The business intellect of kiwis

[Finn]

Update:

It appeared my day was going remarkably well until... visited the site to check on progress and noticed the door on my covered trailer was ajar. $2500 worth of dirt bike gear gone.

Nice. I mean who would steal stinky dirt bike gear? Thankfully the thief doesn't like fishing.

[Tank]

Update:

It appeared my day was going remarkably well until... visited the site to check on progress and noticed the door on my covered trailer was ajar. $2500 worth of dirt bike gear gone.

Nice. I mean who would steal stinky dirt bike gear? Thankfully the thief doesn't like fishing.

ohh bugger - sorry to hear that Finn.

[Finn]

ohh bugger - sorry to hear that Finn.

Water off a ducks back. I'm just focusing on getting the house ready for this Friday. Insurance will cover this and I sold my dirt bike 12 months ago.

[Tank]

For all you guys that say Uni is a waste of time - perhaps you just didnt have the brains to get the right degree!!!!

http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career...niversity.html

You want fries with that?

[Finn]

For all you guys that say Uni is a waste of time - perhaps you just didnt have the brains to get the right degree!!!!

http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/career...niversity.html

You want fries with that?

I looked at the financial results of McDonalds once and it became abundantly clear that they are in fact NOT a fast food giant. Their MO is real estate. Shitty burgers just pay for it.

[imdying]

The real bastard is that, she chose off a shop sample, it had been in the for about 10 months, the dye batch had change in that time but the samples were not up to date, so the right Carpet was ordered but the all imortant colour was different. It took my experiance as an installer for over 25 years to calm her and get her the right Carpet...for her and her Dog.

Wouldn't her carpet look the same as the sample in 10 months though?

[Maha]

This is a custom coloured carpet that I paid a deposit on.

Salle' Carpet???
I thought they could only afford that in Paratai Dr?...

[Finn]

Salle' Carpet???
I thought they could only afford that in Paratai Dr?...

Bingo. I'm not being a posh prick but that's what was in the place so I'm replacing it with identical. It's all added to the claim.

[Mom]

Wouldn't her carpet look the same as the sample in 10 months though?

You would have thought as per normal exposure to UV but no. The company had actually changed the colour (not the name of the sample mind). It went from being a light beige brown, to a marked pinky hue. Totally different.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Zacly. If ya don't like it, then go buy it elsewhere and quit ya whining.

If you want a package with everything in the same box,then go buy one. You will pay double the price, but you get one or the other - NOT BOTH.

I've been in retail for 20 years, and I tried fucken hard but I STILL get some moaning bitch every week who wants this for free, or fucken that for free, or wants to crunch some three-for-one deal into a fucken FIVE-for-one deal! I do not think so.

Consumers need to understand something: If you want retailers to suck your cock, then you have to PAY THEM A LOT MORE THAN RETAIL PRICE. If you don't like it, then go to the back of the queue. NEXT! We have more to do looking after people who PAY WELL, than those who want everything for nothing. We are here to MAKE MONEY, not kiss your ass.

Steve

presumably with that attitude, you're rolling in money and your customers love you.

[Finn]

presumably with that attitude, you're rolling in money and your customers love you.

He's got 100's of 1000's.

[Tank]

He's got 100's of 1000's.

To hell with running businesses - you should be doing stand up comedy!

That was priceless.

[BarBender]

Attended the EY Entreprenaur of the Year Awards a month or so back where the Overall winner was Michael Hill….Jeweller

Pure intellect wasn’t an attribute that stuck out.
However a few things the category winners had in common that I observed were tenacity (ability to see opportuniity in the bad times), real world experience (all bar one had experienced the ‘87 crash and downturn in 91), commercial savvy (gained by experience of learning quickly and acting on it), a love for closing the deal and personal and professional support from immediate family and networks they had surrounded themselves with.

Service as I interpreted it didn’t stand out. But something that did and which most touched on was that they cared and were passionate about what they did and thankful that they were still doing it….

And while it wasnt said...most of the catergory winners seemed to have buckletloads of common sense


Obviously different ends of the spectrun between carpet and retail/supermarket jewellery aimed specifically at the middle class...but all of finalists I saw that night started with nothing except the shirts on their backs, their values and ambition.

Maybe we make it too easy for the wrong people to get into business in the first place.

[MadDuck]

Probably not relevant to the thread but I observed today....

We have a new supplier providing a new range in stores Nationwide, came in to train the staff today as this particular product is in the mail and TV promotions coming up next month.

I was kind of gobsmacked when the supplier said oh well you wont have any to sell to customers because the shipment on the water is already sold to stores....

So our poor staff are going to be asked for this product as its in the promotions and a new display is right in the front door but we cant get stock!!!! And if they are asked when they can get this....well no win situation for the staff.

[Brett]

Zacly. If ya don't like it, then go buy it elsewhere and quit ya whining.

If you want a package with everything in the same box,then go buy one. You will pay double the price, but you get one or the other - NOT BOTH.

I've been in retail for 20 years, and I tried fucken hard but I STILL get some moaning bitch every week who wants this for free, or fucken that for free, or wants to crunch some three-for-one deal into a fucken FIVE-for-one deal! I do not think so.

Consumers need to understand something: If you want retailers to suck your cock, then you have to PAY THEM A LOT MORE THAN RETAIL PRICE. If you don't like it, then go to the back of the queue. NEXT! We have more to do looking after people who PAY WELL, than those who want everything for nothing. We are here to MAKE MONEY, not kiss your ass.

Steve

Really... I MEAN REALLY??

With that sort of mindset, you must really struggle with sales sometimes...half the fun of wheeling and dealing in business is the haggling. I love it, whether I am selling or buying, negotiation contract or just buying some goods from a retailer, I love the thrill of it. I never pay retail (within reason, groceries etc.).
A few times I have met retailers/salesman who flat dead refuse to negotiate, talk turkey if you will, I have promptly turned on my heel and walked out. Not because I am a tight arse, but because it simply tells me that they do not consider me a serious customer, and to be honest it kills the fun for me.
That said, I like to walk away feeling that both parties benefited. No one likes to feel thazt they have just ripped someones guts out.