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mercury wrote:Was in Crums on Saturday, as I came down High St. I thought that it was closed as the window grills were on but it was opened.
Fat Cat wrote:mercury wrote:Was in Crums on Saturday, as I came down High St. I thought that it was closed as the window grills were on but it was opened.
certainly not the shop it used to be, but then what is.
RapidAssistant wrote:Fat Cat wrote:mercury wrote:Was in Crums on Saturday, as I came down High St. I thought that it was closed as the window grills were on but it was opened.
certainly not the shop it used to be, but then what is.
Crums was always hideously expensive for appliance spares compared to PTS down in Stevenson Street in the Barras - you could get stuff for at least 20%-30% cheaper. Again - looking at how easily and more cheaply you can source spare bits for washing machines, hoovers and the like from eBay, one wonders how long it will before Crums will be no more.....
Mori wrote:Went to Crums once, priced a bar for a heater my mum wouldnt throw out as it was years old, i think the chap priced at about £7. I felt that was a bit expensive, went 'doon tae Ra Barras' and got the same item for a £ 1 and while i was buying that the chap said buy the other 1 and i'll gie ye the 2 for £1.50, great bargain, the heater lasted for many years after that.
Barras was always good for bargain.
RDR wrote:RapidAssistant wrote:Fat Cat wrote:mercury wrote:Was in Crums on Saturday, as I came down High St. I thought that it was closed as the window grills were on but it was opened.
certainly not the shop it used to be, but then what is.
Crums was always hideously expensive for appliance spares compared to PTS down in Stevenson Street in the Barras - you could get stuff for at least 20%-30% cheaper. Again - looking at how easily and more cheaply you can source spare bits for washing machines, hoovers and the like from eBay, one wonders how long it will before Crums will be no more.....
I didn't always find Crums to be too expensive, depended what you were looking for. They were always helpful.
I wasn't that impressed with PTS and the quality of some of the stuff.
Vinny the Mackem wrote:I think Tandy was the "Shop Front" name of Radio Shack in the UK. I think a lot of the products were labelled Radio Shack, but I don't recall the shops being called Radio Shack. Mind you, I'm going back about 30 years, and I was only small then!
Wee Harry wrote:Was there asho called DER or Reddifusion!
Wee Harry wrote:Doug, my old feller worked for DER, think he deloivered and plugged them in and maybe tuned them in for a dollar or a dram!
Doug wrote:Wee Harry wrote:Doug, my old feller worked for DER, think he deloivered and plugged them in and maybe tuned them in for a dollar or a dram!
I like that Harry,a wee dram. Did they not drive aboot in wee vans with big bold DER lettering on them Ah seem to remember their vans everywhere !!
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