Shops that you wonder how they stay open?

Zaph · 07-04-2017 04:35PM

Those random women's clothes shops that you see in small local shopping centres. There's generally a supermarket, a newsagent, a takeaway of some sort, a chemist, maybe a butcher or a florist, a cafe and then completely at odds with the rest of the shops there, there's some "boutique". Who actually thinks of going to one of those places to buy clothes?

freshpopcorn · 07-04-2017 04:40PM

Zaph wrote: »

Those random women's clothes shops that you see in small local shopping centres. There's generally a supermarket, a newsagent, a takeaway of some sort, a chemist, maybe a butcher or a florist, a cafe and then completely at odds with the rest of the shops there, there's some "boutique". Who actually thinks of going to one of those places to buy clothes?

I know places like this and their main market is mother of the bride/groom.

sbsquarepants · 07-04-2017 04:40PM

That Pandora place - Apart from at Christmas I don't think I've ever walked past and seen more customers than staff, 9 times out of 10, there are no customers at all.

Subway - how can anyone eat something that smells that bad? (I know, it's always full - I just can't understand how!)

freshpopcorn · 07-04-2017 04:43PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

That Pandora place - Apart from at Christmas I don't think I've ever walked past and seen more customers than staff, 9 times out of 10, there are no customers at all.

I was going to post that too. Anytime I've passed. They've been empty but they seem to be opening more stores!

BrokenArrows · 07-04-2017 04:54PM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

That Pandora place - Apart from at Christmas I don't think I've ever walked past and seen more customers than staff, 9 times out of 10, there are no customers at all.

Subway - how can anyone eat something that smells that bad? (I know, it's always full - I just can't understand how!)

Subway smells amazing. Italian BMT with southwest sauce.

Outlaw Pete · 07-04-2017 04:55PM

There's a Thai massage place on Dame St that seems to be always open... even at midnight and well past it many a time even.

Who the hell gets massages at midnight

Went in one night with a sore knee and they asked me would I like a happy ending. I said damn straight I want a happy ending sure why would I come in if I didn't.

How they're still open with such incompetence I'll never know.

murpho999 · 07-04-2017 04:57PM

Tayschren wrote: »

Theres a lighting/lamp shop top of the main street in swords, been open for about 20 years and no once have i seen customers in it.

Maybe all their lights were off?

LynnGrace · 07-04-2017 05:00PM

Some of the shops at Dublin Airport, I know I would only be passing through, and maybe it's at quiet times, but I think sometimes that the staff must be very bored.

Pang · 07-04-2017 05:25PM

There's a shop in Fairview that sells glass and mirrors. I have never seen anyone inside.

King George VI · 07-04-2017 05:40PM

Zaph wrote: »

Those random women's clothes shops that you see in small local shopping centres. There's generally a supermarket, a newsagent, a takeaway of some sort, a chemist, maybe a butcher or a florist, a cafe and then completely at odds with the rest of the shops there, there's some "boutique". Who actually thinks of going to one of those places to buy clothes?

You'd be surprised. A few hipster women (and men) I used to know only ever bought their clothes from these stores and charity shops.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 07-04-2017 06:39PM

Small little independent video rental stores.

There's a guy running one here in my town and I don't know how he keeps it open, the place is always deserted.

I don't really know anyone who rents dvds anymore. Even my 65 year old technophobic father can use things like Netflix now.

ollaetta · 07-04-2017 06:59PM

There's a new shop in Harold's Cross selling pianos. I know the downturn is supposedly over but how many sales would they need to make the place sustainable? Be interesting to see how long it lasts.

lisasimpson · 07-04-2017 07:03PM

French connection havent heard anyone buying anything from there in a few years. Hows theres 2 in cork i dont know

cactusgal · 07-04-2017 07:11PM

The Irish Yeast Company on D'Olier St.

I don't think I've ever actually seen it open, but it's been there forever.

freshpopcorn · 07-04-2017 07:15PM

Certain shops/businesses can often be used for covering money!

MilesMorales1 · 07-04-2017 08:37PM

Golden Discs. I love buying blu rays and that, but mot of the people I know prefer to just download them, and they always seem to be empty when I go into them.

quadrifoglio verde · 07-04-2017 10:08PM

cactusgal wrote: »

The Irish Yeast Company on D'Olier St.

I don't think I've ever actually seen it open, but it's been there forever.

The owner of the shop is a gent.
Well into his 90s at this stage and only opens two or three days a week for an hour or two. More a social thing for him than anything else.

When I was in college ID cross the road a few times a year to get baking supplies for the mother. Trays and decorations and what not.
It was the only place that I could find, that sold the Christmas cake decorations that she liked.

Good article with him here. It's a Dublin of old, that is slowly dying out.

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/reeling-in-the-yeast-an-irishman-s-diary-about-dublin-s-most-enduring-shopkeeper-1.2381284?mode=amp

gizmo81 · 07-04-2017 10:17PM

Thats the little cake supply shop. My Mam always went in till she retired for little bakery supplies.

It was run by two brothers but now I think one has died.

I went in once and it was so quaint, reminded me of shops in little villages in the eighties.

Mam always said they never really had opening hours just opened when they felt like it.

cactusgal wrote: »

The Irish Yeast Company on D'Olier St.

I don't think I've ever actually seen it open, but it's been there forever.

Beyondgone · 07-04-2017 10:22PM

gizmo81 wrote: »

Thats the little cake supply shop. My Mam always went in till she retired for little bakery supplies.

It was run by two brothers but now I think one has died.

I went in once and it was so quaint, reminded me of shops in little villages in the eighties.

Mam always said they never really had opening hours just opened when they felt like it.

My Da used to bring me in there to buy "proper" baking stuff he needed. I always remember the amazing smell of the place. It was like going back to Dickensian times. Didn't know it was still on the go.

gizmo81 · 07-04-2017 10:27PM

My Mam swore by it, at the time there was only there and a place up on Chatham street that she said was outrageously priced compared to the boys. Now baking stuff is easier to find but I'm sure the yeast company will still be cheapest.

Beyondgone wrote: »

My Da used to bring me in there to buy "proper" baking stuff he needed. I always remember the amazing smell of the place. It was like going back to Dickensian times. Didn't know it was still on the go.

Beyondgone · 07-04-2017 10:31PM

Tesco.

Given how many people now do Lidl and Aldi. It's usually half deserted when I go in.

quadrifoglio verde · 07-04-2017 10:35PM

gizmo81 wrote: »

My Mam swore by it, at the time there was only there and a place up on Chatham street that she said was outrageously priced compared to the boys. Now baking stuff is easier to find but I'm sure the yeast company will still be cheapest.

The baking shop on Chatham st was kitchen compliments.
It was a really cool place, but then they moved to where hackett is on south Anne st. The new shop was huge compared to the place on Chatham st but it never took off.
I liked it a lot. It was a great place to go in for a poke around for the stuff for the kitchen and the staff were lovely.
Just the move to the bigger premises seemed to kill them.

I always found the yeast company ridiculously cheap compared to everywhere else.

atilladehun · 07-04-2017 10:38PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Ice cream shops on Grafton St - seriously, how many warm days a year do we get enough warm sun to warrant buying an ice cream?
What about the rest of the year when we're freezing our nads off??
With retail rents one of the highest in Europe there, it must be a front for money laundering...

Wake up and smell the waffles.

And crepes.
Cheaper than chips to make and deadly markup.

gizmo81 · 07-04-2017 10:39PM

That's it, the name escaped me. I remember it moved but don't know if I ever went in the new one.

Maybe I'm a cheapskate but I find the likes of Kitchen Compliments and Decobake now very expensive compare to UK.

For a homebaker it makes stuff expensive.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

The baking shop on Chatham st was kitchen compliments.
It was a really cool place, but then they moved to where hackett is on south Anne st. The new shop was huge compared to the place on Chatham st but it never took off.
I liked it a lot. It was a great place to go in for a poke around for the stuff for the kitchen and the staff were lovely.
Just the move to the bigger premises seemed to kill them.

I always found the yeast company ridiculously cheap compared to everywhere else.

quadrifoglio verde · 07-04-2017 10:43PM

gizmo81 wrote: »

That's it, the name escaped me. I remember it moved but don't know if I ever went in the new one.

Maybe I'm a cheapskate but I find the likes of Kitchen Compliments and Decobake now very expensive compare to UK.

For a homebaker it makes stuff expensive.

I always thought it was a nice place to browse through and pick up a few things. Then again, I let the mother do the baking

Can't stand decobake though. Never got the appeal of that place

Venom · 07-04-2017 10:44PM

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Golden Discs. I love buying blu rays and that, but mot of the people I know prefer to just download them, and they always seem to be empty when I go into them.

Even back in the good old days, when vinyl,tapes and videos were a thing, no one I knew shopped in Golden discs due to how god dammed over priced they were

gizmo81 · 07-04-2017 10:55PM

I agree it had lovely stuff and in the Chatham street one it was so small downstairs it was like Aladdin's Cave every inch jam packed with little bits and pieces.

I don't like Decobake either, just escort the mother if she's looking for some decoration thing.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I always thought it was a nice place to browse through and pick up a few things. Then again, I let the mother do the baking

Can't stand decobake though. Never got the appeal of that place

the_pen_turner · 07-04-2017 10:56PM

anteque shops.
how is there enough demant in old crap to keep them open

fussyonion · 07-04-2017 10:58PM

The paper shop, daintree, on Camden St.

Beyondgone · 07-04-2017 10:59PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

anteque shops.
how is there enough demant in old crap to keep them open

People used to value demant very highly. They regarded demant as being anteque. It was downgraded to crap there in 2015.

Shops that you wonder how they stay open?

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