What to buy with $200

[bob w]

Question
How come everytime you guys buy a piece of cheap sh*t and are unhappy with it you blame Bunnies?
If it is such a godawful place to go WHY do you keep going back? Sure they employ SOME fools but the reason for this is they are the only ones that will put up with the idiot customers.
I work on the trade desk at the Orange NSW store and truly it would try the patience of a saint trying to answer the idiot questions posed by some of the supposedly knowledgable customers. Like the "handyman" that wanted to build a bookcase and was looking for ideas. After nearly 40 minutes of asking "foolish" questions like how large did the bookcase need to be and what size and weight books would it hold to which I only got vague replies we decided on a design he liked and a timber he was happy to use. Did we get the order? NO! He advised me that he only came to us for assistance in the design because we had qualified people that knew what to do. He then headed for the hardware store in his home town to purchase the materials.
As for the sausage in the roll these are run by local charities using equipment and gas supplied by Bunnies at no charge. Maybe you should buy some gear from Mitre10 then we could all read about the fools they employ. :mad:

[echnidna]

shhhh Bob,
if they didnt have bunnies to moan about they might pick on you'n'me

[Gumby]

Question
How come everytime you guys buy a piece of cheap sh*t and are unhappy with it you blame Bunnies?
If it is such a godawful place to go WHY do you keep going back? Sure they employ SOME fools but the reason for this is they are the only ones that will put up with the idiot customers.
I work on the trade desk at the Orange NSW store and truly it would try the patience of a saint trying to answer the idiot questions posed by some of the supposedly knowledgable customers. Like the "handyman" that wanted to build a bookcase and was looking for ideas. After nearly 40 minutes of asking "foolish" questions like how large did the bookcase need to be and what size and weight books would it hold to which I only got vague replies we decided on a design he liked and a timber he was happy to use. Did we get the order? NO! He advised me that he only came to us for assistance in the design because we had qualified people that knew what to do. He then headed for the hardware store in his home town to purchase the materials.
As for the sausage in the roll these are run by local charities using equipment and gas supplied by Bunnies at no charge. Maybe you should buy some gear from Mitre10 then we could all read about the fools they employ. :mad:

Oh Oh , looks like we hit a nerve here, however:

1. I didn't blame Bunnings
2. I like going there
3. The staff are fine in my opinion (my son worked there a while)
4. With regards to the snorkers, if you look hard you'll see the tongue planted firmly in the cheek.

:eek:

[Sturdee]

Question
How come everytime you guys buy a piece of cheap sh*t and are unhappy with it you blame Bunnies?

Bob, If Bunnies sell something that is sh*t, then it is not unreasonable that they get criticized.

Now I buy a lot of stuff at Bunnings and their staff is in my experience always helpfull. However in many items they are way too expensive.

Examples that come to mind are screws ( 3 packets totalling 60 woodscrews cost the same as a box of 1000 from Wilson & Bradley),Tek screws ( twice the price as my timberyard), sandpaper rolls ( 25 metre rolls is four times the price of my supplier), nuts and bolts ( about 10 times dearer than a bolt supplier), MDF and chipboard ( twice the price as Allboard ) and timber ( 25 percent deare than Chippy's).

These are only some of the items that quickly come to mind and were the items I was referring to in my earlier post as too dear. I could go on but these items ought to be enough proof . I know I could get the famous price match guarantee but the hassle for small items isn't worth it.

BTW I am not bashing GMC as I have bought quite a few of their tools and I have never had any major problems with them, and their warranty service is excellent, but their router table is sh*t.


Peter.

[bob w]

Peter
If Bunnies was the manufacturer of sub standard products they would deserve to be criticised. However like most large hardware retailers they are forced to offer a range that is predominately price pointed to appeal to the general public. This of course means that the discerning buyer will easily find fault with an item that has been made to a price only and where accuracy and ease of use was not high on the priority list. To this end we should ask "santas helpers" as we call ourselves in our red & green to take the unit out of the box and have a thorough inspection before making a decision. Most of the people I work with really don't mind, in fact they enjoy the opportunity to discuss the range with an informed customer and are more than happy to learn from someone that knows more than they do.

Gumby
Yes you did hit a nerve as I take my role with Bunnings Very seriously as I did with Mitre10 before that, and it does grate to be referred to as a fool or as stated in an earlier thread "Bunnings only employ morons"

[Tankstand]

Has anyone noticed that the above poll results aren't anonymous!
Is that an optional setting? or the new default?

[arose62]

I think the $200 should be spent on 108.108108108..... jarrah pickets from Bunnies.

1) it's a real wood (not MDF)
2) it's not pine
3) there is photographic evidence on this board of some pretty nice stuff made from these jarrah pickets.

Cheers,
Andrew (in NSW, where jarrah isn't as plentiful as in, say, Perth)
obilgatroy spellling misstakes

[Gumby]

Has anyone noticed that the above poll results aren't anonymous!
Is that an optional setting? or the new default?

It's an option when setting up the poll.

[Iain]

Bob W, I personally dislike the BBQ being a parent involved with Cubs, Scouts and Pony Club, they all utilise this service which ultimately buggers up three weekends a year for me .
Tongue planted firmly in cheek and I do take your point.
I now work in the electronics industry and occasionaly have to deal with electricians, they sound like they may be related to some of the customers you have to deal with, most have no idea about the field and cannot figure out how RF works without a return path.
Thats the easy ones.

[Kris.Parker1]

Nasty nasty nasty