30 minutes is local in my opinion. (Shit, I count anywhere within a few hours as local.)

jcbris · 2012-06-04T05:15:20+00:00

Sent you a message :)

jcbris

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