--tully
On Saturday 26 March 2005 11:24 pm, Bill Bartlett wrote:
>When I helped run the Unemployed Workers Union Wholefoods, we made
>sure that we had the lowest prices, as well as the best quality and
>the most ethical retail products and methods. Horses for courses,
>some people didn't even notice that our prices were dirt cheap and
>had trouble accepting it could be so when I explained it. Other
>people didn't seem to care that the quality of the merchandise was
>superior, they just cared about cheap.
>
>Other people didn't care about price OR quality, they just wanted to
>shop at the store run by the unemployed. Like my millionaire
>landlady. It was trendy to shop there for awhile, to have your shiny
>new Beamer seen out front of the scruffy shop with all the amateur
>signwriting and graffiti on the window.
>
>But you can be all things to all people. That's what successful
>business is all about.
>
>Bill Bartlett
>Bracknell Tas
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