Im 1 of the owners of Artref . A family business going for over 30 years. We don¹t have Applecentre status however perths oldest Apple reseller. We carry a huge range of accessories , software, stock of computers, cables and consumables. I would say the largest range in Perth.
Tim Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Artref Pty Ltd 614 Hay Street Jolimont WA 6014 (08) 93875088 (ph) (08) 93875722 (fax) On 26/11/03 7:03 AM, "Rod Lavington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25/11/03 7:18 PM, "Keith Feltham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On 25/11/03 5:37 PM, "Keith Feltham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>> The store had little third party stock and display, and a small range >>>>> at that. >>>> >>>> Sounds like Cannington. >>> >>> Disappointing, eh :-( Now with Apple pushing the DJ stuff, there is little >>> hope for that store. >>> >>> Seeya >>> >>> Rod! >> >> I didn't mean the current one inside Abacus, Rod. I haven't been in >> there - in fact I had forgotten about it. I was referring to the four >> times I visited the Cannington store you were in, when you were kind >> enough to order items in for me each time because you had *no stock*. >> Not suggesting that it was your fault - just saying that from a >> customer's point of view a shop without much stock is pretty >> pointless. Might as well save travelling time and petrol going to the >> shop and mail order instead. > > Hi Keith, > > I see! Well, as Daniel said, our hands were tied in that store. We had to > shift the old crap from the Nedlands Random Access store first before we > were allowed to order anything for stock. Which led to those 'garage sale > Saturday's' we used to have. Which meant stock was sold *well* under cost, > and, due to the accounting system that was used at the store <sigh>, that > everything was sold at a loss rather than devalued in the system first (like > old software from 5 years earlier!). But, in the end we did not sell enough > as a group (2 stores) to justify having the 2 locations, so the weaker store > had to go. Such is life! > > No excuses from me though, as business is business. You might have the best > service in town, but if you are not putting money through the cash register, > then that service amounts to nothing. > > Seeya > > Rod! > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
