Saaamon:
shytalk:
i wish i had listened to my parents when i was fannying about at school and was in a position to be an MP and get paid for talking bollox…at 150 grand a year !Bet you must be kicking yourself now.
YEH lol , i can sleep at night though… 
We might be out of technical recession but that’s not the same as being out of real life recession, and it’s worth remembering that it takes two negative quarters to go into recession but only one positive quarter to come out of it… get ready for the triple-dip recession.
Your not far from the truth Harry…as a country we seem to take all this crap…do you think we would ever have a revolution ?
Harry Monk:
get ready for the triple-dip recession.
As soon as i heard we were out what you just said is exactly what i thought.
To be fair Comet have in trouble for years and were sold for £2 only a couple of years ago
Well I won’t miss any of those shops, full of people who know nothing of the product they are trying to sell, disinterested attitudes and frankly uncompetitive pricing in today’s online market place, I once asked them if they would knock a couple of quid off a £600 tv after seeing the same tv opposite side of the road in Currys, I got an arrogant “buy it in Currys then” and have never been back since. Like already mentioned far better to research online in any case and use the stores to touch and feel the product when possible.
Its bad if you lose your job, but the crisis is worldwide not just Britain. Were in a whole lot better shape than most of our so-called European partners. I wouldnt swap our position for the Greeks, Spaniards, Italians, Irish, Portugese or French.
Were not so bad actually as a country, compared to most. As for Comet, my mrs says its the fault of the supermarkets. Ive heard on the radio its the fault of the internet. Its neither, its actually the fault of the Comet management for going bust. They didnt adapt. They folded. Its crazy to say, "its not our fault, its the others. Theyre selling the stuff we wanted to sell and theyre selling it cheaper and in a more convenient way". Still, Im sure the CEO and other board members will be OK.
Rents are huge, business rates are huge, they won’t be the last big shed retailer to fold. They must be in bad financial shape if the credit underwriters weren’t prepared to hang on until Christmas which is traditionally a good time for electrical retailers, quarter-day rents are next due on 1st January and I expect we’ll see a few more give up the ghost at the end of December.
After Christmas there will be some others going POP 
Comet were saved before with the Kingfisher buyout, they also owned B&Q, Screwfix, Darty, Bricomarche and lots of other businesses, even Woolworths.
Ellen Macarthur sailed the Kingfisher yacht around the world with Comet backing. When Kingfisher concentrated on Home Improvements and divested themself of electricals, Comet began to suffer again.
On the TV news, there were many Hull staff being interviewed, most said no comment, others blamed companies undercutting them 
That’s Showbusiness folks.
Comet were saved before with the Kingfisher buyout, they also owned B&Q, Screwfix, Darty, Bricomarche and lots of other businesses, even Woolworths.
Ellen Macarthur sailed the Kingfisher yacht around the world with Comet backing. When Kingfisher concentrated on Home Improvements and divested themself of electricals, Comet began to suffer again.
On the TV news, there were many Hull staff being interviewed, most said no comment, others blamed companies undercutting them
That’s Showbusiness folks.
i used to work for comet home delivery as a driver , it was my first ever hgv job , i had a great time working for them it was hard work and crap pay but the tips of the customers were great , two man crew i used to go out in what a laugh it used to be , i will be sad for the guys i worked with if they lose there jobs but comet as a company i wouldnt miss a bit 
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i used to work for comet home delivery as a driver , it was my first ever hgv job , i had a great time working for them it was hard work and crap pay but the tips of the customers were great , two man crew i used to go out in what a laugh it used to be , i will be sad for the guys i worked with if they lose there jobs but comet as a company i wouldnt miss a bit
You did well, way back in the distant past it was me, a 7.5 tonner and a sackbarrow, covered anywhere from The Humber to The Wash and east coast to the M1.
I started with them as a sales assistant at the same time Sunday trading was allowed, have to say it was a pain in the arse every Sunday, folks with bugger all to do came in playing the “let’s go down to Comet and waste an hour of someone’s day”.
Internet sales will have played a part in the current situation but my big gripe is that half the internet buying public don’t know what they are buying or of it is going to be suitable, internet product descriptions and reviews aren’t the sort of things I’d use when looking at high ticket items.
Sorry for all the employees this close to Christmas, not sorry for the company, poor customer service unhelpful staff in stores.
Asked what the delivery time was “will arrive some time between 8 and 5 P.M”. Supermarkets that sell everything and online sales have finished them off, survival of the fittest they weren’t fit goodbye.
Comet did have “supplier insuarance” - that means the insurance company would guarantee payment to the supplier if anything happened to Comet.
The insurance company were worried about Comet’s financial situation so they withdrew the guarantee to suppliers.
Suppliers then demanded cash up front from Comet.
Comet had no cash to pay upfront.
Stalemate.
Administration.
DHL were involved with Comet Skelmersdale a few years ago.
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There are a lot of factors affecting comets towards a closedown outright.
Some of them are shared by firms that are still around - but probably for not much longer!
Nobbies won’t suffer, because they are too big to feel any pain from what to them is a microscopic injury.
Other white goods retailers won’t really benefit, because the main reason people don’t buy stuff at Comets has already been mentioned;
Stiff competition from supermarkets, uncompetetive behaviour (price match isn’t as good a deal as an online beater that you have to go in-store to collect)
and of course the staff are either ignorant, or smarter students who are watching the clock, because it’s the only job they had a passing temporary fancy for.
(Uni guy didn’t fancy working in McD’s, and girlygirl isn’t going anywhere near waiting on tables!)
THe venture capital firm that took it over for £2 thought they’d gone ■■■■ up in the first place because there was too much fat to be cut off the payroll.
Doh! It’s expensive site rentals on fancy trading estates with landlords that won’t budge on rents!
That’s a continuing cause of retail bankruptcies. Landlord has gotta have their pound of flesh you see. 
A business that sells nothing that you can’t buy cheaper on the internet but pays massive rents and has to pay loads of staff is always going to struggle in the modern age. They aren’t the first and most certainly won’t be the last.
Argos next.
Something’s not right in the world of white goods, Hi Group went a couple of weeks ago, now Vomit. TBF the staff in store were only really interested in selling the extended plans, and made any old bullshine up to get a sale, the same goes for most of the other large retailers, the only good experience I’ve had is at John Lewis, with knowledgeable, non pushy & helpful staff.
Went intae a comet store about 24+yrs ago a couple o days before my wedding ,anyway was in my overalls pretty dirty as id been in an out o a landfill all day ,must of had about 1k in my pocket as i had a house to furnish ,tv,dryer washer, cooker stereo etc .
I must have asked half a dozen non salesmen to help me ,after 15mins and steam coming out o my ears i went back to the desk and showed them what they lost out on …ohh how can i help you …answer was go …yourselfs!
never set foot in a comet since.
jimmy
Yeh, I keep hearing about what a cosy number the “partnership” is and all, but where’s the actual full time job availability to go with it?
Around here, some agencies talk about “Ongoing career enhancing prospects with gist at Faversham” and yet all they are really offering is 13 week rolling contracts as agency. I didn’t hang around long enough to find out if its also the shifts you don’t want and umbrella as well. £9ph for a 30 mile commute killed it dead for me there and then. Delivering to petrol stations the most of it I gather.
Can’t find anything about the BOC place at Oare though. Any pointers?