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Stores Closing in Sligo **mod warning post #720**

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    #1802
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    I see Genesis Gym in Finisklin closed down last Mondsy. They posted on their Facebook advising members to message them privately to get a refund, hope people aren't left out of pocket.


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    #1803
    mcgiggles
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    Is that the kinda warehouse one that was super cheap? across from the bed place?


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    #1804
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Yeah, that's the one.


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    #1805
    easkey
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭easkey


    Heard PC World is closing down in July, not sure about Currys.


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    #1806
    Mint Sauce
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    easkey wrote: »
    Heard PC World is closing down in July, not sure about Currys.

    PC World and Currys are suppose to be reopened/Redeveloped as one store (was told this by one of PC World's own staff last year some time), in the UK some of them also include Carphone Warehouse. Not sure which of the stores in Sligo Retail Park is being closed to accommodate this.


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    #1807
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    PC World and Currys are suppose to be reopened/Redeveloped as one store (was told this by one of PC World's own staff last year some time), in the UK some of them also include Carphone Warehouse. Not sure which of the stores in Sligo Retail Park is being closed to accommodate this.

    must make sense from a financial point of view - but i personally like them better when they are seperate


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    #1808
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    must make sense from a financial point of view - but i personally like them better when they are seperate

    As far as I know, PC World and Currys are now the one company. Although I would imagine that the Chamber of Commerce would probably stop or have something to say on Carphone Warehouse being part of any development, as they may not fit in with what's considered a warehouse/bulk seller.


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    #1809
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    As far as I know, PC World and Currys are now the one company. Although I would imagine that the Chamber of Commerce would probably stop or have something to say on Carphone Warehouse being part of any development, as they may not fit in with what's considered a warehouse/bulk seller.

    yep thats right - infringing on the silly restrictions they have in place up there at that retail park, may look good on paper and in theory but doesnt really work in real life seeing as a lot of the stuff they already sell up there is not all bulk goods.

    In fact I am trying to just think what would be classed in Currys/PC world as 'Bulk/Warehouse goods' - you got fridges and freezers but they are called white goods.. then you have TV's I suppose .. are they classing them as bulk goods? ... then you can buy something as little as a cordless phone handset you can buy .... but they wouldnt be able to sell mobile phones up there ... I dunno - weird! :rolleyes:


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    #1810
    Delacent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Delacent


    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    As far as I know, PC World and Currys are now the one company. Although I would imagine that the Chamber of Commerce would probably stop or have something to say on Carphone Warehouse being part of any development, as they may not fit in with what's considered a warehouse/bulk seller.

    PC world and Currys have always been the same company (part of Dixons Retail). Carphone Warehouse is now also part of same group.

    They've been merging the three brands together for the past year.

    No issue on planning if the mobile phones are in a small area within the store.


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    #1811
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,499 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Delacent wrote: »
    PC world and Currys have always been the same company (part of Dixons Retail). Carphone Warehouse is now also part of same group.

    They've been merging the three brands together for the past year.

    No issue on planning if the mobile phones are in a small area within the store.

    They've done this so far in Galway, Limerick, Liffey Valley, Swords, and I think Dundalk without issue over the past 12 months.


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    #1812
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    They've done this so far in Galway, Limerick, Liffey Valley, Swords, and I think Dundalk without issue over the past 12 months.

    Sligo retail park though has its very own finicky SEDP Plan though (Sligo Environ, Development Plan) which is a whole different ball game from other retail parks though and have much more restrictions in place i believe... thats why I cabnnot see them allowing CP even in a little area of there store up there - I'd love to be proved wrong


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    #1813
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Sligo retail park though has its very own finicky SEDP Plan though (Sligo Environ, Development Plan) which is a whole different ball game from other retail parks though and have much more restrictions in place i believe... thats why I cabnnot see them allowing CP even in a little area of there store up there - I'd love to be proved wrong

    But as you say, if they can sell cordless phones and the like, mobiles should not be a problem.


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    #1814
    AlmightyCushion
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    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Sligo retail park though has its very own finicky SEDP Plan though (Sligo Environ, Development Plan) which is a whole different ball game from other retail parks though and have much more restrictions in place i believe... thats why I cabnnot see them allowing CP even in a little area of there store up there - I'd love to be proved wrong

    Currys and PC World used to sell mobiles a few years ago. If it wasn't a problem then, I can't see it being a problem now.


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    #1815
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Currys and PC World used to sell mobiles a few years ago. If it wasn't a problem then, I can't see it being a problem now.

    as far as I can remember if Currys and PC World did sell Mobile's they certainly werent allowed to sell them up at the Retail park in their store(s) up there - it was contraband :)


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    #1816
    sligojoek
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    Not technically a phone but I bought an iPod in PC World 3 years ago.


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    #1817
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Bought a packet of screws from Homebase .... boy it was a dream to just park up there with that big car park, open up the boot and load my 'Bulky' pack of screws straight into the back the car ;) :rolleyes:


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    #1818
    T-Bird
    Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭T-Bird


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Bought a packet of screws from Homebase .... boy it was a dream to just park up there with that big car park, open up the boot and load my 'Bulky' pack of screws straight into the back the car ;) :rolleyes:

    Crikey! You will need a Juggernaut for the screwdriver :eek:


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    #1819
    redarmyblues
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭redarmyblues


    I met some friends who are Sligo natives in the town centre before Christmas, they moved away years ago and hadn't been there in ages, they were blown away by the levels of dereliction.

    To improve the town centre, you first have to to acknowledge the mistakes that were made in the past, but that will never happen, not when they can be repeated.


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    #1820
    Freddie Mercurys Bolero
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭Freddie Mercurys Bolero


    Molly's diner is closed in fairness they had it coming a long time. Feel sorry for the staff though.


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    #1821
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,806 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    ^ Shame.. wasn't there too often but always solid enough (albeit greasy) food.


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    #1822
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    That the one on the old Sligo road? I think it is. It was only last week I heard a new advert on oceanfm about driving home and ordering a takeaway carvery for a tenner from them, I thought that was a pretty good idea.


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    #1823
    Lyle Lanley
    Registered Users Posts: 642 ✭✭✭Lyle Lanley


    Basq wrote: »
    ^ Shame.. wasn't there too often but always solid enough (albeit greasy) food.
    Think most Sligo people are the same. Been in a few times over the years, always enjoyed it but never rushed back.


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    #1824
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,806 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    That the one on the old Sligo road? I think it is. It was only last week I heard a new advert on oceanfm about driving home and ordering a takeaway carvery for a tenner from them, I thought that was a pretty good idea.
    No, that's Molly Fulton's.

    Molly's Diner is next to Connollys Pub across from The Glasshouse.


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    #1825
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Basq wrote: »
    No, that's Molly Fulton's.

    Molly's Diner is next to Connollys Pub across from The Glasshouse.

    ah right thanks for clearing that up ....getting me Molly's mixed up ... :)


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    #1826
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Ulster Bank Ballymote branch being closed along with 21 other branches. Supposedly downsizing the Sligo branch too.


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    #1827
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,757 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Necrominus wrote: »
    Ulster Bank Ballymote branch being closed along with 21 other branches. Supposedly downsizing the Sligo branch too.

    blimey - the effect of online banking maybe?


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    #1828
    curtisbrown
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭curtisbrown


    Currid's Pub on Burton Street is closed too i hear


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    #1829
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    blimey - the effect of online banking maybe?

    Yes, they stated they average thirty customers daily in the branches being closed. I end up in a bank about twice per year.


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    #1830
    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,126 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    curtisbrown wrote: »
    Currid's Pub on Burton Street is closed too i hear
    ya closed up around Christmas time


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    #1831
    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    shanec1928 wrote: »
    ya closed up around Christmas time

    Owners retired afaik


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