Whats with all the Mobile shops?

b2cmac

Whats going on in Galway at the moment.

Nearly every shop seems to be a moile phone shop.

In shop St, Meteor have even opened 2 shops opposite each other!Surely this is madness from a business point of view!

Do we really need all these phone shops?

plonk

The smaller meteor shop on shop st has closed they moved to the bigger one where zinc used to be

Steyr

b2cmac wrote:

Surely this is madness from a business point of view!
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No not at all, like the above said the small one had closed and the bigger one is open due to demand, as they say " if you build it they will come".......:D

Muzzy

Actually, an unrelated but on topic question?

If I drop in my phone onto one of the shops, will they charge it for me?

plonk

Thats a good idea but i dont think so coz of liability and all that

DRakE

Muzzy wrote:

Actually, an unrelated but on topic question?

If I drop in my phone onto one of the shops, will they charge it for me?

For cash, possibly.

Steyr

AFAIK Meteor provide such a service or used to.

biko

Muzzy wrote:

If I drop in my phone onto one of the shops, will they charge it for me?

Just flash those baby blues and you should be fine.

Fey!

b2cmac wrote:

Whats going on in Galway at the moment.

Nearly every shop seems to be a moile phone shop.

In shop St, Meteor have even opened 2 shops opposite each other!Surely this is madness from a business point of view!

Do we really need all these phone shops?

Who else can afford the Shop Street rents? Local business' certainly can't anymore; look how quickly they're disappearing.:(

4zn76tysfajdxp

Who else can afford the Shop Street rents? Local business' certainly can't anymore; look how quickly they're disappearing.

I'm tellin' ya, it's a crying shame.
No wait, it's not.

Wait..

When did Zinc close down?

Man I really don't pay attention to Shop Street anymore.

Jocksy

It is a worrying trend. How many do you need in one area?

plonk

Deleted User wrote:

Wait..

When did Zinc close down?

Man I really don't pay attention to Shop Street anymore.

Before christmas small clothes shops cant keep up any more twist or carpenters is closing aswell

Fey!

The likes of Hairy Legs on Maingaurd Street is also gone, with John Deelys to follow soon AFAIK.

padi89

b2cmac wrote:

Do we really need all these phone shops?

Not really,but people have to have the latest phone dont ya know, even if the one they have already is working fine.:rolleyes:

cheesemaker

Millie Lively Snowstorm wrote:

I'm tellin' ya, it's a crying shame.
No wait, it's not.

The council need to sort things out before shop st is indistingushible from any other high st worldwide,in dublin they have just banned any phone shop, macdonalds,bookies that kinda thing thing from opening on grafton st for these very reasons.GCC needs to do the same here before shop st becomes faceless

stevecrow74

makes a change from all the shoe shops that were there about 10 yrs ago...

Fey!

I agree wholeheartedly with Cheesemaker. Do we need 2 vodafone (incl Corbettcourt), 2 O2, 2 Meteor and a 3 shop within 100 metres on our main thoroughfare, alongside the likes of Carphone Warehouse.

TBH, I think that the first signs of "Old" Galway disappearing was when O'Gormans, O'Connors and Naughtons disappeared. And now they want to tear down the old facia that was Una Taafes - I know that that building is an eyesore as it is, but it's one of the few old buildings left in the town. Why can't they just do it up rather than knock it down; a lot of cities would insist on it.

Sponge Bob

cheesemaker wrote:

for these very reasons.GCC needs to do the same here before shop st becomes faceless

stable door bolt horse after

biko

Maybe we'll get another glass and concrete hotel where Una's place was. Lovely.

Interceptor

Welcome to Galwaychester. Looks and feels just like every other boring shopping street of every town in the UK, but with lots of places to buy overpriced tat and get your phone charged for free. And still no Burger King - WTF? I'm ten years waiting for them to knock Una's and start selling Whoppers from the dog****-scented kip...

'cptr

Sponge Bob

thats Galcastle or Galford or Galpool if you please. i

Its pointless comaring it to upmarket areas like Dorchester or Winchester or ...Chester.

biko

b2cmac wrote:

Nearly every shop seems to be a moile phone shop.

They're all hairdressers! Every street in town has a hairdressers!