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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #30 - Sep 23^rd, 2016 at 8:42pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 8^th, 2016 at 8:41pm:

John Smith wrote on Sep 8^th, 2016 at 8:39pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 8^th, 2016 at 8:22pm:

I'm gunna get me one of them $199 Dremels for under $50.

I think they'll sell out long before they get to $50 .

I hope not - I want a bargain.

already reduced:
https://www.masters.com.au/product/900046360/dremel-4000-high-performance-rotary...

Dremel 4000 High Performance Rotary Tool Kit F0134000NJ Black
$179-10

Going down:

$169-15
You Save $29.85

https://www.masters.com.au/product/900046360/dremel-4000-high-performance-rotary...

I went to Masters tonight.

There are no bargains that you would call a steal yet.
It's more say 15% off ticketed price.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 112422 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Masters has gone bankrupt Reply #31 - Sep 30^th, 2016 at 6:17pm Went to Masters again today - that Dremel was still $169-15 & there was only one left . The place was packed but there was only a small discount on everything I looked at.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 112422 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Masters has gone bankrupt Reply #32 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now. The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures. I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price. There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings & paying full price for them. So much for a sale!
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5801 Gender:	Re: Masters has gone bankrupt Reply #33 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:18pm I went to Masters for the first and only time a couple of weeks ago. It seemed to me that their stuff was no cheaper, and in some cases more expensive than Bunnings or Mitre 10. No wonder they went broke.
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Reply #34 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:19pm

Belgarion wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:18pm:

I went to Masters for the first and only time a couple of weeks ago. It seemed to me that their stuff was no cheaper, and in some cases more expensive than Bunnings or Mitre 10. No wonder they went broke.

I found that their prices were the same down to the last cent as Bunnings - they copied each others prices.

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Reply #35 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:21pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

I got a 62L Icebox for $125 ($449 at BCF ) and a pop up gazebo for $97 (normally $190 )

I'm stoked.

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #36 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:23pm

John Smith wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:21pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

I got a 62L Icebox for $125 ($449 at BCF ) and a pop up gazebo for $97 (normally $190 )

I'm stoked.

Yay - someone got a bargain.

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #37 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, Booby.

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Reply #38 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:34pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, sir Bobby.

see my concerns here:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1478293455/0#13

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #39 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:37pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:34pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, sir Bobby.

see my concerns here:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1478293455/0#13

Nothing about the thousands of Masters' employees losing their jobs in that link, Booby.

It seems you're more interested in getting a cheap Weber, than you are in people losing their jobs ... cars ... homes ... families.

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #40 - Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:52pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:37pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 5:34pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:14pm:

Alas - there is nothing left at Masters now.
The shelves have been emptied by all the vultures.
I didn't end up getting a Dremel for a low price.

There were many other items that I needed & I ended up going to Bunnings
& paying full price for them.

So much for a sale!

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, sir Bobby.

see my concerns here:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1478293455/0#13

Nothing about the thousands of Masters' employees losing their jobs in that link, sir Bobby.

It seems you're more interested in getting a cheap Weber, than you are in people losing their jobs ... cars ... homes ... families.

There is now poof:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1478293455/0#14

jobs lost:

Woolworths shuts Masters, sells the property, and now 7700 jobs are on the line

Woolworths will gain about $1.5 billion from exiting its home improvement division, including selling the property of the troubled Masters chain.

The company says it will work hard to find Masters employees jobs within the group or will pay full redundancy. There are 7,700 staff in the home improvement businesses

The retailers says Masters will cease trading by December 11.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/woolworths-is-about-to-announce-a-deal-on-its-...

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #41 - Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:12am

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, Booby.

As I understand it, all employees are being offered other position within the Woolworths group of companies.

Sure, it'll mean they'll stop hiring 'new' employees at Big W or Wollies for a while, but at least those at Masters will have something to go to .

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #42 - Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:30am

John Smith wrote on Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, Booby.

As I understand it, all employees are being offered other position within the Woolworths group of companies.

They're offering jobs as checkout chicks etc. (which means a reduction in pay), or redundancies.

Booby doesn't care, though, as long as he gets his cheap Weber.

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Re: Masters has gone bankrupt
Reply #43 - Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:37am

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:30am:

John Smith wrote on Nov 6^th, 2016 at 9:12am:

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 5^th, 2016 at 4:37pm:

Good to see you're so concerned about the thousands of workers losing their jobs, Booby.

As I understand it, all employees are being offered other position within the Woolworths group of companies.

They're offering jobs as checkout chicks etc. (which means a reduction in pay), or redundancies.

Booby doesn't care, though, as long as he gets his cheap Weber.

I believe (although not sure how accurate the information is) that the reduction in pay stems from the fact that working in Masters is classified as 'warehouse' work, whilst working in a supermarket is 'retail' ... retail pay rates are lower than warehouse.

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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