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 | | From: | jg | | Subject: | Re: Retail trading hours in WA | | Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:43:59 GMT |
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> Chris McDonald wrote:
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> > You use 'quaint' as if it's a bad thing, and 'extended trading' as
> > if it's progressive and fashionable. All wrong.
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> > One of the remaining benefits of the West is that it's not like the
> rest
> > of Australia. Sadly, the West will destruct to become like the rest
> > of Australia, and then Australia destruct to become the United
> States.
> > Why not cut out a step and just give Walmart and Home Depots trading
> licences?
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> What a load of shit. The trading hours in Perth are an embarrassment.
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> Speaking as a consumer I want longer trading hours. Current regulations
> mean that I can only shop on Thursday nights and Saturdays. This
> creates a real problem if I want to do other things on those days. I
> can instead go to a deli with limited range (usually of what I don't
> want) at inflated prices. But why should I have to subsidise the deli
> owner, they don't owe me a living so why should I owe them one?.
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> I see no reason for restricting trading hours for any (legal)
> enterprise. As far as I'm concerned they should be allowed to open
> whenever they like.
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The reason is to protect local/small business against foreign owned
enterprise, and to some extent preserve a lifestyle still seen as
desirable - Saturday used to be just another work day for everyone and those
who remember it still see that change as a huge advance. We work all sorts
of odd hours now and no one home to shop in the day, but how many think
that's a good thing? We do it to gain an edge but have to learn all over
again it's like a dog chasing its tail - when everyone works 24 hours a day
it's still not enough. All industries have some form of protection against
monopolies, unfair trading etc. which often causes expense and inconvenience
to consumers. I have a compromise - don't extend trading hours but allow
them to be flexible, so Coles might open from 12 am to 10 pm for instance.
But they wouldn't go for it because they'd miss out on prime trading time
against the delis.
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