Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins !

Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores !

This is business, nothing to do with politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-_OFMUicz8

Was it not Gerry that was one of the first, that pushed for a GST for online goods?.   :(

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2017 at 11:00pm:

Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores !

I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do.

You are one fkked up little unit.

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 9:44am:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit.

Australian businesses are destroying themselves.

High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers.

Look at books, for example.

I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book.

Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free.

Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service?

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:00am:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service?

I don't mind paying the Australian premium.


I hate people being unemployed, so if it costs more to keep them off the dole, no biggie to me.

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:07am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 10:00am: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service? I don't mind paying the Australian premium.

Either do I, when it's reasonable.

If a book is $30 in Dymocks, and $25 at bookdepository.com, I'll go to Dymocks.

If it's half price, though, that's a different story.

Plus, as I mentioned before, service is just appalling in this country.

I don't mind paying a premium for good service, and a good product, but I'm not going to hand over extra money when the person serving me is too busy texting, and the product I'm buying is twice the price.

I support local business as much as I can, but only up to a certain point - if they start takin' the piss, I'll go online.

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:00am:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service?

Because they don't employ Australians  :-/

Its time wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:14am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 10:00am: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service? Because they don't employ Australians  :-/

I reckon there's a pretty good chance that one of the people packing my books in Gloucester is an Australian.

And, even if they're a whinging pom, there's a pretty good chance they'll come to Australia for a holiday (and spend lots of tourist dollars), thanks to my orders.

:)

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:13am:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 10:07am: greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 10:00am: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service? I don't mind paying the Australian premium. Either do I, when it's reasonable. If a book is $30 in Dymocks, and $25 at bookdepository.com, I'll go to Dymocks. If it's half price, though, that's a different story. Plus, as I mentioned before, service is just appalling in this country. I don't mind paying a premium for good service, and a good product, but I'm not going to hand over extra money when the person serving me is too busy texting, and the product I'm buying is twice the price. I support local business as much as I can, but only up to a certain point - if they start takin' the piss, I'll go online.

Everyone wants the top dollar, but nobody wants to pay the price for it


We have been plummeting head long into a service based economy, nobody wants to be any good at it


We all get our panties in a bunch when tourism jobs are threatened by mining, don't care enough to make sure they are any good at it or even want to do that sort of sh1t for a living.


We as a country couldn't organise a root in a brothel with a fist full of $100s


All these problems as first world as they are, are of our own making, no-one else is to blame.

You do realise scoped doesnt actually mean open or even planning to open. Amazons still a few years away.

Buying overseas , and I'm guilty of it as well is putting downward pressure on wage growth in this country .

A libtards wet dream so fukem buy local

The margins are a lot tighter in B&M shops these days but there are still some items you get royally arsephucked on.

Bout 5 years ago a Merican friend was visiting me and spotted an XYZ in my house and said, oh I've got the same one and I nearly fainted after the "how much did you pay" conversation.

A month later I landed and paid tax on x50 of them for about $450 each. RRP was $1700. Over the next two years I sold as many as I could  get my hands on (for about $1000 ) and ended up moving the RRP down to about $1200   ;D ;D ;D   

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 9:44am:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit.

Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;)

Its time wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:54am:

Buying overseas , and I'm guilty of it as well is putting downward pressure on wage growth in this country . A libtards wet dream so fukem buy local

The problem is you can't buy local product anymore because Gerry and co put them out of business long ago :(

And it doesn't matter whether it's a cheap nickel and dime item or expensive boutique item these import junky shop keepers bringing in container loads of imported junk just and turn their nose up at the local talent so they can get their 50% margins !! The punters buying off ebay are now beating them at their own game and rightfully so ;)

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 12:00pm:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;)

You always have an excuse don't you and when they look pathetic, you rely on the personal attack.


You're a sadly little man.  ;D ;D ;D


Destroying live is not something to aspire to, you evil pr1ck

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 12:18pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) You always have an excuse don't you and when they look pathetic, you rely on the personal attack. You're a sadly little man.  ;D ;D ;D Destroying live is not something to aspire to, you evil pr1ck

Bullshit. Answer the question moreon.

Who were the punters buying from when local manufacturers died trying to dance to Gerry and co's tune of a race to the bottom ?  This was way before the internet and online sales !!

Now Amazon is going to do to Gerry and co what he did to so many local manufacturers !! It's karma ;) Get over it.

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:07am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 10:00am: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Australian businesses are destroying themselves. High prices, coupled with second-rate service, are driving away their customers. Look at books, for example. I can get in my car and go to my local Dymocks, wait 5 or 10 minutes for someone to serve me, and then pay $30 for a book. Or, I can go online to bookdepository.com, find the exact same book for up to half price, and have it delivered to me for free. Supporting local business is all well and good, but If you can get the same thing, for a lot cheaper, delivered to your door, why wouldn't you support a foreign company that will provide that service? I don't mind paying the Australian premium. I hate people being unemployed, so if it costs more to keep them off the dole, no biggie to me.

Intuitively it sounds like a sound and noble gesture. In reality it is actually detrimental. Disposable income levels are pretty constant in the medium timeframe. By using a higher proportion of disposable income on a single vendor it reduces the amount that can be spent on the remainder. It benefits the targeted vendor but only at the expense of all others, effectively robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The situation is difficult but can only be turned around by growing productivity.

Loss of market share, zero wages growth, stagnant GDP growth and an economy that refuses to inflate or all symptomatic of declining total factor productivity.

Good work by Amazon & I hope they make many aussie jobs too.

Its time wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 10:54am:

Buying overseas , and I'm guilty of it as well is putting downward pressure on wage growth in this country . A libtards wet dream so fukem buy local

Wages growth is tied to productivity. You're confusing productivity with production. They're not the same thing.

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 12:00pm:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;)

It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity.

It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance.

https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif

crocodile wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 1:14pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity. It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance. https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif

Rubbish rubbish rubbish !!

Gerry adds no value to anything yet commands the lions share of the retail price whilst the local manufacturer who adds nearly all of the value was being squeezed dry. This was never going to be sustainable !!

The chinaman in china couldn't give a sh.t about Gerry and his inefficient bricks and mortar store chain which is why the chinese will sell to anyone. The days of the manufacturer and shop keeper supply chain are long gone. No local manufacturer can hope to compete with the Gerry Harveys taking all of their profits whilst adding no value and taking minimal risk !

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 12:31pm:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:18pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) You always have an excuse don't you and when they look pathetic, you rely on the personal attack. You're a sadly little man.  ;D ;D ;D Destroying live is not something to aspire to, you evil pr1ck Bullshit. Answer the question moreon. Who were the punters buying from when local manufacturers died trying to dance to Gerry and co's tune of a race to the bottom ?  This was way before the internet and online sales !! Now Amazon is going to do to Gerry and co what he did to so many local manufacturers !! It's karma ;) Get over it.

I have avoided by cheap chinese sh1t my whole adult life and quite successfully. Gerry sell cheap chinese sh1t to people like you because that is what you buy and that is why Australian manufacturing went under. Not because of Gerry but because that is what you wanted.

If I can avoid buy cheap chinese sh1t with the limited selection available to me, then you have not excuse other than that is what always want when you buy stuff; cheap and nasty.


You could have always bought non-chinese stuff at anytime you wanted, you chose not to.

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 1:36pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:31pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:18pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) You always have an excuse don't you and when they look pathetic, you rely on the personal attack. You're a sadly little man.  ;D ;D ;D Destroying live is not something to aspire to, you evil pr1ck Bullshit. Answer the question moreon. Who were the punters buying from when local manufacturers died trying to dance to Gerry and co's tune of a race to the bottom ?  This was way before the internet and online sales !! Now Amazon is going to do to Gerry and co what he did to so many local manufacturers !! It's karma ;) Get over it. I have avoided by cheap chinese sh1t my whole adult life and quite successfully. Gerry sell cheap chinese sh1t to people like you because that is what you buy and that is why Australian manufacturing went under. Not because of Gerry but because that is what you wanted. If I can avoid buy cheap chinese sh1t with the limited selection available to me, then you have not excuse other than that is what always want when you buy stuff; cheap and nasty. You could have always bought non-chinese stuff at anytime you wanted, you chose not to.

How many times do you need to be told. You can't buy quality local goods anymore because Gerry and co put them out of business trying to maximize his own profits :(

Why are you so thick ? (stupid question)

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 1:29pm:

crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:14pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity. It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance. https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif Rubbish rubbish rubbish !! Gerry adds no value to anything yet commands the lions share of the retail price whilst the local manufacturer who adds nearly all of the value was being squeezed dry. This was never going to be sustainable !! The chinaman in china couldn't give a sh.t about Gerry and his inefficient bricks and mortar store chain which is why the chinese will sell to anyone. The days of the manufacturer and shop keeper supply chain are long gone. No local manufacturer can hope to compete with the Gerry Harveys taking all of their profits whilst adding no value and taking minimal risk !

Christ you're thick. Labour productivity has been growing you nonce. How is anybody meant to compete when each increment of labour productivity keeps sucking increasing amounts of capital. A textbook would come in handy. Find the chapter on diminishing returns.

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 1:44pm:

BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:36pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:31pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:18pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) You always have an excuse don't you and when they look pathetic, you rely on the personal attack. You're a sadly little man.  ;D ;D ;D Destroying live is not something to aspire to, you evil pr1ck Bullshit. Answer the question moreon. Who were the punters buying from when local manufacturers died trying to dance to Gerry and co's tune of a race to the bottom ?  This was way before the internet and online sales !! Now Amazon is going to do to Gerry and co what he did to so many local manufacturers !! It's karma ;) Get over it. I have avoided by cheap chinese sh1t my whole adult life and quite successfully. Gerry sell cheap chinese sh1t to people like you because that is what you buy and that is why Australian manufacturing went under. Not because of Gerry but because that is what you wanted. If I can avoid buy cheap chinese sh1t with the limited selection available to me, then you have not excuse other than that is what always want when you buy stuff; cheap and nasty. You could have always bought non-chinese stuff at anytime you wanted, you chose not to. How many times do you need to be told. You can't buy quality local goods anymore because Gerry and co put them out of business trying to maximize his own profits :( Why are you so thick ? (stupid question)

What makes you think I didn't actually acknowledge that you fkken retard.  ;D ;D ;D ;D



I buy NON CHINESE stuff as I am fully aware of the lack of Australian products to fkken dolt!



Something you are totally ignorant of is the the Harvey Normans stores you want to go broke are franchises, as in NOT owned by Gerry Harvey; so your hatred is going no where near him just some poor bastard trying to make a living.


Even if every single store close, it wont affect him too much, but the lives of thousands will be fkkhead.  >:( >:(

Bobby. wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 12:53pm:

Good work by Amazon & I hope they make many aussie jobs too.

Yes I heard they are opening their warehouse in Dandenong Sth and will create 1000's of jobs ;) But you see with these libbos they are all about jobs as long as they are the jobs that their mates profit from such as Gerry Harvey !

crocodile wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 2:00pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:29pm: crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:14pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity. It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance. https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif Rubbish rubbish rubbish !! Gerry adds no value to anything yet commands the lions share of the retail price whilst the local manufacturer who adds nearly all of the value was being squeezed dry. This was never going to be sustainable !! The chinaman in china couldn't give a sh.t about Gerry and his inefficient bricks and mortar store chain which is why the chinese will sell to anyone. The days of the manufacturer and shop keeper supply chain are long gone. No local manufacturer can hope to compete with the Gerry Harveys taking all of their profits whilst adding no value and taking minimal risk ! Christ you're thick. Labour productivity has been growing you nonce. How is anybody meant to compete when each increment of labour productivity keeps sucking increasing amounts of capital. A textbook would come in handy. Find the chapter on diminishing returns.

where is the productivity from the retail chain then ? Why always go after labor productivity whilst ignoring the elephant in the room ? That is the retailers and their greedy landlords which produce nothing except load up the price with their greedy margins for doing nothing !! They are the least productive whilst sucking the most out of the consumer :(

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 4:29pm:

Bobby. wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:53pm: Good work by Amazon & I hope they make many aussie jobs too. Yes I heard they are opening their warehouse in Dandenong Sth and will create 1000's of jobs ;) But you see with these libbos they are all about jobs as long as they are the jobs that their mates profit from such as Gerry Harvey !

Yep - those Libbos always looks after their rich mates.

We can't help you': Harvey Norman fined for misleading consumers about their rights

Sydney Morning Herald
January 18 2016

   

A Harvey Norman franchisee has been fined $52,000 for repeatedly telling customers with new but problem-plagued computers that it couldn't help them.   :(

The Federal Court found a Harvey Norman store on the Gold Coast breached two sections of consumer law by falsely telling customers with malfunctioning computers that it had no obligation to provide a remedy and couldn't assist any further without payment.

One woman, whose Sony laptop sometimes failed to start, failed to shut down and was slow, kept being told by a salesperson: "We can't help you."   :(

One man, who complained his new Acer desktop randomly froze and shut down, was told on two occasions: "There's nothing we can do."

Under consumer law, products sold in Australia come with a consumer guarantee, meaning they must be of acceptable quality. If not, the retailer must offer a repair, replacement or a refund.

The proceedings were brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

"This penalty is a timely reminder to all businesses, whether large or small, that they must not mislead consumers about consumer guarantee rights under the Australian Consumer Law," the ACCC's acting chairman Michael Schaper said.

The latest order bumps up the total amount of penalties paid by Harvey Norman franchisees in regards to false or misleading representations about consumer rights to $286,000.

In 2014, four franchisees were hit with penalties ranging from $10,000 to $26,000 - an Oxley store in Queensland, a Gordon store in NSW, and Mandurah and Albany stores in Western Australia.

Justice John Dowsett said, in imposing a penalty of $52,000 against Bunavit, the operator of the Bundall superstore in Queensland, he took into account that there were more impugned statements than in other comparable cases, the conduct continued over a longer period, and more staff members were involved.

He also took into account Bunavit's sales revenue of nearly $70 million and net profit of $1.2 million in 2012-13 - "significantly larger" than other stores in comparable cases.

In the Bunavit case, the salesperson told the customer with the faulty Sony laptop that they couldn't help her and to approach the manufacturer.

But when she received her laptop back from an Sony-authorised service centre, it had developed more problems. Again, Harvey Norman told her to go back to Sony.

When she got her laptop back for the second time, the DC input wasn't working, meaning she could no longer charge the battery.

Harvey Norman employees then told her the DC input issue was her problem, they couldn't help her unless she wanted to pay, and they were not willing to pay for a refund or replacement.   :(

"The reason is that you did not come to us for the initial repair," a salesperson said.

"If you send the laptop back to Planet Tech to repair the DC input issue, then we will agree to pay for half of the repair costs," the same salesperson said later on the same day.

Only after she lodged complaints with the ACCC and the Queensland Office of Fair Trading did Harvey Norman begin fixing the laptop problems.

Justice Dowsett said broad denials of liability by a retailer may lead a consumer into thinking the persistence required would be "too much trouble, with too little assurance of a satisfactory outcome".

"A great number of electronic devices are purchased by consumers from retailers such as Bunavit. Consumers frequently return such devices, claiming that they are faulty, or not of an acceptable quality," he said.

"A retailer should ensure that its staff members are informed about, and conduct themselves in conformity with, the Australian Consumer Law."

Fairfax Media has contacted Harvey Norman for comment.

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 4:32pm:

crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 2:00pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:29pm: crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:14pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity. It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance. https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif Rubbish rubbish rubbish !! Gerry adds no value to anything yet commands the lions share of the retail price whilst the local manufacturer who adds nearly all of the value was being squeezed dry. This was never going to be sustainable !! The chinaman in china couldn't give a sh.t about Gerry and his inefficient bricks and mortar store chain which is why the chinese will sell to anyone. The days of the manufacturer and shop keeper supply chain are long gone. No local manufacturer can hope to compete with the Gerry Harveys taking all of their profits whilst adding no value and taking minimal risk ! Christ you're thick. Labour productivity has been growing you nonce. How is anybody meant to compete when each increment of labour productivity keeps sucking increasing amounts of capital. A textbook would come in handy. Find the chapter on diminishing returns. where is the productivity from the retail chain then ? Why always go after labor productivity whilst ignoring the elephant in the room ? That is the retailers and their greedy landlords which produce nothing except load up the price with their greedy margins for doing nothing !! They are the least productive whilst sucking the most out of the consumer :(

Do you understand what labour productivity actually is and the means by which it grows.

crocodile wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 5:29pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 4:32pm: crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 2:00pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:29pm: crocodile wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 1:14pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 12:00pm: BigOl64 wrote on Aug 4th, 2017 at 9:44am: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 3rd, 2017 at 11:00pm: Just heard today Amazon has scoped out a suitable warehouse in Melbourne. Now watch all of the other import junkies crap themselves. Feel the fear Gerry and co ! That's how all of the Aussie manufacturers felt when you sold them out to the foreign competition whilst preserving your own greedy profit margins ! Finally it's the end game for the greedy Bricks and Mortar stores ! I have never seen anyone get as much enjoyment out of foreign companies coming to this country and destroying Australian business as you do. You are one fkked up little unit. Who were the punters buying from when old Gerry and co went over to asia to seek out the bargain basement suppliers which subsequently put a lot of local manufacturers out of business when he stopped buying from them ? The internet and e-commerce wasn't around then !! Get your head out of the sand dickhead. What goes around comes around ;) It seems that way but Ol' Gerry had his hand forced by falling total factor productivity. It is a real concern that capital productivity has been on the nose for nearly two decades. Positive growth in labour productivity amply demonstrates that in general, local firms are not shy with investment. Most of the day's ills have their roots in this piss poor performance. https://rorygregg.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/abs_productivity_oct20111.gif Rubbish rubbish rubbish !! Gerry adds no value to anything yet commands the lions share of the retail price whilst the local manufacturer who adds nearly all of the value was being squeezed dry. This was never going to be sustainable !! The chinaman in china couldn't give a sh.t about Gerry and his inefficient bricks and mortar store chain which is why the chinese will sell to anyone. The days of the manufacturer and shop keeper supply chain are long gone. No local manufacturer can hope to compete with the Gerry Harveys taking all of their profits whilst adding no value and taking minimal risk ! Christ you're thick. Labour productivity has been growing you nonce. How is anybody meant to compete when each increment of labour productivity keeps sucking increasing amounts of capital. A textbook would come in handy. Find the chapter on diminishing returns. where is the productivity from the retail chain then ? Why always go after labor productivity whilst ignoring the elephant in the room ? That is the retailers and their greedy landlords which produce nothing except load up the price with their greedy margins for doing nothing !! They are the least productive whilst sucking the most out of the consumer :( Do you understand what labour productivity actually is and the means by which it grows.

Don't ignore the elephant in the room mate !! How does Mr Greedy shopkeeper and their risk averse greedy landlords justify the lions share of the retail price without adding any value to the supply chain ? You talk about productivity then check that out ! The chinaman is laughing at us for putting up with old gerry and his cohort of thieves for so long ! They are thanking gerry for putting aussie manufacturers out of business and sending all of the business over to china so gerry could be more greedy !!

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 12:19pm:

Don't ignore the elephant in the room mate !! How does Mr Greedy shopkeeper and their risk averse greedy landlords justify the lions share of the retail price without adding any value to the supply chain ? Nails logic: The provision of a distribution network, advertising, customers etc adds no value to the supply chain. Just fukken brilliant. You talk about productivity then check that out ! The chinaman is laughing at us for putting up with old gerry and his cohort of thieves for so long ! They are thanking gerry for putting aussie manufacturers out of business and sending all of the business over to china so gerry could be more greedy !! Sorry 'ol chap but Gerry put nobody out of business. It's already been pointed out to you that local multifactor productivity has been in serious decline for nearly two decades. Watch out for those elephants before they trample you.

crocodile wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 2:28pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 12:19pm: Don't ignore the elephant in the room mate !! How does Mr Greedy shopkeeper and their risk averse greedy landlords justify the lions share of the retail price without adding any value to the supply chain ? Nails logic: The provision of a distribution network, advertising, customers etc adds no value to the supply chain. Just fukken brilliant. You talk about productivity then check that out ! The chinaman is laughing at us for putting up with old gerry and his cohort of thieves for so long ! They are thanking gerry for putting aussie manufacturers out of business and sending all of the business over to china so gerry could be more greedy !! Sorry 'ol chap but Gerry put nobody out of business. It's already been pointed out to you that local multifactor productivity has been in serious decline for nearly two decades. Watch out for those elephants before they trample you.

I know many manufacturers here who are now thriving because they sell direct whereas they would have surely gone broke dancing to the tune of greedy shopkeepers !

Yep Gerry and co sure put them out of business along with the greedy landlords and now the tables are turning on them. The consumer is doing to Gerry what he did to every manufacturer. Lets see how the most unproductive and the most greedy in the retail chain now face their day of reckoning when market forces take their course. I'm sitting back and watching this with Interest ;)

And BTW both Myers and Harvey Norman are the most shorted stocks at the moment. That should tell you something ;)

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 7:42pm:

crocodile wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 2:28pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 12:19pm: Don't ignore the elephant in the room mate !! How does Mr Greedy shopkeeper and their risk averse greedy landlords justify the lions share of the retail price without adding any value to the supply chain ? Nails logic: The provision of a distribution network, advertising, customers etc adds no value to the supply chain. Just fukken brilliant. You talk about productivity then check that out ! The chinaman is laughing at us for putting up with old gerry and his cohort of thieves for so long ! They are thanking gerry for putting aussie manufacturers out of business and sending all of the business over to china so gerry could be more greedy !! Sorry 'ol chap but Gerry put nobody out of business. It's already been pointed out to you that local multifactor productivity has been in serious decline for nearly two decades. Watch out for those elephants before they trample you. I know many manufacturers here who are now thriving because they sell direct whereas they would have surely gone broke dancing to the tune of greedy shopkeepers ! Yep Gerry and co sure put them out of business along with the greedy landlords and now the tables are turning on them. The consumer is doing to Gerry what he did to every manufacturer. Lets see how the most unproductive and the most greedy in the retail chain now face their day of reckoning when market forces take their course. I'm sitting back and watching this with Interest ;) And BTW both Myers and Harvey Norman are the most shorted stocks at the moment. That should tell you something ;)

Just as I thought. You have no idea what productivity actually is. In terms of both labour and capital. You are an economic nonce. Buy a textbook. The plight of the manufacturers is adequately dealt with in the chapter on comparative advantage. David Ricardo had this all worked out 200 years ago. Dope.

crocodile wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 8:02pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 7:42pm: crocodile wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 2:28pm: Sir lastnail wrote on Aug 5th, 2017 at 12:19pm: Don't ignore the elephant in the room mate !! How does Mr Greedy shopkeeper and their risk averse greedy landlords justify the lions share of the retail price without adding any value to the supply chain ? Nails logic: The provision of a distribution network, advertising, customers etc adds no value to the supply chain. Just fukken brilliant. You talk about productivity then check that out ! The chinaman is laughing at us for putting up with old gerry and his cohort of thieves for so long ! They are thanking gerry for putting aussie manufacturers out of business and sending all of the business over to china so gerry could be more greedy !! Sorry 'ol chap but Gerry put nobody out of business. It's already been pointed out to you that local multifactor productivity has been in serious decline for nearly two decades. Watch out for those elephants before they trample you. I know many manufacturers here who are now thriving because they sell direct whereas they would have surely gone broke dancing to the tune of greedy shopkeepers ! Yep Gerry and co sure put them out of business along with the greedy landlords and now the tables are turning on them. The consumer is doing to Gerry what he did to every manufacturer. Lets see how the most unproductive and the most greedy in the retail chain now face their day of reckoning when market forces take their course. I'm sitting back and watching this with Interest ;) And BTW both Myers and Harvey Norman are the most shorted stocks at the moment. That should tell you something ;) Just as I thought. You have no idea what productivity actually is. In terms of both labour and capital. You are an economic nonce. Buy a textbook. The plight of the manufacturers is adequately dealt with in the chapter on comparative advantage. David Ricardo had this all worked out 200 years ago. Dope.

Quote:

Productivity is an economic measure of output per unit of input. Inputs include labor and capital, while output is typically measured in revenues and other gross domestic product (GDP) components such as business inventories.

Now lets apply that definition to shop keepers and see what we get ?

What goes in ? A product in a box

What comes out ? The same product in the same box which is now much more expensive plus huge overheads !!

In other words very unproductive :D