jdthomas 0 #1 February 16, 2009 Could not help but notice the "signs" of the time today, okay the last few weeks! These photos where taken in the Johnson county area of Kansas city today. Think the stimulas plan is going to help this? right after taking these photos I stopped in a local cstore in the same nice area of town and was asked if I could spare a .25 cents, beggers are usally not in this area of town. what a day of perspectives. Norwalk furniture, Office depot and pier 1, all feeling the axe.www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfc 1 #2 February 16, 2009 Quote Could not help but notice the "signs" of the time today, okay the last few weeks! These photos where taken in the Johnson county area of Kansas city today. Think the stimulas plan is going to help this? right after taking these photos I stopped in a local cstore in the same nice area of town and was asked if I could spare a .25 cents, beggers are usally not in this area of town. what a day of perspectives. Norwalk furniture, Office depot and pier 1, all feeling the axe. [sarcasm] Yeah, I expect that within minutes of Obama signing the plan on tuesday that all will be well again, he will be able to undo the errors of the last 8-20 years that put us in this mess with just a signature on a bill. [/sarcasm] The economy is going down hard, I support any attempt to help the situation, no-one knows what is right with absolute certainty, but I know that Obama and his advisers know more about economics than I do, and I know that partisan bitching is going to help nothing. I had hoped that the POTUS has all the support he needs to bring us out of this mess, but from looking at the responses on this site and seeing the dickhead GOP senators I realize that the sore losers put their pride before the well being of the country. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #3 February 16, 2009 There's a furniture store near me that's been having a "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS - 30 to 80% OFF!" sale for eight years now. I guess they had a lot of stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #4 February 16, 2009 Quote There's a furniture store near me that's been having a "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS - 30 to 80% OFF!" sale for eight years now. I guess they had a lot of stuff. I've seen it at antique stores that have been around Denver for 20+ years. Usually, when I see them, it's a going out of business sale right around the time they are getting rid of last year's inventory, and magically, they make enough money to stay in business, followed by another going out of business sale at the exact same time the following year. When I was a kid, this guy Marks-Lloyds, who owned a fur store, would have television commercials going every day about how he had to close his business of 30 years and how it would mean 40-60% off every fur. This went on for about 10 years while I was growing up. I think the guy is dead now, but his business is still there. The funny thing is that I now live only a couple of miles from his store, and every single weekend, for the last 10 years at least, there are fur protesters picketing in front of his store. Between the going out of business and the protesters, he still manages to stay in business for 56 years!Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #5 February 16, 2009 It's sad to think that if you are walking into a furniture store that don't have those signs, you are paying 30% to 80% over market price._____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #6 February 16, 2009 As much as we'd like to shut our eyes to how bad the economy is I can tell you it's much worse than people think and small business is suffering the brunt of it. Unfortunately you will see more and more of this in the months to come.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #7 February 16, 2009 QuoteIt's sad to think that if you are walking into a furniture store that don't have those signs, you are paying 30% to 80% over market price. What kind of margins do you think a retail business should have?www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #8 February 16, 2009 QuoteThere's a furniture store near me that's been having a "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS - 30 to 80% OFF!" sale for eight years now. I guess they had a lot of stuff. Yeah I have seen a few of those as well, but these are really going the way of the circut city that was a few blocks from here and near these stores as well. My wife and I have been taking bets on what stoers in what strip malls by us are doomed and how soon they will fall. whats amazing to me is that in other parts of our city the building of new malls in still going on when stores like these can't survive. I don't understand the desier to develope in areas that yet do not have infrastuctire like roads. You would think they are moving to avaiod a tax like a city tax but it's still within the same city.. puzzeling to me really.www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #9 February 16, 2009 > don't understand the desier to develope in areas that yet do not have infrastuctire like roads. Often cities will give companies very large incentives (road construction, sewer, even actual money) to get them to build new Wal-Marts in undeveloped areas, hoping to expand their tax base in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 489 #10 February 16, 2009 Where do bankers go after being laid off? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7892240.stm I am surprised I really thought the old "do you want fries with that" joke was pretty lame - but I am amazed that fast food is growing in times of economic trouble.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loumeinhart 0 #11 February 16, 2009 Quoteyou are paying 30% to 80% over market price. I see your point, but I believe what you pay actually is or contributes to the market price. supply/demand Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #12 February 16, 2009 >It's sad to think that if you are walking into a furniture store that don't have >those signs, you are paying 30% to 80% over market price. I think it's more like the "30 to 80%" off signs means that their final prices are close to market - while appearing to be a good deal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingOsh 0 #13 February 16, 2009 Quote>It's sad to think that if you are walking into a furniture store that don't have >those signs, you are paying 30% to 80% over market price. I think it's more like the "30 to 80%" off signs means that their final prices are close to market - while appearing to be a good deal. Agreed. I've been in Circuit City twice to try and grab a good deal. Even after their price cuts, Best Buy was still cheaper. No wonder they're going out of business. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks2065 0 #14 February 16, 2009 QuoteQuote>It's sad to think that if you are walking into a furniture store that don't have >those signs, you are paying 30% to 80% over market price. I think it's more like the "30 to 80%" off signs means that their final prices are close to market - while appearing to be a good deal. Agreed. I've been in Circuit City twice to try and grab a good deal. Even after their price cuts, Best Buy was still cheaper. No wonder they're going out of business. that is because it is off manufacturer list price not off what they sold it for previous to the close out sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #15 February 17, 2009 QuoteWhat kind of margins do you think a retail business should have? *As much as the market can bear. Seriously though. Providing you are advertising within the law, go get what you can from the customer. It's illegal to use "going out of business" sales as a sales tactic regularly. *Shamelessly ripped off quote correction: California does not have defined laws, but most states do_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
