£2 Counter transaction charge.

• #255 Reply
  Posted by pauliewalnuts on 09 Aug, 2013 14:16
• Quote from: lambdrew08 on 09 Aug, 2013 14:08

  I work in Halesowen. Makro certainly is the best thing about it but Costco is better anyway.
  

  
  Costco wasn't around in my Makro days (1980s). Now they've got that too, it is surely the mecca of cash and carrydom.
• #256 Reply
  Posted by danlanza on 09 Aug, 2013 14:19
• But do they have a Starbucks ?
  You know, that shite coffee place.
• #257 Reply
  Posted by Nev on 09 Aug, 2013 14:22
• I haven't been to Makro for a while, I used to buy cheap Superbok and bin bags there. Come to think of it, I bought an exercise bike as well. A most useful purchase, you can hang all sorts of stuff on the handlebars.
• #258 Reply
  Posted by Rudy Can't Fail on 09 Aug, 2013 14:26
• Some of my best friends live in Halesowen.
• #259 Reply
  Posted by Rudy Can't Fail on 09 Aug, 2013 14:27
• As for the £2 surcharge being "under review", I'd imagine the impact on sales at Villa Store is a key factor.
• #260 Reply
  Posted by Chris Jameson on 09 Aug, 2013 14:30
• Quote from: Rudy Lambert on 09 Aug, 2013 14:26

  Some of my best friends live in Halesowen.
  

  
  Some of my best friends are Halesowen.
• #261 Reply
  Posted by Jeff Green on 09 Aug, 2013 15:56
• Quote from: dave.woodhall on 09 Aug, 2013 13:23

  I repeat - the £2 charge is under review.
  

  
  Great news!
• #262 Reply
  Posted by Legion on 09 Aug, 2013 15:59
• Quote from: Rudy Lambert on 09 Aug, 2013 14:27

  As for the £2 surcharge being "under review", I'd imagine the impact on sales at Villa Store is a key factor.
  

  
  I think that is a big factor.
• #263 Reply
  Posted by andrew08 on 09 Aug, 2013 16:04
• Quote from: pauliewalnuts on 09 Aug, 2013 14:16

  Quote from: lambdrew08 on 09 Aug, 2013 14:08

  I work in Halesowen. Makro certainly is the best thing about it but Costco is better anyway.
  

  
  Costco wasn't around in my Makro days (1980s). Now they've got that too, it is surely the mecca of cash and carrydom.
  

  
  I meant the Costco in Star City being better. But Halesowen does have two rather nifty Pound Shops. Although I think one undercuts the other and is in fact a 99p Shop. I got 3 only slightly dusty Cadbury Dairy Milks in one of them recently.
• #264 Reply
  Posted by Chris Jameson on 09 Aug, 2013 16:07
• Quote from: lambdrew08 on 09 Aug, 2013 16:04

  
  
  I meant the Costco in Star City being better. But Halesowen does have two rather nifty Pound Shops. Although I think one undercuts the other and is in fact a 99p Shop. I got 3 only slightly dusty Cadbury Dairy Milks in one of them recently.
  

  
  Which one, did you pay 99p or £1.00?
• #265 Reply
  Posted by dicedlam on 09 Aug, 2013 16:10
• The Pound shop in Kenilworth closed down when they opened a 99p shop.
• #266 Reply
  Posted by villa `cross the mersey on 09 Aug, 2013 16:15
• I once got short changed in a 99p shop
• #267 Reply
  Posted by Nev on 09 Aug, 2013 16:15
• Dancers is still open in the town centre, one of the rare shops that can genuinely be described as a "gents outfitters".
• #268 Reply
  Posted by Chris Jameson on 09 Aug, 2013 16:27
• Quote from: dicedlam on 09 Aug, 2013 16:10

  The Pound shop in Kenilworth closed down when they opened a 99p shop.
  

  
  That 99p shop will be in trouble when a 98p shop opens in the town.
• #269 Reply
  Posted by Richard E on 09 Aug, 2013 16:31
• Quote from: Chris Jameson on 09 Aug, 2013 16:27

  Quote from: dicedlam on 09 Aug, 2013 16:10

  The Pound shop in Kenilworth closed down when they opened a 99p shop.
  

  
  That 99p shop will be in trouble when a 98p shop opens in the town.
  

  
  I'd swear that there used to be a 98p shop in The Pallisades