Chulse04715 Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Just out of interest how close are timpsons to you... this is my daily headache. Luckily we’re fairly busy and have some loyal customers but when their busy and you’re not it’s hard not to notice and vice versa. This pictures from our front door chris the key cobbler exp121260 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 bit close but, it can only be good for your business. did you open first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsy Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 I think I’ve walked past your shop Chris are you in Kendal im due to open 5 doors away from a timpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exp121260 Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Both Me and Timpson on the same street, I am located at one end and they are on the other end ( busier end thou) They sometimes send customers over for stuff they out of stock or do'n't want to do and I occasionally send customers over them. So , not much confrontation but if any of us closes , the other one will be much happier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jontheshoe Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 I’ve got 2 , (one pod ) Within a short distance : tend to pick up lots of work they don’t want or can’t be bothered to do . After 30 years in the shop I don’t tend to bother about them, just concentrate on your own business, quality & service ironplanet uk900 and Fast Fix Elgin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x minit uk Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I’ve got 4 all within 15 minutes walk. ironplanet uk900 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
completelocks Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 5 miles nearest one, and i get people coming in with keys they got there that don't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chulse04715 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 10:18 AM, Patsy said: I think I’ve walked past your shop Chris are you in Kendal im due to open 5 doors away from a timpson Yeah we’re in Kendal. You should have popped in we haven’t had any other cobblers pop in for a while. Patsy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chulse04715 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 7:37 AM, k4mrc said: bit close but, it can only be good for your business. did you open first? Yeah it can be good for business, especially with all this queuing. they’ve just made one of the lads redundant and manning it with the other bloke. We get on well with them and there pretty open about what they take and what’s going on behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chulse04715 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 10 hours ago, x minit uk said: I’ve got 4 all within 15 minutes walk. I get stressed with one, we also have one in morrisons but that’s on the outskirts of town. Still takes business away from the high street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 I’ve seen their takings. I’m surprised there’s any queues and even more surprised there were 2 of them in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chulse04715 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Count Muppet said: I’ve seen their takings. I’m surprised there’s any queues and even more surprised there were 2 of them in there We have heard their going to be closing the one opposite us, which you could say it’s a good thing but they are a high street name which do bring folk into town. that’s actually two shops with the wall knocked through so I would imagine they will be paying two lots of rent and maybe two lots of rates. There’s only a que every now and then and it’s usually for dry cleaning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 have they stopped paying bonus ? ive had loads of keys and watches that one of their knumptys says he cant do or you have to leave a sekonda watch overnight strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted September 9, 2020 Report Share Posted September 9, 2020 Keys and watches are busier than they’ve ever been. plenty of bonus about now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 22 hours ago, Chulse04715 said: Yeah we’re in Kendal. You should have popped in we haven’t had any other cobblers pop in for a while. I started my career in that Timpsons on a YTS when I was 16. I believe the guys Terry and Nigel still work there. If proof was ever needed that businesses can successful work alongside Timpsons this is it. I was 16 when I started and I'm 53 now, so that's a lot of years! For the record we have 4 Timpsons withing about 3 miles of our shop in Carlisle, one in walking distance and another about a mile away. In total we have 8 cobblers including myself and Timpsons in an approx 3 mile radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 7:12 AM, x minit uk said: I’ve got 4 all within 15 minutes walk. I've got two pods outside local supermarkets, you do get the convenience brigade, but noticed a large amount beginning to see through their ridiculous price structure and the bullshit. I went into the nearest one (he didn't know me) and asked if he could replace a buckle on a belt, just to see if they take on this type of work! He said, and I quote. "You can't get that done, it's a sealed unit" It was a straight forward unpick stitches, replace and restitch. Even Joe public can see through this type of idiot. Why not just say, no, sorry no can't do that! x minit uk, kobblers, Auto Key Wizard and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chulse04715 Posted September 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 4:26 PM, Simes said: I started my career in that Timpsons on a YTS when I was 16. I believe the guys Terry and Nigel still work there. If proof was ever needed that businesses can successful work alongside Timpsons this is it. I was 16 when I started and I'm 53 now, so that's a lot of years! For the record we have 4 Timpsons withing about 3 miles of our shop in Carlisle, one in walking distance and another about a mile away. In total we have 8 cobblers including myself and Timpsons in an approx 3 mile radius. Terry is still here, nige unfortunately was made redundant a few weeks ago. Only terry running it now. We get on well with them both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simes Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Chulse04715 said: Terry is still here, nige unfortunately was made redundant a few weeks ago. Only terry running it now. We get on well with them both. Shame about Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 17 hours ago, Simes said: Shame about Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Muppet Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, kobblers said: First thing that come into my head kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky111 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 nigel Johnson ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x minit uk Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, marky111 said: nigel Johnson ? I think Nigel Johnson is still Brum based . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at Vauxhall Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 I've been operating my independent business from inside a Timpson's pod. They haven't noticed yet. Sssshhh!!!! Don't tell anyone! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 heads up, according to a 'nameless t employee' the question should be how close are 'us' independents to them? namely on services etc I think they feel were nowhere near them! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Got a branch half a mile away, they aren't any kind of competition up here and their prices simply help me raise my own by comparison. MartyCoggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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