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Great lads , bloke from canton with bluebird tattoo, not happy with McCarthy appointment
Moved up to pontypridd , owned a garage but had to close down due to covid
His sidekick was from pontyclun , used to work for Amazon , who he said were terrible to work for
AO are massive and have cleaned out the competition
Which is great for the consumer but crap for the workers and the former workers that used to make washing machines .
Everything is made in China
AO have a distribution centre in Bridgend , these lads who deliver washing machines etc are not employed by AO , they are self employed
And they are on 9 quid an hour 😳
They work long hours and often 6 day weeks
Amazon , AO , its all the same
They got a twenty each from me for their kids
What a bloody mess this world is in
Good on you for helping these men
If you want local, I would recommend Budd Electrical.
I always go to Richer sounds in canton.
Recently bought a TV and a sonos sound bar.
As they say shop independent
Someone said to me the other day go to appliances direct !
Who are basically a clone of ao
while buying local is great, they have to at least come close in price, i mentioned the old boy i got a washing machine for before christmas in the other thread
he got a local firm out, cost £ 45 callout to start ( they were local in our town and called in whilst driving past )
they said it could be repaired but would be better to get a new one, gave him a price of a cheapo washing machine of £ 260 ( so 80 more than AO )
now here is the kicker, they would charge £ 45 to fit the new machine ( its a 1/2 hour job, but £ 45 isnt out of this world i guess )
then £ 90 to remove and recycle the old washing machine
So we have £ 45 call out to start
260 for the machine, 45 to fit, 90 to remove the old one
£ 440 , job done
AO did it for 35 for removing and fitting new, 20 to recycle the old one, 180 for the machine
£235 for a very similar basic washing machine
£205 extra for the " supporting your local business's " they at least need to start to come close
The problem today is that folk are lazy and don't want to source alternatives, so they fall into the well merchandised suppliers like Amazon or AO but let's not fool ourselves they are just grown up versions of Freeman's and Littlewords catalogues , so no real change in customer habits.
Yes we could get rid of these global players but it would take a big effort from everyone.
The gig economy has around 5 million employee's and growing , it does suite some folk lives .
LOM how do you class the gig economy and where do you arrive with the 5 million mark ?
Good on you Sludge. That little bit of kindness probably went a long way. Important to be kind to the people that are hit the hardest by this pandemic
It does indeed. My wife along with several friends I know who have 'downsized' work-wise in recent years have found the flexibility of zero-hours contracts a god send. They can pick hours to suit other activities and commitments and employers have a bank of people they can call on additionally when they need them. When Labour politicians were screaming for the abolition of zero hr contracts they were aghast - without them they'd struggle to find suitable work. Purely political of course..
People on zero hour contracts have the same employment rights - including redundancy, pensions - as someone with fixed hours. Larger organizations with flexible demand need to have a number of employees on zero hrs - it works for both parties. True there are those who haven't the security of hours offered that they would like, but for most they wouldn't change things..