Originally Posted by marc822:
“High street shops need to compete with the internet more. I was in currys and i argued with the lady over a stereo that i could have delivered the next day and it was just over £50 cheaper than me buying it in store. Her argument was that i would have it now and wouldnt have to wait for delivery. I told her im happy to wait and not in a rush and will take the cheapest price. So they lost a sale.”
We have a little independent gaming shop in the town near me, selling computer games, equipment and also running some kind of dungeons and dragons things in there as well. Anyway, went in the other day to see how much they were charging for playstation controllers. Was delighted to find them no more expensive to online prices, so bought one. We commented about it at the time as it was unexpected.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say. Better to cut down on your profit margins and actually get people through the door and sell them stuff than to have such high prices that no one buys anything at all. Of course the overheads are that much more with shops with business rates/renting premise, staff etc. But this local shop at least seems to have got the balance right. Its always busy in there.