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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title: * BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:COMICS::CORNEJ
Created:Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:925
Total number of notes:5875

805.0. "Discount Warehouse ?" by LARVAE::CUNNEA_L (BDF - Bloody Difficult Female) Wed Oct 19 1994 12:12

    Hi All,
    
    I've heard that there is a discount warehouse place opening up in
    Basingstoke.  From descriptions I've heard so far it seems that 
    this is the kind of place that charges an annual fee to allow
    Joe public to shop there.
    
    Anyone know where it is ?
    
    I'd also be interested to know if anyone has shopped there and 
    what they thought of the place.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Lesley
    
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805.1Got to find the rent somehowVESSA::WATTERSONI never make mitsakes !Wed Oct 19 1994 14:1316
    
    Hiya Lesley,
    
    it's actually based at your old flat - we've sold the fridge, freezer
    and microwave so far - anyone interested in the following items ?
    
    Bed
    Cooker
    Wardrobe
    inflatable doll (female)
    washing machine
    
    Paul 
    
    
    :-)
805.210 for that you must be madUBOHUB::HUTCHINGS_PManchester CityWed Oct 19 1994 14:276
    Ooh err Mr Watterson...stop muckin' about...
    
    There already is a discount warehouse..called Bookers...on the
    Houndmills estate...
    
    Any SSC rep worth their salt should have access to this...
805.3very strange LARVAE::CUNNEA_LBDF - Bloody Difficult FemaleWed Oct 19 1994 15:119
    
    
    Where did my inflatable doll get a sex change - or perhaps it didn't
    
    Watty do you know the difference between......  never mind
    
    
    Lesley
    
805.4COMICS::PARRYTrevor ParryWed Oct 19 1994 15:446
    It was opened a couple of weeks ago at 12 o clock by Barbara Windsor. 
    The advertised opening time was 2 o'clock, so everyone missed the
    opening.  There weren't any prices on the stuff so no-one knew what
    they were buying...  
    
    tp  (avid Gazette reader)
805.5AMDIS....COMICS::MACLEANA Pure Dear in a Wicked WorldThu Oct 20 1994 10:4825
    
    Hi Lesley ,
    
    I think it's called something like AMDIS ( short for 
    American  Discount Stores - Bleuch !!) and is around 
    Houndmills somewhere  ....
    
    Apparently there is  no join fee until end of December
    and then something like �5 or �10 after that .My other
    half was sent a complimentary card for some reason but
    hasn't used got round to using it yet ....
    
    I've  noticed  there is another American Discount type 
    store called T.K.MAXX which has sprung up in Reading & 
    Southampton ...Not sure if it's the same type of thing
    but they sell things like Le Creuset Saucepans at  �15 
    (the smallest cast iron saucier/milk-pan)  instead  of 
    �30+ .They  advertise  20-60%  discount  on 'Designer'  
    clothes and goods eg Cerruti/ Valentino/ Jeff Banks /
    Planet etc and doesnt require joining  but you need a 
    lot of patience to find what you are looking for ....
              
    Sandie.../
    
    
805.6BabsCOMICS::WOODPathos and satire 'is' meThu Oct 20 1994 11:506
Re: .4, Barbara Windsor

Trev, did she get her tits out ?

Just a passing interest.
805.7AMDIS - A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT IN SHOPPING!!UBOHUB::DADDSLPAULA STAFFThu Oct 20 1994 13:197
    Visited the Amdis store a week ago...it's rubbish!
    Prices are no better than in big stores and there's hardly anything
    there anyway.
    
    My opinion - don't bother!!
    
    
805.8Amdis - No ThanksGOVT04::BARKERCareful with that AXP EugeneTue Oct 25 1994 09:5214
re .7

>    Visited the Amdis store a week ago...it's rubbish!
>    Prices are no better than in big stores and there's hardly anything
>    there anyway.
>    
>    My opinion - don't bother!!

I'd heartily endorse this. Poor range of stock in bulk packs & high prices. On
the other hand the must think that there is a market for people who want to buy
24 large packets of Kellogs cornflakes in one go at a higher price than they
would pay in Tesco or Sainsbury.

Nigel
805.9"A New Source Of Ignorance"UBOHUB::LAWGWed Oct 26 1994 15:138
    On the subject of discount warehouses,are you all aware that Matalan
    discount warehouses of Rose Kiln Lane Reading offer instant membership
    to Digital Employees and contractors.Membership is automatic on
    production of a DEC i.d.
    Matalan is a clothing outlet which offers some serious reductions on a
    range of good quality items for adults and children.
    Take a turn down there and se for yourself!
    
805.10ER...yeah!UBOHUB::DADDSLPAULA STAFFThu Oct 27 1994 12:377
    
    Er.........yeah, I know about Matalan.....someone told me a while ago
    
    :*)
    
    
    Cheers Gerry...............Lynn
805.11abject apologyUBOHUB::LAWGTue Nov 01 1994 13:063
    sorry lynn!
    
    gerry
805.12but then, whats in a name?KERNEL::CORNEJWed Nov 02 1994 10:314
    Why does Lynn thing she is Paula?
    
    Jc
    
805.13SORRY - WHO AM I?UBOHUB::DADDSLPAULA STAFFThu Nov 03 1994 16:586
    She doesn't think she's Paula ..... doesn't know how to change it!
    
    But is expecting someone to tell her now that it's been brought to
    her attention     :*)
    
    
805.14COMICS::FISCHERI need a licence for my faceFri Nov 04 1994 08:311
How did you get it there in the first place?
805.15COMICS::WOODPathos and satire 'is' meFri Nov 04 1994 11:372
So do I neither !
805.16Oh, alright then...KERNEL::MORRISWhich universe did you dial?Fri Nov 04 1994 11:588
    Lynn,
    
    Try MODIFY PROFILE/PERSONAL_NAME="Lynn Dadds"
    
    or you can replace the "Lynn Dadds" with something witty and amusing if
    you can be bothered ;-)
    
    Jon
805.17Like this!COMICS::FISCHERsomething witty and amusing if you can be bothered ;-)Fri Nov 04 1994 12:090
805.18where are you lynnLARVAE::TAIT_ATue Nov 22 1994 16:0211
    I know this has nothing to do with Discount shops, although I must
    agree, Amdis is rubbish, and matalon is very good.  But I noticed,
    that Lynn dadds has been repling to this topic,  and as I havent heard from
    her for ages and ages, and havent had any luck when trying to mail her. 
    I thought I'd quickly slip something in in here!!!
    
    So Lynn if you are reading this - MAIL ME?
    
    Mandi (Tait) 
    
    
805.19GOVT02::BARKERCareful with that AXP EugeneFri Apr 28 1995 18:0511
	I just got a flier from AMDIS who finally seem to have got some
bargains viz.

Amstrad 28" NICAM stereo, teletext TV �299.99 + VAT

It may be an Amstrad but it's an amazingly low price for any NICAM TV let alone
a 28" one. 

There's probably only one & _that's_ been sold though.

Nigel
805.20My cheap TV is cheap!VESDAT::JKAXP1::KennedyDr Chandra...will I dream?Tue May 02 1995 15:2620
Hmmm...I bought a 'bargain' colour TV a few months ago, it's some 
strange Korean (I think) brand. I works OK, including all the bells 
and whistles like Remote, Teletext etc. The problem is that it's 
impossible to get a really good picture on the thing, when compared 
to my Sony set. It seems that all the picture controls interact with 
each other, the brightness affects the contrast, the contrast affects 
the colour and the colour affects the brightness. I checked with 
another example of this set and it was just the same, so it seems you 
get what you pay for! 

The sound is also a bit iffy, I shone a torch into the back of the 
set to look at the speaker - it must be all of two (yes 2) inches 
diameter! Still, I'm not too upset, I got it for a (comparative) 
song.

The kids have got it now, you don't need good picture quality for 
cartoons, Home and Away and Top Of The Pops :-)

- John.