Reply to: Bye Wilko

[SueEllen]

in local Wilko about 24 hours ago. Big sign saying discounts and up to 70% off. Actually nothing was 70% off. Not even 1% off!
Badly run and being even worse run by the administrators!
No hope.
IMHO only

I remember when Woolies when bust it had similar discounts.

It was still cheaper to buy the stuff from Sainsburys...

[courtg9000]

in local Wilko about 24 hours ago. Big sign saying discounts and up to 70% off. Actually nothing was 70% off. Not even 1% off!
Badly run and being even worse run by the administrators!
No hope.
IMHO only

[SueEllen]

I bet they have better stock levels though.

Yeah B&M was rammed with stock. Reminded me of Wilko before Covid....

[ladymuck]

I found and went to my "local" B&M last weekend.

I may go and visit my "local" Home Bargains soon.

Neither are walking distance like Wilko.

I bet they have better stock levels though.

[SueEllen]

And in administration.

I found and went to my "local" B&M last weekend.

I may go and visit my "local" Home Bargains soon.

Neither are walking distance like Wilko.

[NickFitz]

I went for an interview for a contract at Wilko's HQ near Worksop about ten years ago. Very nice place, very nice people, interesting project. Didn't hear anything back until, IIRC, nearly three months later, when the agent told me they were really keen to hire me! I pointed out that ten weeks is a long time in contracting, and I was now with a client in Cambridge for at least the next six months

Shame, though - I would have enjoyed a few months up there

[vetran]

And in administration.

[xoggoth]

Just stop w4nking and save using spectacles

Yeh, but if you stop w4nking you'll end up paying more for "extras" at a massage parlour.

[Paddy]

With sign up discounts (and also 'loyalty discounts'), once you have you script then it's very cheap to buy glasses.

e.g. I recently got varifocal, full rimless (metal), scratch coat for £39, delivered. From Googles4U. My script sunglasses were the same plus 40% grey shade and Polaroid for £69.

I had an '80%' loyalty discount code.

Just stop w4nking and save using spectacles

[NigelJK]

With sign up discounts (and also 'loyalty discounts'), once you have you script then it's very cheap to buy glasses.

e.g. I recently got varifocal, full rimless (metal), scratch coat for £39, delivered. From Googles4U. My script sunglasses were the same plus 40% grey shade and Polaroid for £69.

I had an '80%' loyalty discount code.

[SueEllen]

Because the ones that cost £100s are prescription and branded glasses? It's like asking why does a Ferrari cost more than a Dacia.

You can get prescription glasses that don't cost £100s.

In fact several optical chains have decreased the price of their glasses and contact lenses over the years as they are competing with the internet.

[xoggoth]

Cheap glasses but no, even this mean old sod wouldn't buy cheap sunglasses. Seem to recall reading that any can lose quality over time too.

[JustKeepSwimming]

I can understand the cost of opticians doing tests, but that does not explain the entire costs. If you get some prescription glasses and then order a spare pair it still costs a lot. And non prescription glasses in Boots etc are often in the hundreds.

Found on last shop that anti-allergen tablets at Sainsburies are half the cost of brand I've brought before. Same dosage, same formula.

Non prescription sunglasses start at £2.50 at boots according to their website...

It's old, but this is why I would never buy pound shop sunglasses.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ce-shades.html

I'm not sure what you point is on the tablets. Non branded is typically going to be cheaper than branded.

[xoggoth]

Because the ones that cost £100s are prescription and branded glasses?

I can understand the cost of opticians doing tests, but that does not explain the entire costs. If you get some prescription glasses and then order a spare pair it still costs a lot. And non prescription glasses in Boots etc are often in the hundreds.

Found on last shop that anti-allergen tablets at Sainsburies are half the cost of brand I've brought before. Same dosage, same formula.

[JustKeepSwimming]

Being a mean old sod I like cheap places. Went to Poundstretcher the other day for some walking glasses, having lost yet another pair on me walk the day before, and they were 90p. Couldn't believe it. How come glasses in Boots etc. costs hundreds?

Because the ones that cost £100s are prescription and branded glasses? It's like asking why does a Ferrari cost more than a Dacia.