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MadImmortalMan

#46260
January 15, 2015, 07:23:56 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 15, 2015, 07:20:59 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 15, 2015, 06:46:33 PM
:lol:  Yeah, it's a foreign country alright.  They wouldn't even think about doing that here.

Yeah, they are doing this because unpaid statutory severance triggers a personal liability for directors of the company.

Oh, I like that idea.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

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CountDeMoney

#46261
January 15, 2015, 07:24:51 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 15, 2015, 07:23:56 PM
Oh, I like that idea.

Commie.  Stop hating America.

jimmy olsen

#46262
January 15, 2015, 07:31:02 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on January 15, 2015, 11:15:31 AM
Now, you protect Otisburg from experimental street theatre, while also battling the evil plans of The Accountant!

Is this really a problem? :unsure:
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Josephus

#46263
January 15, 2015, 09:12:53 PM
The Sony thing is easy to understand. In all my life I know of no one who's ever bought anything at Sony's. Even if I wanted a Sony, I'd go to Future Shop. It's like "Levi's" who shops at Levi's?

The Target thing? The Canadian love affair with all things American I think ended with Krispey Kreme. I think Target came in too aggressively, too fast, and never really caught on. Admittedly, I've never been in one either.
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MadImmortalMan

#46264
January 15, 2015, 09:15:36 PM
It's not a popularity problem. They overextended financially. Badly.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Grey Fox

#46265
January 15, 2015, 09:17:54 PM
They couldn't choose. Canadian customers were expecting the legitimate american Target experience (and price!) but instead we got another discount store with an american logo. We already have those.
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Ed Anger

#46266
January 15, 2015, 09:29:20 PM
Cross the flipping border and shop hosers.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

HVC

#46267
January 15, 2015, 09:50:10 PM
Quote from: Josephus on January 15, 2015, 09:12:53 PM
The Sony thing is easy to understand. In all my life I know of no one who's ever bought anything at Sony's. Even if I wanted a Sony, I'd go to Future Shop. It's like "Levi's" who shops at Levi's?

The Target thing? The Canadian love affair with all things American I think ended with Krispey Kreme. I think Target came in too aggressively, too fast, and never really caught on. Admittedly, I've never been in one either.
they also didn't offer American pricing which is what everyone expected so they lost a lot of good will right off the bat.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Admiral Yi

#46268
January 15, 2015, 09:53:15 PM
How do you two know the prices they offered were different than American prices?

HVC

#46269
January 15, 2015, 10:00:57 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 15, 2015, 09:53:15 PM
How do you two know the prices they offered were different than American prices?
you can check online. The issue isn't so much that pricing was different, Canadians always pay more, and we've been bitching for years. The issue was that there was the expectation of American pricing. Whether target cultivated that perception I don't know, but it sure ended up costing them.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Ed Anger

#46270
January 15, 2015, 10:12:28 PM
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

11B4V

#46271
January 15, 2015, 10:23:07 PM
 :P
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Sheilbh

#46272
January 15, 2015, 10:23:15 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 15, 2015, 07:31:02 PM
Is this really a problem? :unsure:
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Razgovory

#46273
January 15, 2015, 10:43:32 PM
I swear my cat understands every word I say.  I tell the cat to be quite so she meows louder. <_<
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Josquius

#46274
January 16, 2015, 02:41:36 AM
Foolish hu-mon
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