Google| Subject | Re: Will Tony apologize? (was: Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby) |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 04/22/2014 10:05 (04/22/2014 04:05) |
| Message-ID | <f74cl91meih347rj6t987iuq488tf4047a@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Sandman |
| Followups | Sandman (31m) > Tony Cooper |
On 22 Apr 2014 05:21:46 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:
SandmanI read, and responded to, the English you wrote. The "what" is the whole. That's what percentages do: they represent a calculated part of the whole. No matter what size the whole is, a percentage of that whole can be a tiny or huge amount.
In article <t22bl99ta67aluto13irjp4c3ipjmsk7qf@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:SandmanIn this case, yes. Percentages doesn't make things tiny, it's the percentage of *what* that makes something tiny or huge.Tony Cooper
What? The percentage that something is of the whole makes that something "tiny" or "huge"? You really want to go with this?
Why can't you ever read English?
Tony Cooper
The population of Stockholm's metropolitan area is 2,163,042. That is 22% of the population of Sweden.So, then I should deduce that Stockholm is a tiny city?Sandman
Only if you're a moron and don't understand what percentages mean - so yes, you probably would.
I don't think that a business feels that optimizing profitability is a "shame".SandmanTony CooperTony CooperSandman
Some lament that Colonial does not discount accessory items or have sales other than factory-sponsored specials, but that's not a size issue.
Naturally. But that's a shame.
No, it's a business decision.
Which is a shame.
SandmanTony CooperTony CooperSandman
I suspect that the owner, Don Rausch, would like to have a more modern physical facility in a more attractive neighborhood. (I've talked to Don several times, but not about this.)
Then perhaps he could flesh out and make a bigger camera section where he can show the merchandise in a more selling manner.
The store has been in business for almost 60 years.
Whatever that has to do with anything is anyone's guess. You just like to hear yourself type.
Maximum capacity? What is that in regard to sales? How many customers can be fit in the store? "Capacity" is size or volume. Using "maximum capacity" in this context is about at the level of writing "haha" or "selling manner".Tony CooperSandman
And you presume to tell them that they could operate in a more "selling manner"?
And you presume that they are already operating at maximum capacity? Really? Haha.
What a store aims for is maximum profitability and ROI.
You wrote some idiocy about "Then perhaps he could flesh out and make a bigger camera section where he can show the merchandise in a more selling manner."Tony CooperSandman
What do you know of the ROI in hobby products that tells you that increasing the space for cameras would provide a better return than using that space to sell RC models?
Who talked about RC models? Why can't you ever read English?
Assuming that "flesh out" means expanding the camera section by reducing the space allocated to some other products, then RC models would be the first considered since the RC models are sold in the area adjacent to the present camera area. You should have looked at the representation of the store layout. You wouldn't have to ask another stupid question.
I may be wrong, though. I have never seen "flesh out" used to describe a physical arrangement. It's used to describe expanding conceptual things like ideas or plans. But, then, I have to try to follow your rather quirky use of English.
Well, you did state that in several posts. I was kind enough to regard the error as a simple mistake and not a lie, but it was untruthful.SandmanAnd this really isn't a store-heavy area either.Tony Cooper
You are about as observant in this as you were in "the loop" when you thought Best Buy was a nationally known camera store.
A blatant lie.
On the plus side, the building has adequate and convenient parking. That's a big plus in this town.
Yeah, it had a fairly sized parking to the side, probably shared with other stores on the same street, but some were marked for Colonial's customers.
Colonial Photo faces on Mills, but Colonial Avenue - right around the corner - is lined with stores and businesses, and that's the "area". Parking is very limited on Colonial, so the ("fairly sized") parking area that Colonial Photo uses is shared by these stores and businesses. You just weren't observant. No parking is allowed on most of Mills in that area.Tony CooperSandman
The area is very store-heavy.
No, a small street with some stores spread out here and there. I guess this is why you think stores as Colonial are enormous, you think this street is store-heavy.
And you are sinking faster than the Grå Ulven and the Den Stora Draken did.Tony CooperSandman
There are two Vietnamese grocery stores in the building to the north of Colonial. *Large* grocery stores.
So, tiny then? Your opinion about store size is out the window, remember?
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
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