Posted on 11/05/2008 8:40:20 PM PST by Lorianne
We’re buying until Jan 20th....
Just a bunch of jumpy, in-you-face, won’t-take-no-for-an-answer on “protection packages” bunch of jerks. (but got to admit, they were probably being managed by an even bigger jerk).
Same customer non-service in Pennsylania. The store employees either ignore you or act as though you are a nuisance.
Time to winnow the grain.
I'm cutting back now. This may be the last "holiday" season when my paychecks are bigger following the payoff of maximum social security tax around September. I'll be clearing off any and all debt so that I have the alternative of working for smaller compensation when tax rates skyrocket. Any earnings after Jan 1, 2009 will likely experience higher withholding. Don't forget how Clinton made tax hikes retroactive. Lots of us had to cough up extra money in April to compensate for the insufficient withholding caused by the retro activity. Don't put it past Obama and the RATS to have a repeat performance.
Circuit City was nice until Fry’s Electronics opened in Ventura, CA. Then CC became a ghost town. I regularly try to be frugal and sparing.
A lot of entry level jobs are being phased out. I expect fast food restaurants to go to touch screens for orders and payments, so that all they have to have is the cooks and people to hand you your food. The majority of the people working at fast food restaurants can't make change anyway.
One of the things I've wondered about is that we have more manufacturing capacity than we have need. Any of the major vehicle manufacturers, for example, could produce enough cars for everyone to have a new car every three years, if they could afford it. However, as with agriculture, far fewer people are required to produce the product. What happens? How do you match product with consumer and worker with employment?
Circuit City Riverside. A number of years ago was in looking for whatever, can’t remember right this minute. I’d make eye contact with a representative, next thing you know the individual was nowhere to be seen. I’d find another Sales person, they’d make some excuse and disappear. I started to walk out and a manager saw I was really ticked off as I headed for the exit, and approached to ask if he could help. I responded with “Are you a manager?” He replied he was, and I told him “There’s a bunch of jerks in there, pointing to the Display and service area where the employees were watching television rather than doing their jobs, that need managing”, and walked out. Never been back.
We’ve spent a lot of money for our refrigerator and freezer appliances at the local Best Buy just down, and across the street from Circuit City because they do have good deals, and their service is great.
A local single store outfit though is even better than Best Buy for price, hospitality, and service which is amazing as one would think the big chain store would have better purchasing power, thus better sale price. Interesting.
For me, no. Too many things I wan't to see up close and a monitor doesn't do it for me.
Books, music, videos - yes online. Pretty much everything else - going to a store.
Start buying a more stuff used and online with NO taxes. :)
As Dave Ramsey says, "Crafts for Christmas." Screw Oba$tard's economy. I'm looking out for me and mine first.
My wife could give almost everyone in the family a sewing machine. Last count she owned 30 of them. lol I am thinking of taking one room in our home and making her a sewing machine museum.
I found this great looking basket one night on the internet. Believe it is called a clam basket. Looks neat and not too difficult except the round bent handle. More than likely I will be able to figure out how to make thoses before next Christmas.
Sounds like fun. You're talking to a geek who went to the air conditioning exhibit at the Building Museum in DC, who loves old typewriters and radios. I can definitely see a room full of sewing machines!
Oh, I forgot to mention that she has a couple of sergers, two embroidery machines and at least 400 spools of thread around here too. lol
You know what?
That's a very intriguing idea.
The "bitter, clinging conservatives" in my household have always rebuilt, adapted, used up, done without-- because we don't believe in being wastefull.
IOW, we recycled long before it became a pseudo religion to the MoonBat Left.
Maybe we ought to start a new movement? Kind of a low-level John Galt thing?
Best Buy, Commission, Circuit City, Salary. That is why you get better service at Best Buy.
Servers at most restaurants fulfill the drink, soup and salad creation directly. They also check to make sure the kitchen did the right thing with the order. There may be less need as patronage trails off with less disposable income.
I expect to run my trucks until they can't be repaired anymore. All of them have under 30,000 miles. Except for the 2008 Mariner Hybrid, I have title to all of them. The 3 motorcycles and BV 500 scooter are still in the engine break-in period. Those will suffice for my casual transportation for years.
The need for employees is directly dependent on demand for product and/or service. Less demand means less need for employees. I've always been irked at the construction industry. They seem to think they have a right to be endlessly constructing new buildings. They were continuing to build "to fulfill contracts" in San Diego as inventories of new and old houses soared. Just plain stupid. Unwanted inventory at unaffordable prices.
If Obambi and his leftist minions follow through with their intent to raise taxes, destroy the coal industry and expand socialist spending, our economy is going to crash. The damage is intentional. The America haters have managed to capture political office. The brain dead voters are going to get flogged...along with the rest of us who wanted no part of what is coming.
Who is John Galt?
Starve the Beast!
A few years ago CC fired all their top commissioned salespeople. Thought they were making too much money.
This is the result.
But look st all the money they saved. /s
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