Eddie Rocketts on fire!

spankmemunkey · 12-04-2013 01:00PM

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Ok then, let's all go around and raze the entire city to the ground shall we? Giving people jobs and all that.

No and i think your being mischivous in your posts, you know already that i said this is a silver linning in a bad situtaion, jobs are being saved and work will be created during renovations, will it not???

Yes it will and as i passed by today DFL they are an Irish company arent they???????????

And Morris's were dropping a delivery off at site so as far as i can rememer they are both Irish Companies and one just a stones throw away.

Again i dont wish any business to be burnt down, but seing how they had insurance its a good thing they had, cos now it will be saved along with jobs and there will be further work created.

This is a silver linning in my opinion, if it was a case where there was no insurance and the owners themselves had to incur costs then i wouldnt be saying so, Insurance companies receive very high annual premiums from business and its part of their nature to pay out in situations like this so your broken window falicy DOES NOT apply here, insurance by its nature is designed to cover the likes of this, the company EDDIE ROCKETS paid if anything already in its premiums, and that is my opinion which i am entitled to.

Finnbar01 · 12-04-2013 01:53PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

No and i think your being mischivous in your posts, you know already that i said this is a silver linning in a bad situtaion, jobs are being saved and work will be created during renovations, will it not???

Yes it will and as i passed by today DFL they are an Irish company arent they???????????

And Morris's were dropping a delivery off at site so as far as i can rememer they are both Irish Companies and one just a stones throw away.

Again i dont wish any business to be burnt down, but seing how they had insurance its a good thing they had, cos now it will be saved along with jobs and there will be further work created.

This is a silver linning in my opinion, if it was a case where there was no insurance and the owners themselves had to incur costs then i wouldnt be saying so, Insurance companies receive very high annual premiums from business and its part of their nature to pay out in situations like this so your broken window falicy DOES NOT apply here, insurance by its nature is designed to cover the likes of this, the company EDDIE ROCKETS paid if anything already in its premiums, and that is my opinion which i am entitled to.

Yes of course this is good news that jobs will be saved.

From you other post I got the impression that you see destruction as a good thing. I was pointing out that it is not.

Don't worry though, even the best of econmists believe in the broken window fallacy. Paul Krugman for example.

spankmemunkey · 12-04-2013 02:33PM

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Yes of course this is good news that jobs will be saved.

From you other post I got the impression that you see destruction as a good thing. I was pointing out that it is not.

Don't worry though, even the best of econmists believe in the broken window fallacy. Paul Krugman for example.

No i dont advocate that, then i would be involved in the mafia if i did, or some other criminal organisation.

Im not saying your theory doesnt exist, but the key to this case is there not an owner who was leaning over the bar saying thats it boys were bust.

My point was ah well its done they have insurance they paid their premiums, insurance company by nature accept people have fires and they will have to pay out every so often so i dont think that broken window falicy applies here in this case, and thats just my opinion you may disagree but thats fine. it has provided work for local people already like DFL and MORRIS'S were there today doing work and providing equipment. so that is the silver linning in a bad situation,

SweetCaliber · 13-04-2013 01:24AM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Yes it will and as i passed by today DFL they are an Irish company arent they???????????

And Morris's were dropping a delivery off at site so as far as i can rememer they are both Irish Companies and one just a stones throw away.

Are they starting to rebuild already? :eek: Oh thank god! Shouldn't take too long...

spankmemunkey · 13-04-2013 04:24PM

SweetCaliber wrote: »

Are they starting to rebuild already? :eek: Oh thank god! Shouldn't take too long...

No not too long now. Plus they are using LOCAL work on it too so far nice to see despite the fact that other posters were sure there would be no local work created, put that in your pipe and smoke it. just started and 2 local companies got work and the shop is being saved, bad story ends well.

Sully · 13-04-2013 05:10PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

No not too long now. Plus they are using LOCAL work on it too so far nice to see despite the fact that other posters were sure there would be no local work created, put that in your pipe and smoke it. just started and 2 local companies got work and the shop is being saved, bad story ends well.

That's great if two local companies are getting the work, I am surprised the building work is underway so soon and I genuinely though like most big companies, Eddie Rockets would have had a contractor to hand for this like Tesco have and Costa Coffee, to name just two.

allthedoyles · 13-04-2013 05:29PM

Sully wrote: »

That's great if two local companies are getting the work, I am surprised the building work is underway so soon and I genuinely though like most big companies, Eddie Rockets would have had a contractor to hand for this like Tesco have and Costa Coffee, to name just two.

Maybe the influence of boards.ie changed their minds

spankmemunkey · 13-04-2013 05:47PM

allthedoyles wrote: »

Maybe the influence of boards.ie changed their minds

To be honest i reckon it was just the shuttering of the building so as to keep people out, but I dont think DFL would come in to just dig holes put posts up and shutter the builging, Im sure they will be involved in further work.

The poles and boarding was supplied by Morris's builder providers and it was being dug and errected by DFL small work for such a large company so i reckon they will be back to do further work. so straight away theres 2 companies that have got work out of it,

Sully · 13-04-2013 05:48PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

To be honest i reckon it was just the shuttering of the building so as to keep people out, but I dont think DFL would come in to just dig holes put posts up and shutter the builging, Im sure they will be involved in further work.

The poles and boarding was supplied by Morris's builder providers and it was being dug and errected by DFL small work for such a large company so i reckon they will be back to do further work. so straight away theres 2 companies that have got work out of it,

DFL do small jobs also.

spankmemunkey · 13-04-2013 05:49PM

Sully wrote: »

DFL do small jobs also.

Yeah maybe, still thats 2 companies who got work out of it isnt it,

sandin · 13-04-2013 08:34PM

Eddie rockets whilst having a few branches outside of Ireland is 100% irish.

It is also franchised and whilst I don't know who owns the Waterford branch I do know it us connected to cork and also to the travel lodge which itself is a franchise.

Jamie2k9 · 13-04-2013 08:36PM

sandin wrote: »

Eddie rockets whilst having a few branches outside of Ireland is 100% irish.

It is also franchised and whilst I don't know who owns the Waterford branch I do know it us connected to cork and also to the travel lodge which itself is a franchise.

I think the owner of the Waterford one owns Ennis, Cork, Clonmel and possibly Kilkenny as well.

wellboy76 · 14-04-2013 12:38AM

sandin wrote: »

Eddie rockets whilst having a few branches outside of Ireland is 100% irish.

It is also franchised and whilst I don't know who owns the Waterford branch I do know it us connected to cork and also to the travel lodge which itself is a franchise.

Limerick. And I really do hope they give local companies the opportunity to quote for the refit

spankmemunkey · 14-04-2013 07:59PM

wellboy76 wrote: »

Limerick. And I really do hope they give local companies the opportunity to quote for the refit

Yeah it would be nice, but according to a few other posters on here they say the deffinetly wont use local labour on the job, however as i said above they have used 2 local companies already, nice to see.

Sully · 14-04-2013 08:27PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Yeah it would be nice, but according to a few other posters on here they say the deffinetly wont use local labour on the job, however as i said above they have used 2 local companies already, nice to see.

Don't think anybody said "definitely" - just sometimes unlikely with large companies.

spankmemunkey · 14-04-2013 09:39PM

Sully wrote: »

I'd say Eddie Rockets wont be using anybody local to do this project. A lot of these stores / restaurants have a firm that knows the plans inside out for their stores and just comes along, fits it out and leaves. Not open to local tender basically.

Not open to local tender basicly?

spankmemunkey · 14-04-2013 09:41PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I did shopfitting for years in the UK and you're right. The same company gets the tender for all or maybe certain parts of the country to do. The same crew travels around and fits them out because they manufacturer 'x' amount of furniture/fittings in house.
The only local labour they use is maybe a labourer or two depending on the size of the refit.
So, the moral of the story is, unless you want a gang of shopfitters from Dublin or Belfast chatting up your women in the pubs at night, don't set fire to a chain store.

Think he was implying the same thing.

Sully · 14-04-2013 10:05PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Not open to local tender basicly?

Re-read what you quoted, its the same answer I would be giving here.

spankmemunkey · 15-04-2013 02:25AM

Sully wrote: »

Re-read what you quoted, its the same answer I would be giving here.

Well looks like you were wrong so far anyway. because it seems it was open to local tender as there have been two local companies already employed there.
Hopefully you wont ban me now for pointing that out or warn me that if i don't stop you'll delete my posts. still its early yet there might be other work done by out of towners!

event · 15-04-2013 02:52AM

b0ardsUser wrote: »

I've also seen them refill half empty ketchup bottles with new ketchup on top. I'm sorry but that was enough to stop me using the ketchup bottles.

the b@stards

Sully · 15-04-2013 02:57AM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Well looks like you were wrong so far anyway. because it seems it was open to local tender as there have been two local companies already employed there.
Hopefully you wont ban me now for pointing that out or warn me that if i don't stop you'll delete my posts. still its early yet there might be other work done by out of towners!

You really do baffle me. :rolleyes:

decies · 15-04-2013 08:21AM

This thread will be still going by the time the new one is built .

spankmemunkey · 15-04-2013 02:13PM

Sully wrote: »

You really do baffle me. :rolleyes:

Hard to admit you were wrong, your quick enough to point out when other people are wrong, or quote them or tick a thumbs up under a derogatory or even pick out spelling errors.

No doubt this will be locked now for going off topic and or pointing out the mightly OZ i mean Sully was wrong.

Sully · 15-04-2013 02:29PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Hard to admit you were wrong, your quick enough to point out when other people are wrong, or quote them or tick a thumbs up under a derogatory or even pick out spelling errors.

No doubt this will be locked now for going off topic and or pointing out the mightly OZ i mean Sully was wrong.

Are you completely stupid or just plain ignorant? It was said it was UNLIKELY. There is a WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE between 'Unlikely' & 'Definitely'. Its common practice for large firms to have the one firm doing fit-outs, and not to go to local tender. Its happened right here in Waterford. That's all that was said. Nobody swore on the cross that it would most definitely not go to local tenders for Eddie Rocketts. It may or it may not. Fantastic if it does, sucks if it doesn't. Its not about being wrong or right. It was a remark made in a discussion that was a fact and suggested it *MIGHT* happen in Waterford. So far, nobody knows for certain whether it will or it wont.

If you have such a big problem with moderation or how users treat you - maybe you should look at yourself and see if your the problem? Because as far as I can see, your infuriating most people on the forum with your refusal to listen to anybody but yourself (and I thought I was bad!) and at times the most daft and at times idiotic posts.

Seriously, grow up. I personally have no problem with you and I don't take a huge amount of notice of you. But there have been a few instances, including in this thread, where your posts make you look like a complete prat.

Dicky Pride · 15-04-2013 02:33PM

Spanky...if I were you I'd take a little break from boards...you're posting so much that I don't even think you're reading other people's posts.

stefan idiot jones · 15-04-2013 02:33PM

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Hard to admit you were wrong, your quick enough to point out when other people are wrong, or quote them or tick a thumbs up under a derogatory or even pick out spelling errors.

No doubt this will be locked now for going off topic and or pointing out the mightly OZ i mean Sully was wrong.

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MitchKoobski · 15-04-2013 02:35PM

There needs to be some sort of post approval system for Boards, where the system reads your post and if it is completely pointless and annoying the system a hand reaches out of the screen and hits you on the head with a rolled up newspaper saying "NO! YOU STOP THAT! YOU'RE JUST BEING A NUISANCE!".

On topic, anyone see that Revolution is now running pretty much the same burger deal in the absence of Eddie Rocketts?

mike65 · 15-04-2013 02:36PM

spankmemunkey seems to see a conspiracy everywhere he looks.

stefan idiot jones · 15-04-2013 02:39PM

I think spankmymunkey is trying the boards equivilent of 'suicide by cop'.

Ennio Morricone · 15-04-2013 03:18PM

MitchKoobski wrote: »

There needs to be some sort of post approval system for Boards, where the system reads your post and if it is completely pointless and annoying the system a hand reaches out of the screen and hits you on the head with a rolled up newspaper saying "NO! YOU STOP THAT! YOU'RE JUST BEING A NUISANCE!".

On topic, anyone see that Revolution is now running pretty much the same burger deal in the absence of Eddie Rocketts?

A fine bit of opportunism by Flash.

Eddie Rocketts on fire!

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