With woolworths possibly closing, are you going to go on a spending spree.

[Graustein]

Woolies is closing? Then why the hell are they still hiring over here?

 

[Dantoshou]

Woolworths Is Going Into Administration, Which is Good For Me Because I Worked In My Local Store And They Had The Stupidest Policies Ever, Working A Pubescent So Hard He Doesn't Even Know He Works Seven Days A Week Is Something You Expect From Drug Plantation Owners In Rwanda.
So Really, Woolworths Is A Big Pile Of W&nk When You Realize That Paying £40 for a 3 year old game is a raw deal Oh And When Youve just turned 15 and want to buy yourself the ps2 game you and your very exclusively One Manned Friend Circle Have Been Smegging About For Half The School Year, And You Bring It To The Counter To Be Confronted With A Nullifying Dialogue Spewing From The Mouth Of Some Young Mother Called Trish,
Apologizing That The Game Is Outve Stock, Or Scowling At You For An I.D. Card For A Game With Scenes Of A Man In A Swishy Tuxedo Driving Around In A Grey Muscle Car Attempting To Obtain Insurance Details From The Other Man In A Polo Neck Jumper Because His Wingmirror Just Fell Off A.K.A Driver.

If That Wasn't enough you put that back and grab the nearest 12 and get told you need I.D. for that aswell.
Oh Can I See Your Just Started Big School Card Please? I Think Youre A Bit Young For Crash Bandicoot!
So In Hindsight I May Hold Woolworths Responsible For All my Childhood Suffering, Well That Or The Narcissistic C*nt Managers That Only Think About Sales And Don't Realize Good Customer Service Starts With Serving A Customer.

Woolworths Can F*ck Off At Last For Giving Me A Lobotamy Of The Part Of The Brain That Processes All Fun And Nice Emotion, I Suppose The One Good Thing That Came Of Woolworths Was I Got Paid The Money To Buy My First Gaming Computer, But That Corporate Investment Was All To Send Me Into A Term Of Unemployment In Which I Realized The Computer I'd Bought Was Made Entirely Of Components Found In A Biffa Bin Round The Back Of The Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester.
I Have No Idea If There Is A Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester, Or If Stretford Exists But Computer Planet Are A Load Of C*nts

Oh And If You Want To Get Games Why Not Get A Debit Card, Or Steal One From Your Arthritic Relatives, Visit Somewhere Such As www.gameplay.co.uk
And Buy Yourself Perfect Dark Zero For A Fiver, Or Go To Somewhere Else But Why Pay Full price for The 1st Game Of 4 That have been released in the last six years.
Good Bye Woolworths You Prick

 

[hypothetical fact]

Woolworths isn't going down in Australia it is the largest store chain.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

I haven't seen a Woolworth's in over twenty years; they died out here in Canada in the mid-80s... so no, no buying spree for me. I do feel a bit of nostalgia, though, at the thought that they may be dying altogether.

-- Steve

WTF they had woolworths in canada? I thought that was just a British store. Heh, you learn something new every day.

I held grudges against woolworths ever since they refused to sell me perfect dark because i was under 18 way back whenever the hell that was. so BURN WOOLIES!! BURRNNNN!! (maniacal cackle)

 

[SimuLord]

Woolworth's has been toast in Reno for decades, but the abandoned Woolworth's building on First Street hasn't found a new owner/tenant in twenty years. Last year they hired a local artist to paint a truly ugly and awful mural (an ironic comment on Reno's civic misery, about the worst possible representation of the city, right in the middle of the tourist walk part of town) on the building's walls. It makes me want to see that building demolished and turned into a parking lot.

 

[Mr_Czar]

Spoiler: Mess of text

Woolworths Is Going Into Administration, Which is Good For Me Because I Worked In My Local Store And They Had The Stupidest Policies Ever, Working A Pubescent So Hard He Doesn't Even Know He Works Seven Days A Week Is Something You Expect From Drug Plantation Owners In Rwanda.
So Really, Woolworths Is A Big Pile Of W&nk When You Realize That Paying £40 for a 3 year old game is a raw deal Oh And When Youve just turned 15 and want to buy yourself the ps2 game you and your very exclusively One Manned Friend Circle Have Been Smegging About For Half The School Year, And You Bring It To The Counter To Be Confronted With A Nullifying Dialogue Spewing From The Mouth Of Some Young Mother Called Trish,
Apologizing That The Game Is Outve Stock, Or Scowling At You For An I.D. Card For A Game With Scenes Of A Man In A Swishy Tuxedo Driving Around In A Grey Muscle Car Attempting To Obtain Insurance Details From The Other Man In A Polo Neck Jumper Because His Wingmirror Just Fell Off A.K.A Driver.

If That Wasn't enough you put that back and grab the nearest 12 and get told you need I.D. for that aswell.
Oh Can I See Your Just Started Big School Card Please? I Think Youre A Bit Young For Crash Bandicoot!
So In Hindsight I May Hold Woolworths Responsible For All my Childhood Suffering, Well That Or The Narcissistic C*nt Managers That Only Think About Sales And Don't Realize Good Customer Service Starts With Serving A Customer.

Woolworths Can F*ck Off At Last For Giving Me A Lobotamy Of The Part Of The Brain That Processes All Fun And Nice Emotion, I Suppose The One Good Thing That Came Of Woolworths Was I Got Paid The Money To Buy My First Gaming Computer, But That Corporate Investment Was All To Send Me Into A Term Of Unemployment In Which I Realized The Computer I'd Bought Was Made Entirely Of Components Found In A Biffa Bin Round The Back Of The Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester.
I Have No Idea If There Is A Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester, Or If Stretford Exists But Computer Planet Are A Load Of C*nts

Oh And If You Want To Get Games Why Not Get A Debit Card, Or Steal One From Your Arthritic Relatives, Visit Somewhere Such As www.gameplay.co.uk
And Buy Yourself Perfect Dark Zero For A Fiver, Or Go To Somewhere Else But Why Pay Full price for The 1st Game Of 4 That have been released in the last six years.
Good Bye Woolworths You Prick

First off, please never type like that again. Every word capitalised. Please, no. Also, you sound like you are a teenager and act like one so why should you not be treated like one? Woolworth's is an institution, it's pretty childish to celebrate its demise because they wouldn't sell you a game that you legally shouldn't be sold.

 

[pirate_wezza]

Sorry for my ignorance but...what exactly is Woolworth's? Is it a British store or something? I've never even heard of it before...

It started in new york aparently in 18 something or other.

 

[Raven28256]

Sorry for my ignorance but...what exactly is Woolworth's? Is it a British store or something? I've never even heard of it before...

It started in new york aparently in 18 something or other.

I just looked up more. Apparently it started as an American chain, but the American Woolworth's chain has since died off and changed focus, becoming Foot Locker.

In any case, we never had any around our area when it was still Woolworth's. Though, we have a Foot Locker in the mall.

 

[perfectimo]

I haven't seen a Woolworth's in over twenty years; they died out here in Canada in the mid-80s... so no, no buying spree for me. I do feel a bit of nostalgia, though, at the thought that they may be dying altogether.

-- Steve

WTF they had woolworths in canada? I thought that was just a British store. Heh, you learn something new every day.

I held grudges against woolworths ever since they refused to sell me perfect dark because i was under 18 way back whenever the hell that was. so BURN WOOLIES!! BURRNNNN!! (maniacal cackle)

I hoped that is meant to be drenched in sarcasm. Wollies is still kicking here in Australia, is the fall of the British one going to affect us? I don't go there but just wondering because without them competition would be non-existent.

 

[Calobi]

Sorry for my ignorance but...what exactly is Woolworth's? Is it a British store or something? I've never even heard of it before...

Its a very old British highstreet retailer. Sadly it is completely bankrupt & in like £350mill debt with no1 wanting to buy it so its gone into administration & chances are will have the best parts of its carcass snapped up by competitors & the rest discarded & dumped.

Do they clothes or games? Over here in the States there's a company (or was, not sure if they closed completely) called Woolworth's that sells/sold the best over-shirts.

 

[Varchld]

Coles > Woolworths/Safeway/Purity
Does depend what your local store is like, but Coles is Australian owned.

 

[Tattaglia]

Yeah, you guys squabble over the demise of Woolworths while I bask in the glory of The Warehouse and my Pak N Save. Mmmm... grimey floors.

 

[Amnestic]

[disclaimer: This thread I believe is referring to the British Wollworths retail chain. There are several others in the world that this doesnt apply to. Read http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7751064.stm]

I kinda hope Woolworths doesnt dissapear; I like the familiarity of there having been one within walking distance wherever I live. That said; first sign of firesales & im in there grapping as much choclate as I can.

Quote from the article you linked:

"Government policy is not to prop up lame ducks," our business editor said.

Wasn't that Northern Rock bank a 'lame duck'? ;/

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Did anyone here, PCWorld and Dixons may be the next to go, they have reported massive losses.

 

[Henjin]

Wow, your Woolies are completely different to the chain at the bottom of Africa. Ours are mainly clothes stores with a sub-branch of food stores and they're pretty fancy too.

Have a look if you don't believe me:
http://www.woolworths.co.za/caissa.asp?Page=ITB4_RHContext&Post=Home

 

[Dommyboy]

Australian WoolWorths are horrible, no games, nothing. Just groceries.

 

[D_987]

I doubt they will start selling games cheapily...

 

[The_Deleted]

Spoiler: Mess of text

Woolworths Is Going Into Administration, Which is Good For Me Because I Worked In My Local Store And They Had The Stupidest Policies Ever, Working A Pubescent So Hard He Doesn't Even Know He Works Seven Days A Week Is Something You Expect From Drug Plantation Owners In Rwanda.
So Really, Woolworths Is A Big Pile Of W&nk When You Realize That Paying £40 for a 3 year old game is a raw deal Oh And When Youve just turned 15 and want to buy yourself the ps2 game you and your very exclusively One Manned Friend Circle Have Been Smegging About For Half The School Year, And You Bring It To The Counter To Be Confronted With A Nullifying Dialogue Spewing From The Mouth Of Some Young Mother Called Trish,
Apologizing That The Game Is Outve Stock, Or Scowling At You For An I.D. Card For A Game With Scenes Of A Man In A Swishy Tuxedo Driving Around In A Grey Muscle Car Attempting To Obtain Insurance Details From The Other Man In A Polo Neck Jumper Because His Wingmirror Just Fell Off A.K.A Driver.

If That Wasn't enough you put that back and grab the nearest 12 and get told you need I.D. for that aswell.
Oh Can I See Your Just Started Big School Card Please? I Think Youre A Bit Young For Crash Bandicoot!
So In Hindsight I May Hold Woolworths Responsible For All my Childhood Suffering, Well That Or The Narcissistic C*nt Managers That Only Think About Sales And Don't Realize Good Customer Service Starts With Serving A Customer.

Woolworths Can F*ck Off At Last For Giving Me A Lobotamy Of The Part Of The Brain That Processes All Fun And Nice Emotion, I Suppose The One Good Thing That Came Of Woolworths Was I Got Paid The Money To Buy My First Gaming Computer, But That Corporate Investment Was All To Send Me Into A Term Of Unemployment In Which I Realized The Computer I'd Bought Was Made Entirely Of Components Found In A Biffa Bin Round The Back Of The Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester.
I Have No Idea If There Is A Hewett Packard Warehouse In Stretford Manchester, Or If Stretford Exists But Computer Planet Are A Load Of C*nts

Oh And If You Want To Get Games Why Not Get A Debit Card, Or Steal One From Your Arthritic Relatives, Visit Somewhere Such As www.gameplay.co.uk
And Buy Yourself Perfect Dark Zero For A Fiver, Or Go To Somewhere Else But Why Pay Full price for The 1st Game Of 4 That have been released in the last six years.
Good Bye Woolworths You Prick

First off, please never type like that again. Every word capitalised. Please, no. Also, you sound like you are a teenager and act like one so why should you not be treated like one? Woolworth's is an institution, it's pretty childish to celebrate its demise because they wouldn't sell you a game that you legally shouldn't be sold.

Or just never post again.

If Dixons go, Currys will too. I think they're basically the same store.

 

[Graustein]

Australian WoolWorths are horrible, no games, nothing. Just groceries.

Yes, completely useless [/sarcasm]
Woolies is where we do most of our grocery shopping, I will be very upset if the Aussie branch goes belly-up too.