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I have one near my bed and have had for several years.
I haven't even seen an insect in my room since then. Not even house spiders.
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This.
I have one near my bed and have had for several years.
I haven't even seen an insect in my room since then. Not even house spiders.
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We had a bit of a mouse problem for a while. Peanut butter didn't work, little blighters just licked it off and left the trap as it was. So instead I used some cheese, and the bastards got that off as well. So I thought, right, that's it you little mongrels. I sticky-taped the cheese to the traps. Worked a charm, first mouse I got crushed it's skull right behind it's eyes. Kinda felt sorry, but at last I got him.
A few nights later I heard a scratching in my walk-in wardrobe when I woke up late at night. Couldn't get back to sleep because of it, so I used the same method and put a trap in there. A little while later it stopped, and I went to sleep. Got up in the morning and saw the same thing happen.
Got another couple by traps like that, but haven't had a problem since.
Reminded me of Mouse Hunt when they kept stealing the bait.
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in my old place, stray cats kill the mice. But since I have a new dog, no cats enter the property and I hear little footsteps in the ceiling.
rat poison and traps didn't work...
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I guess it depends on where you are, some places have stupid rats, some place have damn smart rats
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I was in one of out Department stores on Tuesday talking to the toy person - about why they hadn't got x and x toy/series etc out on display like the other stores around the country from the same chain do.
He let me know that they did have most of it out the back, they just needed to reorganise the toy section to accomodate and that needed time. I thanked for the information and left.
On Thursday, the chain store was advertising 25% off toys, so I decided to head in and try and score myself some cheap toys. Nothing was on the shelf (as suspected) so I asked, letting them know what I was told on Tuesday. The said they were working on it over the weekend and come in Sunday.
I came in on Sunday and nothing on display. Asked again - let them know what I was told earlier and said I wanted to purchase items while on sale. I followed the dude, he went out back to get some of the items I had asked about ..
I waited for 30 minutes and then left.
F**K it .. they loose my business and I head overseas for my purchasing.
Even with shipping and waiting for the parcel its still cheaper than the sale price.
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Not to mention faster!
I hate to say it, but agree with you. I would love to support the locals but they never have what I require at the prices I desire so will shop online overseas. Had a similar problem with my local department store not having any Ultimate Primes at 8am Thursday (first day of sale!)
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I'm willing to support my local retail stores, even if they're more expensive than overseas - but they have to sell the damn toys I'm looking for in the first place.
I'm still waiting for Hatchet in SA and still pissed off from what happened to the local release of HFTD Blue Fallen and Highbrow...
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I agree. In the past money and time was a factor limiting importing. Then it was just time as the exchange rate shifted but the domestic prices didn't. Now I find with the time spent looking for a new figure or waiting for it to show up in enough stores to find it near me, it is definitely quicker and cheaper to express post toys from online sources that are in other countries, including the US.
Hasbro needs to not only do something about adjusting their prices each year to keep pace with the exchange rate (like most other things in the department stores), and they need to pace themselves more with the retailer pre-ordering - not to pressure them into buying up big with the first wave, resulting in it shelfwarming and being discounted... which loses retailers money and they won't want to re-order. Having less out in the first wave would generate more wholesale sales, as the stores keep restocking more regularly at full price. The more they have to discount to move the stagnant stock, the less likely they will re-order more of that brand in future.
As it was, the stores took on enough stock to last them through to Christmas, but if they had had that same pre-ordered volume spaced out until Christmas, they'd sell a lot more at full price and restock the later waves (that fans and collectors are after) because it is more profitable for the retailer if they don't have to resort to clearance pricing.
Then again, from Hasbro's perspective, it's better to sell as much wholesale product as possible, no matter the long term consequences, as opposed to not selling enough and causing a shortage in stores.
But I don't have a marketing degree, so I could be missing something... it's the people at Hasbro who are trained to know about business principles and forecast modelling. Long term profit strategies doesn't seem to be a concern in the toy industry. It's all about selling as much as they can at the annual Toy Fair, and worrying about next year, next year.
Hasbro's old motto says it all - 'keep the line fresh'... no long term strategies, just something new every year for the Retailers to have to offload before the next Toyfair if it isn't popular.
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From personal professional experience working with marketing departments - Having qualifications in Marketing does not mean that one knows what he is doing. Some of them are remarkably clueless or short sighted to the point that not even common sense is applied.
Can't go into details but I have been appalled by the poor level of knowledge and awareness that some supposedly experienced and qualified marketing staff have. I put it to the practice that they often lock themselves in their own 'happy world' in which things work by a simple 'rinse and repeat' routine which can last them for years if everything remains stable and only when the 'game' changes do they find themselves in trouble.
I am pretty sure that much of what Hasbro does is 'rinse and repeat' since the stores also fall under the same form of repetitive practices. This is probably why we constantly see the same mistakes in the stock which the stores purchase and the items that Hasbro distributes.
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