Spam Baseball Caps(Toolstation)

Srewfix and others spam mail (offers and catalogues with every order) easily dealt with just file in the green recycling bin

Toolstation base ball caps what to do with these? Every order over 60 quid a free baseball cap some times they slip in two, result a pile of the damn things surely they must be able to be put to some use?

Any ideas welcomed

Steve

On 21 May 2004 14:01:21 -0700, in uk.d-i-y steve_ snipped-for-privacy@lycos.co.uk (steve) strung together this:

Nail 'em to the wall and use them as unigue storage for smaller items!

Give them away to local kids as a good will gesture. It also advertises Screwfix to the local community, who will then begin to order more things, then Screwfix start to bring their prices down because they're making bigger profits from all the new orders that you helped them get.

Sorry ! I'll get me coat. :-))

I find old base ball caps useful when plastering or painting overhead, whe wrong the "right" way ;)

Lee

????? try; when worn the "right" way... Don't know what happened there ;)

Lee

On Fri, 21 May 2004 21:18:43 GMT, in uk.d-i-y "BigWallop" strung together this:

I'd have thought toolstation hats would have advertised toolstation? Perhaps I'm missing something.

Probably, although it appears that some of the Toolstation directors are ex-Screwfix....

.andy

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I always thought they were one in the same company now, although I'm often wrong a lot of time as well. :-))

Not enough fingers for all the keys on the keyboard. I have the same problem. :-))

On Fri, 21 May 2004 22:30:04 GMT, "BigWallop" strung together this:

Yes, I know that, you know that, but someone reading the word 'toolstation' emblazoned (sp?) across your head who had never heard of aforementioned firm probably wouldn't. Hence, "I'd have thought toolstation hats would have advertised toolstation?". I nearly appended the fact to the end of my message but thought I'd wait for the flaming! ;-)

As in part of Kingfisher?

I don't think so.

Some months ago we did have a look into a firm that suddenly appeared called Bob's Big Boy Bargain Basement or something like that (actually now I think of it, Bob's Big Boy is a burger chain in the U.S. - somebody really ought to tell them)

At any rate, that one certainly linked back to Kingfisher through a set of subsidiary companies.

I have a feeling that this is a breakaway run by ex SF directors which is rather odd because normally there are agreements about not setting up in competition. Perhaps they expired.

.andy

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So the idea of Screwfix bringing their prices down is thrown right out the window then ? Bugger !!!

strung

I'm still waiting for my flaming as well. My flaming baseball cap that is. :-))

Looks like it.

If you want some better prices, it can be worth a trip to a Castorama in France (who are also part of the Kingfisher empire). They have some different stuff as well.

Having said that, I think that Leroy-Merlin has some better things; although for the toolaholic's delight of a lifetime, if in Paris a visit to Bazaar Hotel de Ville (BHV) is an absolute must. This place is an aladdin's cave of all things hardware that you never dreamed would exist. There is a separate display area for each major tool vendor with a member of staff there to help and show the capabilities of each item.

Have a look at

.andy

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Is that the place on Rivolli Street that I spent six and a half hours wandering around like a kid in a toy shop ?

The original one is in rue de Rivoli, yes. Immediately behind l'Hotel de Ville.

Conveniently, there's an exit from the Metro that takes you straight into this wonderland at basement level.

I'm sure that the rest of the store is good as well, but I only went to the basement. Sad case.....

.andy

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You're right about it being a lot better than any B&Q I've seen. I had to meet the misses at the hotel because I got lost in the place. The things they have on the stands are like little treasure troves of toys that you can actually play with. It was even better than the Tonka convention I went to in New York. :-)) Talk about being a sad case. I really took the biscuit that day.

Speak to you soon Andy. I'm off to bed now because it was an early start for me on Thursday morning. I've now been awake for nearly 48 hours and the strong coffee is starting to have no effect now.

Later my friend.

Restriction of trade agreements are very difficult to enforce. Most will fail under EU unfair practices legislation.

Colin Bignell

What sort of diy stuff is particularly worth investigating in France? Is it very much cheaper? We may be visiting later this year by car, and if so, before we stuff every available space in the car with Stella and plonk at Calais, maybe I should be finding a Castorama too? (SWMBO and kids permitting!)

David