pinnie

haha brilliant

Completly agree

Pinnie, I think you'd find it more important if you'd invested your own time, money and worry in building up a business. It suddenly becomes very important when someone tries to undermine all your hard work. Fair enough point, I have looked at BOTH websites for both companies, both are impressive. I must say, a public fight is not gonna be good advertisement for either firm, or will it!!!!!

But Burra Bears isn't sueing anybody. It's Shetland Fudge and Shetland Fudge alone who are causing the trouble. If you read the Shetland News article it's obvious(states) that Burra Bears recieved a threatening legal letter from Shetland Fudge which, as Burra Bears says, left her with no choice but to seek legal advice. So I'm afraid it's plain wrong to tell them both to "just grow up and get on with it". Mrs Burra Bears is one of the friendliest and most decent people you could ever meet. I was just making a point. threatening letters can end up with people in court. Legal advice can only end up in 1 of 2 directions, 1 backs off, or they both go to court. When I said grow up and just get on with it, I was refering to the fact that both businesses should just get on with their own businesses. I m sure their both fine and freindly people, and they have both started their businesses from scratch, but a teddy is a teddy, and I just think its all just not that important in the grand scheme of things. esp with everything else thats going on in this war torn world

seriously, get a grip, is this some kind of a joke. I thought competition was supposed to be healthy. Thats like the co op trying to sue tesco's cos they sell food as well, and have the cheek to use "supermarket" in their name. If they wanna sue each other then thats plain stupid!!!!!!!!!! tourists wont give a stuff who makes them, as long as their from Shetland!!! so come on ladies just grow up and get on with it!!! aaach now Ive got yon stupid song in my head now, "todays the day the teddybears have their name nicked"

Im not sure the problem of clives is just down to Tesco's, Amazon, Ebay etc. I think it is simply down to the fact that the whole street has a reputation for being overpriced, or just full of charity shops or places to eat!!!!! I havn't been in clives for a good while, and it was an excellant wee shop, but so is the music box!! But hey, I rarely even go on the street now, I shop online or shop when I go sooth, if I do go to the street, it is because I am after something specific!!!!! The problem is people just dont want to pay high prices anymore, and where as we are being told that you can get 3 dvd's for £20 in clives now, this has not always been the case. The street needs to be utterly re vamped!!! Franchises for shops sooth need to be seriously considered for here in Shetland, the cooncil needs to seriously look at the dying trend of shopping on the street, BEFORE other business owners go bust!!!! Untill that time, and untill prices fall in line wi sooth, it still remains cheaper for me to shop online, even with postage added!!!!!