| I can Invade toys of us If I want, their prices are whack. |
Toys r us ripping the arse • Page 2
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pink_dolphin 300 posts
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Oh my god. OH MY GOD. -
NewYork 24,807 posts
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Registered 15 years agoDIE. -
pink_dolphin wrote:
I can Invade toys of us If I want, their prices are whack.
Wassup with dat? -
bivith 2,469 posts
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Registered 17 years agopink_dolphin wrote:
I can Invade toys of us If I want, their prices are whack.
kindly fuck off and derail your own threads. -
pink_dolphin 300 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWTF I never did, read back.
Now I have derailed your thread. -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoShuttupa you face! -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAnd.... they're fucked.
Not surprised about Maplins either, how can you run a business by selling 90% of stock at well over RRP i dont know -
spindle9988 5,222 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSurely HMV are next. The one we have in Croydon sells new games for 60 quid. Yet 2 minutes away is a sainsburys where the same game will be about £42.
I would love to know who makes the decision on pricing
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HelloNo 2,283 posts
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Registered 13 years ago3000 people potentially losing their jobs is a bit grim, at least they had the American side collapsing as a warning. -
the_milkybar_kid 8,474 posts
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Registered 7 years agoToy's R Us, Maplin, HMV, Game, all companies that never moved on from the mid 90's or earlier. Real sad about Toy's R Us though. Have some great memories going there as a kid and looked forward to taking ours there to pick something out.
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Sharz 2,121 posts
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Registered 6 years agoExactly, on the news this morning they made the point with toys r us they mostly sell branded goods and never offered a USP. Basically the 90s model won't work in a world that has the Internet.
You need new models and new experiences, offer something the internet won't do better. Don't just try to compete on price. Which you will lose.
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Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoHighstreet shops won't exist in a generations time. -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAnd I don't think it's entirely to do with the stores being big units and whatnot.
Smyth's operates a pretty similar model and they seem to be doing alright. I suppose the difference is that their stores aren't run down, depressing shitholes. -
Nitrous 2,295 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSad for the staff but you can guarantee by weekend the vultures will be in looking for a bargain only to walk out again empty handed because it'll still be too expensive. -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI asked my eldest if he wanted to help me pick a present for his little sister's first birthday.
We surfed amazon together in front of the computer and he found something.
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macmurphy 4,447 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYeah it’s sad. I remember the song and that dippy giraffe. There was always something magical as a kid walking into a warehouse full of toys. Got a load of teenage mutant ninja turtles from one when they were really hard to find.
I don’t think I’ve had a better day since. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI remember my parents buying me a C64 game from Toys R Us in the 80s and getting it home to find out there was just a blank cassette in the box. Not "won't load", which was common enough with C64 games, but "totally blank".
Never really forgave them.
Unfortunate for the people likely to lose their jobs, though. -
the_milkybar_kid 8,474 posts
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Registered 7 years agoIf we're going down memory lane, I remember going with my Mum one Saturday. Star Wars toys were starting to become a thing again as the special editions were coming out the next year so would have been about 96? So they had a massive display of figures on pegs 10x10, and they were the massive pegs that went fucking deep. I wanted Boba Fett, obvs. So she went from the top down and I went from the bottom up, scouring through every toy on every peg. It wasn't looking hopeful. But right there at the back on the very last peg was Boba himself.
I don't think I've had a better day since. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoTo be honest I when I worked there at the age of 17 , which was 17 years ago, even then the footfall was low for the absolutely huge premises. Strangely they sold more things like baby food, nappies and the like compared to actual toys. -
neilka 24,021 posts
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Registered 16 years agoFirst Jeffrey and now Geoffrey, is no Geoff/Jeff sacred?! -
TheMayorOfJugs 6,489 posts
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Registered 8 years agobivith wrote:
Is quadfather's new missus called toys r us? Is that a new-age hipster thing?
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Decks wrote:
You probably right but I'll be sad about that. I'll save money though as I still don't buy much online as I hate waiting for it. Even same day delivery is enough to make me reconsider purchases, and I already procrastinate over everything I buy.
Highstreet shops won't exist in a generations time. -
nudistpete 1,273 posts
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Registered 4 years agoMy happiest memory was probably getting Super Mario 2 back in the late eighties. Buying a game from TRU was always a BIG DEAL - taking the ticket to the counter, paying for it then queuing to collect it. Felt like some kind of forbidden dark satanic ritual to a young un.
Our local one moved to a smaller unit a couple of years ago, and actually seems quite nice and pleasant to visit, but if we're ever over in another city which has an old 80's metal shed TRU store we'd always pay pilgrimage. -
OrangeLightning 9 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI'll always remember the Christmas the Teletubbies plushies were all the rage, my parents managed to nab Lala and Po from Toys R Us, before they were all gone. They were stupidly overpriced on games though, one of the last times I went I was shocked at the mark up. -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoGod, I bought Goldeneye when I was a kid from toys r us, was £50 and took aaaaages to save for. I remember going in the store every week just looking at, thinking it would be mine one day. That magic doesn't really last when you are able to buy games when you want to and treat them in a more disposable manner. -
minky-kong 14,787 posts
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Registered 13 years agosuperbob85 wrote:
Foreboding.
Sad times but always on the cards read maplin are closing stores as well. The high street is finished as we know it. -
OrangeLightning 9 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIt is a shame, I have always loved walking into a shop, picking up the game, passing over the money, and taking it home to play. Buying online just doesn't feel as accomplished? Super Easy mode. -
I really feel for the maplin staff. They were always so great at my local one - really knowledgeable guys into tech. Yet the company seemed to spend more time pushing overpriced tat like disco lights and drones, whilst price gouging on those "hard to find" necessities you'd always go in for (like the right size of sealed lead acid batteries, resistors, lengths of cable etc.). I guess the serious enthusiasts just jumped ship to RS and the casual electronics enthusiast just gets their stuff from ebay/amazon now.
I went in there earlier this week and they were selling USB HDD's for a lot more than the same models in Currys next door. I think I spent around a minute in there before doing a 180 and walking out.
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