Just had confirmed in store by staff member at B&Q Kidderminster that POT GROWN (So ideal to start off your own Christmas Tree Farm), NOT the Cut Trees that will last two weeks at best, that are currently reduced down to £10 will be £8 tomorrow, £5 Weds and down to just 1p on Xmas Eve
They are Norway or Serbian Spruce and as they are Pot Grown, as long as they are looked after will not drop their needles
Approx size is 4ft
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backinstock
21 Dec 155#3
simonturner69 to pinkjoanne123
22 Dec 153#10
No, it will create mustard gas.
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Oliba
23 Dec 15#25
B&q greenwich £28 pound :disappointed: the didnt reduce. Full price at checkout
kellylou
22 Dec 15#24
Got one for £5 at the weekend at Queensferry store
12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 15#15
I work in retail and can't understand y any company would reduce so low wouldn't be more beneficial to write it off and not sell at silly pennies .
The mind boggles lol
Spikeywikey to 12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 15#17
I think it's due to how the system works, they can't give it for free as each stock item has to have a transaction, so 1p is the lowest they can legally get rid of it to balance their stock inventory/ point of sales systems they use. Correct me if I'm wrong here.
simonturner69 to 12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 151#18
What do they do with the trees?
Business waste collection isn't free :laughing:
bma1445 to 12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 15#23
I know a fair amount about how B&Q systems operate, and it's all to do with saving money.
B&Q stores are ranked on "Shrink". Shrink is stock which is removed from inventory without a transaction. This includes theft, damages, scrapped, etc. Shrink levels affect the performance of the store, including things like manager bonuses :wink:.
If they discount it to 1p, the discount will be in reports, but the stock has been "sold". The discount level is down to the store, most will choose a price depending on how quickly they want to get rid of them to make space. Discounting to 50p or 1p doesn't really make any difference.
If they just scrap them, the store is going to be hit for the cost of the trees - it's no different, internally, to somebody coming in and stealing all of them, as they have to be "removed" from the system. Say they have 100 left, at retail of £30 average that's a £3k write-off. Not only that, but the store has to incur the cost of disposing them.
Basically, it's internal politics/balancing the books for corporate.
davidoneman
22 Dec 15#22
Ive just been in got 2 cut trees for £1 each , asked about the potted trees was told there not getting reduced ? Glasshoughton store
12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 15#19
Fair comment but didnt mean with just these Xmas trees ment in general .
simonturner69 to 12Mummysaltash
22 Dec 15#21
It's the same with any product / packaging.
Business waste doesn't get cheaper the more you use it.
The idea is to reduce waste, ideally for the environment, but businesses do it purely to save money, naturally.
For everyone thinking they're just unloading their crap onto us, well it is true, but its recyclable after we're finished with it :smiley:
Vanderlust
22 Dec 15#20
Yeah exactly, they're basically getting you to dispose of their waste. Having it at 1p gets you to checkout so everything goes through the system instead of people barging in and thinking they can simply lift stuff from the shop floor into their car because it's free. :man:
Haroldinho
22 Dec 15#16
My local B&Q were selling them for £1 yesterday with about a dozen left.
EdinburghShop85
22 Dec 151#14
Because 50p vs 1p to them is nothing, and probably costs more to dispose of so they just want them to be taken away. They probably can't do it for free as it needs to go through the tills
localshop
22 Dec 15#13
So did everyone in this house!!!
Thanks Simon
Alandrover
22 Dec 15#12
I laughed out loud at this !!!
tricky_tree1982
22 Dec 15#11
So where can you plant it?!
pinkjoanne123
21 Dec 15#9
Can i plant it in the garden?
simonturner69 to pinkjoanne123
22 Dec 153#10
No, it will create mustard gas.
kidgloves
21 Dec 15#7
Are these from Amsterdam and would they complement their Christmas cake? :wink:
PowickAV to kidgloves
21 Dec 15#8
The kind of cake that you DON'T give the Kids at Xmas but DO give it the MIL? :stuck_out_tongue:
Surely it's only Tulips that you can get from Amsterdam?
Having worked there a fair bit, I cant think of anything else you would just come across walking down the streets and leading unwitting Tourists down blind alleys to the point where they all get stuck :sunglasses:
joanne10
21 Dec 15#6
Yeah they do this every year :smiley: bargain!
backinstock
21 Dec 155#3
PowickAV to backinstock
21 Dec 15#5
LOL :stuck_out_tongue:
PowickAV
21 Dec 151#4
The tree or the comment :wink:
I went in to get some cup hooks and took the opportunity to ask, all i can do is report back what she said. I know that they have done this in previous years, so have no reason to not believe her.
PowickAV
21 Dec 15#1
Before you ask, she did say she believed this would be national on the Pot Grown trees as they last longer, the Cut prices have been allowed to be flexible.
smudge92 to PowickAV
21 Dec 15#2
why would they do it for a 1p when they could easily do it for £2 or £1 or even 50p? at 1p They may aswell give it away. doesn't sound real to me.
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They are Norway or Serbian Spruce and as they are Pot Grown, as long as they are looked after will not drop their needles
Approx size is 4ft
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The mind boggles lol
Business waste collection isn't free :laughing:
B&Q stores are ranked on "Shrink". Shrink is stock which is removed from inventory without a transaction. This includes theft, damages, scrapped, etc. Shrink levels affect the performance of the store, including things like manager bonuses :wink:.
If they discount it to 1p, the discount will be in reports, but the stock has been "sold". The discount level is down to the store, most will choose a price depending on how quickly they want to get rid of them to make space. Discounting to 50p or 1p doesn't really make any difference.
If they just scrap them, the store is going to be hit for the cost of the trees - it's no different, internally, to somebody coming in and stealing all of them, as they have to be "removed" from the system. Say they have 100 left, at retail of £30 average that's a £3k write-off. Not only that, but the store has to incur the cost of disposing them.
Basically, it's internal politics/balancing the books for corporate.
Business waste doesn't get cheaper the more you use it.
The idea is to reduce waste, ideally for the environment, but businesses do it purely to save money, naturally.
For everyone thinking they're just unloading their crap onto us, well it is true, but its recyclable after we're finished with it :smiley:
Thanks Simon
Surely it's only Tulips that you can get from Amsterdam?
Having worked there a fair bit, I cant think of anything else you would just come across walking down the streets and leading unwitting Tourists down blind alleys to the point where they all get stuck :sunglasses:
I went in to get some cup hooks and took the opportunity to ask, all i can do is report back what she said. I know that they have done this in previous years, so have no reason to not believe her.