Masters Sale

[scrapsD40]

Wow, and about time....wonder how many would be in Bella Vista?

[Hoyks]

I went into Masters at Bundamba at lunchtime today. Surprisingly, especially for a Friday afternoon, it  was the busiest I have seen it ever!

I suppose they were in there picking over the corpse and hoping for a bargain. I suspect now that date of execution has been announced, Masters will have its best sales figure ever and probably a lot of first time shoppers too!

[Garfish]

I have to ask, what is wrong with Masters?
Only went in there about 4 times and each time I thought it was wrong, there was something completely wrong about it that I can't put my finger on.
Any clues what it is?

The sausage sizzle wasn't on your way in, you had to go looking for it

[BaseCamp]

Hey Bird mate....  please take a closer look at my post ...

I was saying 100% opposite to what you understood there....

I was saying that the grungy Bunnings look worked much better on my wallet - whereas Masters felt as bland as grey musac.....

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[Redcherokee]

Went to Masters a few times and they simply never had what we wanted. 

Soaker hoses?  We don't stock them.  (US influence, not adjusted to what Aussies are used to)
Electrical cable crimper?  Don't stock them.  Suspect another US influence.
Ocky straps? Don't stock them....

And so it goes.  They just brought over the Yankee range, without paying attention  to what we wanted. Deserve to go broke doing that.  Even wandering around there was never anything inspiring.

Just feel sorry for the poor folk who are losing their jobs. Ah well when reborn as bulky goods warehouses they may provide a few more jobs...

[Troopy_03]

Went to Masters a few times and they simply never had what we wanted. 

Soaker hoses?  We don't stock them.  (US influence, not adjusted to what Aussies are used to)
Electrical cable crimper?  Don't stock them.  Suspect another US influence.
Ocky straps? Don't stock them....

And so it goes.  They just brought over the Yankee range, without paying attention  to what we wanted. Deserve to go broke doing that.  Even wandering around there was never anything inspiring.

Just feel sorry for the poor folk who are losing their jobs. Ah well when reborn as bulky goods warehouses they may provide a few more jobs...

The Masters near me stocks a few different electrical crimpers. Actually more than Bunnings.

[JPH]

Found out yesterday that Metcash/Mitre10 Group are looking to buy Home Hardware/J Danks Wholesale from Woolworths and merge into a new combined independent hardware group under Metcash wholesale

The deal went through earlier in the week, Metcash have bought all but three Home Hardware stores and didn't buy the warehouse. Will be very interesting to see how this effects things. Our local supplier Belmont Timber was bought out 2 years ago by Home and will most likely change names and stock again. It's hurt many tradies as we can no longer buy the bulk or quality we've been accustomed to with independent suppliers who listen to their local market.

[KingBilly]

The deal went through earlier in the week, Metcash have bought all but three Home Hardware stores and didn't buy the warehouse. Will be very interesting to see how this effects things. Our local supplier Belmont Timber was bought out 2 years ago by Home and will most likely change names and stock again. It's hurt many tradies as we can no longer buy the bulk or quality we've been accustomed to with independent suppliers who listen to their local market.

Well there you go, I thought Metcash was only a distribution company and most of their hardware stores were just franchises or whatever.

KB

[Pete79]

Went to Masters a few times and they simply never had what we wanted. 

Soaker hoses?  We don't stock them.  (US influence, not adjusted to what Aussies are used to)
Electrical cable crimper?  Don't stock them.  Suspect another US influence.
Ocky straps? Don't stock them....

And I found the opposite.
No big imperial sized sockets stocked at Bunnings. Full range at Masters.

No high temp Dektite stocked at Bunnings. All sizes on the shelf at Masters.

Masters just left their run too late. They took way too long to open stores and Bunnings already had control of the market.

[scrapsD40]

The deal went through earlier in the week, Metcash have bought all but three Home Hardware stores and didn't buy the warehouse. Will be very interesting to see how this effects things. Our local supplier Belmont Timber was bought out 2 years ago by Home and will most likely change names and stock again. It's hurt many tradies as we can no longer buy the bulk or quality we've been accustomed to with independent suppliers who listen to their local market.

watch this space with these guys. Tipped to explode with the independent owners that didn't take the big cheque from Metcash or Woolies.  http://www.hbt.net.au

Well there you go, I thought Metcash was only a distribution company and most of their hardware stores were just franchises or whatever.

KB

several still are independent, but 2009 onwards when Metcash bought Mitre10/True Value Brand, Management and Wholesale divisions, and Woolies bought Home Hardware/Thrifty Link Brand, Management and Wholesale divisions, both groups had big cheque books to buy part or all of the independent hardware store business. They did this in competition with each other to either acquire/lock in the wholesale business or stop the competitor being able to but one of their key businesses.

[Homer_Jay]

They should have had some big sales on tradie type gear at the start to win the blokes over (sexist? Yes..... It's a hardware and your target audience should be blokes).

They needed to get people in and get them to think the place was great with some bargains.

I walked in when they opened, everything was similar priced to Bunnings. It didn't feel like a hardware. So just went back to Bunnnings.

Occasionally I would go back when Bunnings didn't have what I wanted. Rarely did Masters ever have anything better. And the place started to get a weird feeling as there was always more staff than customers. Felt like everyone was looking at you!

Sad to see any business go down. And Bunnings need competition, Masters just got it wrong.

[krisandkev]

Is it just me, I hate both!  I still get better service and a better range at other hardwares and I like to support our local family owned store.  Kevin

[D4D]

The Masters near me stocks a few different electrical crimpers. Actually more than Bunnings.

z2, very large range of Cabac stuff

[Hewy54]

Is it just me, I hate both!  I still get better service and a better range at other hardwares and I like to support our local family owned store.  Kevin

We are very lucky that we have an industrial area fairly close. They have a steel yard(Gawler Steel), irrigation shop, Reece, electrical wholesaler, landscape supplies, timber supplies (RM Timber) and all on a first name basis. Better service, quality goods and cheaper than Bunnings.
Thank god for Paxton Street in Willaston.

[Bird]

Is it just me, I hate both!  I still get better service and a better range at other hardwares and I like to support our local family owned store.  Kevin

agree totally except the local went broke...

[tryagain]

It begins tomorrow Monday

http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/masters-fire-sale-to-start-monday-20160826-gr25au.html

[tryagain]

10-30% Storewide to start with so nothing all  that spectacular, my guess would be a majority at the 10% off discount.

[BaseCamp]

I can imagine the stress Wollies failure will give to operators such as Trade Tools Direct (Qld)...   

Through no fault of their own - now they are going to have to deal with $500M of assorted wares being liquidated / sacrificed...  some of which will inevitably be product from their key categories...

[tryagain]

I can imagine the stress Wollies failure will give to operators such as Trade Tools Direct (Qld)...   

Through no fault of their own - now they are going to have to deal with $500M of assorted wares being liquidated / sacrificed...  some of which will inevitably be product from their key categories...

A bit of pain for a few months but then less competition.

[Bird]

my guess would be a majority at the 10% off discount.

everyone will rush in like suckers for the "show" specials.. LMAO

[speewa158]

For those out of town if anybody can post prices it could save a trip down to only get 10% off 

[scrapsD40]

For those out of town if anybody can post prices it could save a trip down to only get 10% off 

I heard they're having a carpark sale. Do you need one?

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

I heard they're having a carpark sale. Do you need one?

I'll go shares with someone.
I just need a strip for a driveway.
White lines on it doesn't matter

[corndog]

I shop at both. Have found stuff at Masters that Bunnings didn't have. I don't always like the brands that Bunnings have compared with Masters. Price wise they are close thought Masters are open to haggle more.

[Jason B]

I must admit that I prefer the service and convenience of our local Mitre 10, its easier to find what you want in a smaller space with less options!

On the upside our local Masters in doing deals on Sky Hooks and Striped Paint if you are after some