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I have to say that on my last 2 trips to the UK, Marks & Spencer were a huge disappointment.

Appeared to me the majority of clothing was Made in China, I have a thing about clothing that is Made in China as I am convinced it is designed and cut for the average sized Chinese person and not the average European physique.

Either that or I am an odd sized person............. :unsure:

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Choice is a luxury and I confess to going online because I have the luxury of wanting to choose. If I didn't want to choose I could easily get by at Target etc.

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While we're on the subject of competition within the market place, I thought I would draw attention to the newly formed Bank Reform Party. I think this graphic goes a long way to showing the 'competition' issue:

Authentic Competition?

I know this is off topic, and probably horribly unAustralian, and it will no doubt trigger a graphic of which banks own each other in the UK, but I thought it was still worth mentioning.


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I take you've never been to Zimbabwe - or New Zealand

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While I agree with your other points (apart from shopping for technology where we are as good as most), you pay to park at the shopping mall?

Wow

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It must be hard to get clothes to fit over a turtle shell.

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We buy a lot of clothes from M&S online and while I agree about the quality, the prices reflect this. They are not an expensive retailer.

Everything is made in China now.

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Our local mall has paid parking, but the first three hours are free or if you spend over $150 at the mall it's free. It's fantastic as it's freed up so much space with bus commuters actually parking elsewhere and walking a couple of blocks to the mall instead of using up all the mall parking.

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Fair enough. I don't know of any malls where you pay to park in WA.

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Most if not all of the malls in Sydney are pay, but the first 3 or 4 hours are free. given issues like:

I don't think there's any real reason to stick around that long, so I effectively never pay for parking either.

Ikea is free though :)


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Maybe because the major bus and train stations are separate from the shopping centres and have their own car parks. I few of the major stations here are located in the shopping centre itself.

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No paid parking online either. Six pairs of ballet tights for the price of two in our local retail outlets on one of the ebay stores last week, no postage charges and in my GPO box within 24 hours. That's the way I like to shop.

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Ditto. My hubby buys all his work clothes from M&S (business shirts & trousers) and is perfectly happy with them. He also likes their suits.

You get what you pay for (except here in aussieland, you pay a fortune and get crap).

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If I buy shirts and trousers from M&S online I know that they will fit as their sizes are very consistent - something that cannot be said for some, more expensive, retailers.

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I buy my shirts from M&S - I particularly like the Iron Free double cuff formal shirts that come in 1/2 inch increments. Not found anything comparable here (Not that I've looked very hard - it's all too easy to point and click)


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