Franchises treating their Market Audience like children, selling white goods, stat

In light of Covid 19 all bricks and mortar stores have had to adjust.

Not happy at with Easons and Halfords for example in dealing with the crisis.
One valid excuse is that they are looking after their home market the UK first.
But I am impressed with smaller businesses, like 2 small shops in my local shopping centre who opened after the 15th June.
One is a music shop the other a bookshop.
Although I have an Easons "loyalty card", I don't care anymore. Lack of clarity on their website too. The only news I saw was that online there is yet another scurrilous book about President Trump on sale. So what.

GerardKeating

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Not happy at with Easons and Halfords for example in dealing with the crisis.
One valid excuse is that they are looking after their home market the UK first.

But Ireland is Easons home market..

L1011

Easons is an Irish firm and the vast bulk of their stores are owned by the parent firm; they bought out the largest franchiser a year or two ago... so this is their "home market" and they aren't really a franchise at all.


More importantly - where's the rip off?

The rip off is for loyalty card holders like me: Loyalty card holders have 2 choices at the beginning: Redeem your points online or in store.

I chose in store. But now that I can't redeem them, the points stay rotting on my card.

L1011

The stores are going to reopen. Many have.

There is neither a ripoff or a general consumer issue here

HeidiHeidi

Am I the only one who hasn't the hasn't the faintest idea what this thread/ complaint is about?

Rodney Bathgate

I don’t know what a tracker mortgage is.