Harvey norman and the famine!

dodgyme

Well I know they have had bad sales but talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

Thursday November 27 2008

RETAIL giant Harvey Norman has compared Ireland's economic downturn to the return of the "potato famine", writes Billy Cantwell.

read on here->
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/harvey-regrets-his-norman-invasion-1554688.html

Big Knox

dodgyme wrote: »

Well I know they have had bad sales but talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

Thursday November 27 2008

RETAIL giant Harvey Norman has compared Ireland's economic downturn to the return of the "potato famine", writes Billy Cantwell.

read on here->
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/harvey-regrets-his-norman-invasion-1554688.html

Incomming Black Plague, everybody run!!!

flanzer

I hope he fups off back to Aus, so I don't have to hear his Radio and TV ads..... Go Harvey Go Go Go back to Australia

aidan_walsh

flanzer wrote: »

I hope he fups off back to Aus, so I don't have to hear his Radio and TV ads..... Go Harvey Go Go Go back to Australia

Its not a "he".

listermint

He seriously has his head up his arse if he thinks comments like that are going to help his situation

listermint

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Its not a "he".

"Speaking at yesterday's annual meeting, chief executive Gerry Harvey described the performance of his 13 Irish stores as "catastrophic" and said he regretted expanding into the Irish market. But he added that the investment was too big to pull out now."

aidan_walsh

listermint wrote: »

"Speaking at yesterday's annual meeting, chief executive Gerry Harvey described the performance of his 13 Irish stores as "catastrophic" and said he regretted expanding into the Irish market. But he added that the investment was too big to pull out now."

Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

dsmythy

Worst, comparison, ever.

Where's my million dead? I wanna know.

therecklessone

I believe there's a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Dinter

therecklessone wrote: »

I believe there's a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Stuffed with over priced hdtvs and bluerays you couldn't give away.

Ruu_Old

Harvery Norman caused the recession..New World Order..something something..

Kiera

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

Yup and even more think its Mr Harvey Norman in the ads.

The directors are: Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman.

Jumpy

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

There was.

Its the Surnames of two people who were the owners. Its now just Gerry Harvey.

Jumpy

I also love the Irish reaction to this, "If you dont like it **** off". That attitude has pissed me off more than anything over here.

cue the "**** off then" comments.

Fratton Fred

therecklessone wrote: »

I believe there's a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Which is probably where they came from in the first place.

listermint wrote: »

"Speaking at yesterday's annual meeting, chief executive Gerry Harvey described the performance of his 13 Irish stores as "catastrophic" and said he regretted expanding into the Irish market. But he added that the investment was too big to pull out now."

Maybe if they weren't so expensive they would be doing better.

Mr. CooL ICE

If there's ever gonna be another famine, it's cos Mary Harney will eat all our food.


And then eat us.



SAVE YOURSELVES!!!

Mossy Monk

Of course it is going to be tough doing business when you try to flog over priced goods. I will never buy from Harvey Norman.

Prof.Badass

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

Kiera wrote: »

Yup and even more think its Mr Harvey Norman in the ads.

wtf?

How could they think it's actually him in the ads if they don't believe he exists?

dodgyme

LordChessington wrote: »

If there's ever gonna be another famine, it's cos Mary Harney will eat all our food.!!!

with some help from JIM JIM from colm and gym gyms home run

Nehaxak

Jumpy wrote: »

I also love the Irish reaction to this, "If you dont like it **** off". That attitude has pissed me off more than anything over here.

cue the "**** off then" comments.

What do you want/expect ? Ah sure hold on now and we'll all run out and buy an overpriced TV from Harvey Fcking Normans to help save their business.

It really is a simple case of if you don't like it then Fck Off, not our fault you (Harvey Fcking Norman) couldn't sell your overpriced crap to us.

Kiera

vinylmesh wrote: »

wtf?

How could they think it's actually him in the ads if they don't believe he exists?

Try reading slowly next time

ejmaztec

Can you still get transported to Australia for stealing a sheep plasma screen tv? Ah the good old days!

Nodin

Jumpy wrote: »

I also love the Irish reaction to this, "If you dont like it **** off". That attitude has pissed me off more than anything over here.

emmmm....was that random? Because we're talking about a notoriously overpriced retailer, who happens to be whinging because - essentially - we won't buy his notoriously overpriced stuff......

Fratton Fred

ejmaztec wrote: »

Can you still get transported to Australia for stealing a sheep plasma screen tv? Ah the good old days!

If that were the case, Australia would be full of drunken thieving scumbags......:D

Prof.Badass

Kiera wrote: »

Try reading slowly next time

I did, but i still don't see how that makes sense.

please explain.

dsmythy

Jumpy wrote: »

I also love the Irish reaction to this, "If you dont like it **** off". That attitude has pissed me off more than anything over here.

cue the "**** off then" comments.

I think it's more of a reaction against comparing sales with a famine.

Kiera

vinylmesh wrote: »

I did, but i still don't see how that makes sense.

please explain.

aidan_walsh
Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

Kiera
Yup and even more think its Mr Harvey Norman in the ads.

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What's not to get about the above?

People actually think there is a Mr Harvey Norman and that its him in the ads.

Are we on the same page yet?

Ste.phen

Kiera wrote: »

aidan_walsh
Ah, fair enough. You'd be surprised how many people think there is an actual Harvey Norman.

Kiera
Yup and even more think its Mr Harvey Norman in the ads.

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What's not to get about the above?

People actually think there is a Mr Harvey Norman and that its him in the ads.

Are we on the same page yet?

But if 'even more think it's Mr Harvey Norman in the ads' it means that more people think it's him in the ads, than believe it's a real person.

kevmy

Ste.phen wrote: »

But if 'even more think it's Mr Harvey Norman in the ads' it means that more people think it's him in the ads, than believe it's a real person.

No even more people believe that the idiot roaring 'Go Harvey, GO' in the ads is a guy called Harvey Norman who also runs the shop, than there are people who believe there is a guy called Harvey Norman who runs the shop

Prof.Badass

Ste.phen wrote: »

But if 'even more think it's Mr Harvey Norman in the ads' it means that more people think it's him in the ads, than believe it's a real person.

exactly.

Keira => double fail !

not only did you fail the first time, but you failed to see your error when i pointed it out to you.

Kiera

vinylmesh wrote: »

exactly.

Keira => double Win:D!

not only did you win the first time, but you are a ride.

I'm not getting you at all? Must be having a blonde day?

Prof.Badass

kevmy wrote: »

No even more people believe that the idiot roaring 'Go Harvey, GO' in the ads is a guy called Harvey Norman who also runs the shop, than there are people who believe there is a guy called Harvey Norman who runs the shop

But the first group of people still believe harvey owns the shop.

what you should have said;

kevmy wrote: »

No even more people believe that the idiot roaring 'Go Harvey, GO' in the ads is a guy called Harvey Norman who also runs the shop, than there are people who believe there is a guy called Harvey Norman who runs the shop but does not speak in the ads

without this the sentence makes no sense.

because the first group of people also believe Harvey Norman runs the shop. This is not what keira said. her words were clearly contradictory.

KTRIC

All I'm reading here is

YAK YAK YAK YAK Harvey YAK YAK YAK YAK Norman

Stop the bleedin bitching and going off topic with your you said , he said shite

Mc Love

Was in the Limerick one the other day and it was practically empty!

Mark Hamill

listermint wrote: »

"Speaking at yesterday's annual meeting, chief executive Gerry Harvey described the performance of his 13 Irish stores as "catastrophic" and said he regretted expanding into the Irish market. But he added that the investment was too big to pull out now."

I can see his business plan now:
Phase 1. Go to Ireland
Phase 2. Annoy the sh*t out of everyone with obnoxious ads for overpriced crap
Phase 3. ?
Phase 4. Profit.

How could it fail?

flanzer

All Harvey has to do is move across the border... He should know by now that's where we're all goin'

Shacklebolt

dodgyme wrote: »

with some help from JIM JIM from colm and gym gyms home run

I think they are two things Jim-Jim would be unfamiliar with.

Black Swan

dodgyme wrote: »

RETAIL giant Harvey Norman has compared Ireland's economic downturn to the return of the "potato famine", writes Billy Cantwell.

Maybe this thread should be combined with this one: "70% of Irish women classified as centrally obese?"

SoWatchaWant

dodgyme wrote: »

Well I know they have had bad sales but talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

Thursday November 27 2008

RETAIL giant Harvey Norman has compared Ireland's economic downturn to the return of the "potato famine", writes Billy Cantwell.

read on here->
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/harvey-regrets-his-norman-invasion-1554688.html

:eek:My God! I'm angry. Angry and indignant:mad::mad:


...not really though. Why is it such a sensitive matter to say that about? If they said, "the people who died in the famine were better off dead", then I might say something, but... well I don't see the fuss.

ejmaztec

sparkysrovers wrote: »

Was in the Limerick one the other day and it was practically empty!

Was that 2 o'clock in the morning and did you load up the Hiace before the Guards showed up?

Muggy Dev

Harvey Nichol would never be so indiscreet,although they´re probably thinking along similar lines.:(

Highsider

Harvey Norman sells spuds?

Wertz

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Maybe if they weren't so expensive they would be doing better.

...and there's the bottom line.
Even during one of their bank holiday stock clearance sales I've never been tempted by anything they were offering at the prices they wanted for it, and I'm really only on about electricals/electronics here...their furniture prices are almost laughable.
It's funny I didn't hear them complaining when times were good...everyone's in the same boat here, not just Mr Harvey...

As for the famine thing? Meh who gives a f*ck...there's been a lot worse than that said about us in times past, by bigger more important people. We'll live.

Nodin

flanzer wrote: »

All Harvey has to do is move across the border... He should know by now that's where we're all goin'

Move his prices to acceptable would be better, the whinin ****e.

conceited

Jumpy wrote: »

I also love the Irish reaction to this, "If you dont like it **** off". That attitude has pissed me off more than anything over here.

cue the "**** off then" comments.

go home

SimpleSam06

vinylmesh wrote: »

But the first group of people still believe harvey owns the shop.

what you should have said;




without this the sentence makes no sense.

because the first group of people also believe Harvey Norman runs the shop. This is not what keira said. her words were clearly contradictory.

/facepalm