ISOT Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 service 2nd to none, shops... s**t. i think whoever makes the decision about new stores opening in the town centre needs a reality check, as the big clothes store, music stores, food chains etc are the streets only hope of surving against a certain supermarket & internet shopping. but as this is shetland and the folk who make the decisions do not seek change nor progress within lerwick... the big stores from the mainland will never be allowed in. The reality is anyone of the high street chains can purchase a premises on Commercial Street and start retailing. Do you have a logical reason why they don't??? Here's a clue...lack of customers! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^^ Isn't that the answer rather than a clue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CyprusPluto Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 I've generally found the staff in the shops on the street very helpful and friendly. The comparison would be to shop in a large town/city and then reassess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISOT Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^^ Isn't that the answer rather than a clue? Yes Dave, I was trying to confuse him/her! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I think the staff in most shops are good, however the conditions and quality of stock they work in/with can be quite dire. for example JRWhites can have a wonderfull window display - looks promising you might think? untill you walk in the door and you are zapped back into the 80s with 'old' clothes packed rails that you look in the door think can i be arsed to hunt through that? NO! them move on. (dont they go south and look how the new shops display clothes?) Hangin baskets and getting grants to paint the building you own and should do yer self wont get me into your shop to buy old tat. Quality products, competitive pricing, services, inc. good service when something brakes etc. give you through word of mouth high standing in the community, thus we will buy more from you. its the owners that need to wake up. The same can be said with the quality of the pubs in lerwick. when was any of them done up? They all need a dam good clean, freshing up and new furniture. Due to the lack of anywhere else to go the just do nothing and we go and give them our money, god only knows what visitors must think on our mankie pubs/bars. yet again its the staff that work for the owners that makes them good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsam Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I wid always raydir buy stuff fae shetland shops, but a lot o dem dusna seem ta ken whit dey hiv in dir shops, if you ax onything dey dunna ken da answer, and dunna even budir goin ta fin oot for you, it's lik haalin teeth. A couple o times Ive no even been able ta fin onybody ta buy da thing fae, or it's peerie bairns wirkin on Saturdays and dir too busy sheeksin atween demsels ta serve you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CyprusPluto Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 The same can be said with the quality of the pubs in lerwick. when was any of them done up? They all need a dam good clean, freshing up and new furniture. Due to the lack of anywhere else to go the just do nothing and we go and give them our money, god only knows what visitors must think on our mankie pubs/bars. yet again its the staff that work for the owners that makes them good. Totally agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua2412 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Shetland shops need to start opening on a Sunday, when the boats come in. So they can actually make money rather than complain about the opening hours of a certain super market. Jackys is open every Sunday from 12 -4pm. opposite Frank Williamsons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabug Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Is the folk at the ness a bunch a "Drooths" that the closure of Da keg is so important to the takeover of the shop by the Co-op! It would appear that the income from Da Keg is so lucrative, that it is necessary to support the rest of the Co-op business. Could be I see it wrong and that there is another reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Da Ness very likely still has its fair share of drooths, the same as everywhere else. It always used to anyway. I really don't understand why this has made any kind of "news". From the info currently available it would appear the Coop want to sell alcohol from within the main retail area rather than seperate premises, which is in keeping with their standard trading model. There is booze, there's going to continue to be booze, its just moving a few feet SE. Maybe I've missed something, but so far all I'm seeing is "Non-story" stamped all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 pity its bein taken over. you all will notice it. Ghostrider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Aye, I'd much rather it stayed independent. I remain to be convinced a shop with the Coop will be any cheaper than it is there right now, and then there's the stock lines, which will remain to be seen. A local owner whom you know personally will usually try as best they can to tailor stock to individual needs and requests, a corporate body may or may not be willing to offer that level of "personal" service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) To be fair I don't know the ins and outs but I was very disappointed to see this news on Friday. Another Shetland owned and Shetland named shop gone. The one consolation is it's not Tesco but I still feel it's sad news for Shetland. Edited November 24, 2014 by Kavi Ugl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 coop seems to becoming a threat to local stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 The Co-op in an area of England I go on holiday has used its buying power (as in buying up shops as well as buying stock) to the detriment of many local shops. Far more of little Co-ops than mini Tesco stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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