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BatVink
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Posted: 27th Nov 2014 22:26 Edited at: 27th Nov 2014 22:27
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of 173,000 people!!!
For the record, the sale doesn't start for another 3 hours.



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Seditious
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Posted: 27th Nov 2014 22:41
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Don't. Close. The. Page.
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Indicium
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Posted: 28th Nov 2014 01:27
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Why couldn't this stay in the U.S?
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BatVink
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Posted: 28th Nov 2014 10:37
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It got caught up and dragged along with Teacher Appreciation Day, Easter greetings cards and capitalising on Hallow'een.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2014 16:08
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Retail businesses wanting ways to drive traffic and make money didn't originate here and will never be confined to one nation

I mostly just ignore the whole thing, no one has deals so great that I'm willing to put so much time and effort into fighting the crowd to get.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 28th Nov 2014 22:35
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Ah, welcome to Currys. I have deal with them on a regular basis at work, I can say positive and negative things about their service. It's like playing a game of roulette. But when you know their actual policies and procedures, they're a lot easier to deal with. Some staff don't get trained properly. But then this is normal for retail, just er, I have to deal with them a lot more, probably because they are a mahussive retailer.

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I did this at work and it kept my place in the queue. Annoyingly, a customer asked "how much are retailers selling this item for?" with Currys listed as the only retailer and I had to be like, "I only have 20 minutes left in the queue on their website, sorry."

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Posted: 29th Nov 2014 05:54
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Quote: "Ah, welcome to Currys"


What's Currys?


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 29th Nov 2014 10:48
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They're a huge electronics retailer in the UK

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/index.html

I work for an electronics manufacturer, so I deal with them on a daily basis.

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Posted: 29th Nov 2014 16:36
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You could bypass the queue by disabling JavaScript apparently:-p
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Posted: 1st Dec 2014 12:45
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Quote: "They're a huge electronics retailer in the UK"


I could have Googled that... I'm way too lazy for my own good Looks like a UK equivalent of our Harvey Norman (which is frequently called Hardly Normal - so much so that if you Google "hardly normal" it brings up Harvey Norman first in the list).


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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 1st Dec 2014 14:29
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What is the United State's equivalent of these stores? Radio Shack perhaps?

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Posted: 1st Dec 2014 15:02
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Ah excellent, being British I love queuing! How do I join the line?
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James H
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Posted: 1st Dec 2014 15:18
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Quote: "Ah excellent, being British I love queuing! How do I join the line?"

Please let it be the complaints queue! I love this season, Trollolololol-lolololol
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Radio Shack is hardly a large electronic store. It's more like BestBuy, MicroCenter, or if you're on the west coast, Frys.


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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 4th Dec 2014 00:34 Edited at: 4th Dec 2014 00:35
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Quote: " Looks like a UK equivalent of our Harvey Norman (which is frequently called Hardly Normal - so much so that if you Google "hardly normal" it brings up Harvey Norman first in the list)."


We have to deal with them at work as well, well, for customers in the Republic of Ireland. Not heard of it being in the UK though.

Quote: " It's more like BestBuy, MicroCenter, or if you're on the west coast, Frys."


Ah BestBuy, tried to hit the UK market, didn't last that long and went out of business here. lol Though I sometimes get calls from Costco's customer support, so I guess they've managed to hit the UK market (well, their call centre is based in the US, so it amuses me listening to them try to pronounce place names here), but my guess is they've got an online presence, because I've never, ever seen a Costco store here.

I just looked it up online, apparently they have stores, just not many and none near where I live.

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