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April 02, 2005
Shoppers' paradise?
We haven't ever bothered with a FlyBuys card - we've always taken the view that our information is worth more than the rewards on offer - but maybe we would, if the sort of benefits outlined here were available.
According to retailing experts - can you imagine studying shopping as a career? - Australian shops are terribly behind the times. The big chains could embed chips in those loyalty cards so that when you popped into a store, you'd be greeted by plasma screens flashing "You-Only, Now" discounts. Trundle your trolley along the supermarket aisles, and you might get a personalised reduction - yours and yours alone - of say, 20 per cent. Would it make you want to go back? You bet it would.
The Danks hardware company, which also owns the store brands Home Timber & Hardware, Thrifty-Link and Plants Plus, is praised for its enlightened attitude to training franchisees in customer skills.
Our personal award for the best shopping experience would have to go to Jaycar Electronics. Every staff member we've ever talked to actually knows a lot - an awful lot - about the product range. If they gave us a 20 per cent discount, we'd probably want to move in with a sleeping bag.
Posted by cw at April 2, 2005 11:39 AM
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BTW, I like this place for phone cards and cell phone minutes.
http://www.allegrophone.com
Every other place in town is more expensive.
Posted by: Ahmed at April 2, 2005 12:54 PM
You're not "blurging" are you Ahmed?
Posted by: cw at April 2, 2005 02:20 PM
I agree with you about Jaycar, and that's no blurg!
The prices for their rechargable batteries are a particularly good thing, I use heaps and got a good charger there as well. The advice they gave on the best charger for the batteries was spot on.
Though IMO the old plain no-name batteries they sold were better than the branded Powertech ones they now sell. However, given they are considerably cheaper than elsewhere and now come in up to 2300ma in AAs they remain good value.
Posted by: tflip at April 2, 2005 06:05 PM
Also Jaycar do excellent mail-order -- well, email order -- service. Very quick and cheap.
What's more they stock more farting objects than any other store in the universe. Farting key rings, farting coffee cups, farting dolls, farting paper clips, farting sticky tape, farting rubber stamps, farting memory chips, farting remote controls, farting floppy discs ... their catalogue is an inspiration to those of us who have moved on from the Whoopie Cushion and crave the 21st century electronic equivalent.
Posted by: Apal at April 5, 2005 08:40 AM