RE: Keeping Homebase in business....

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Aaaargh! Much as my missus hates this split AC unit I am really thinking it
was a bad move selling the second one that I bought!

Which of the units did you get for £164? I assume it was the CoolFlow 7000?
That's not a bad unit but not very meaty ... I got a CoolFlow 9000 that was
priced up with the 7000 price sticker and no-one noticed and I find that
where the similarly rated 9000BTU split unit will make our 26'x12' living
room almost chilly on a hotish day then the 9000BTU single unit will only
manage to do the same in Edwards room (about 13' x 12'). Thing is ... at
£164 I see them as being only twice the price of a decent fan and all that
does is move warm air around ... at least these do reduce the temperature!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 June 2001 14:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Keeping Homebase in business....
>
>
> Well, I've just got back from a scavenging expedition to my two local
> stores, I managed to bag an X10 mini-timer for £9.99, five X10 modules
(4
> lamp, 1 appliance) for the ridiculous price of £7.49 each, and a
portable
> air-con unit for £164. - I have now cleared both of my local
> stores out of
> X10 modules! (although they do still have some of the kits
available...)
>
> :-)
>
> Paul G
>
>
>
> >From: "John McManus" <john.mcmanus@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Keeping Homebase in business....
> >Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 12:11:11 +0100
> >
> >Your posting cost me money...
> >
> >I had been thinking of air con for a while... My local Homebase
had a
> >9000BTU split unit with £400 off.  How could I resist such a
> bargain?  Just
> >need to get it fitted now!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John (likely to be sweating getting the unit fitted, but hoping
> to be cool
> >afterwards)
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
> >To: "Ukha_D@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:02 PM
> >Subject: [ukha_d] Keeping Homebase in business....
> >
> >
> > > Okay folks (mostly the Scottish contingent)
> > >
> > > We have raided all of the Homebase stores in the area, and
found the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > Timer kit: MIni Timer, Lamp module, Appliance Module
> > > RC kit: TM12 Receiver, Hand Held Remote, Lamp Module
> > > PC kit: Software, CM12 Transceiver, Lamp module, Appliance
Module
> > >
> > > Wishaw:    Four Timer Kits, Three Mini timers (kit is still
in secure
> >area,
> > > not on shelves)
> > >
> > > Hamilton:  Nowt, Zero, Nothing!
> > >
> > > East Kilbride:  Three Timer Kits
> > >
> > > Pollokshaws:   Everything! Three PC Kits, Four RC Kits, Four
> Mini Timer
> > > Kits, Three Mini Timers
> > >
> > > Milngavie:   Some RC Kits, *lots* of Mini Timer Kits, Five
or six lamp
> > > modules
> > >
> > > Oh, and Milngavie also had an 8500BTU Portable Air Con unit,
which is
> >now
> > > cooling myself and Jenni nicely, reduced to £120 :)
> > >
> > > I *seriously* suggest a quick trip to yer local Homebase.
> > >
> > > The most chatty staff member we spoke to said the new
> management of the
> > > group seemed intent on ditching any line that involved large
> value slow
> > > moving items, in favour of "stack em high, sell em
cheap"
> > >
> > > And if they want to sell that high ticket stuff off cheap to
> get rid of
> >it,
> > > it would be a shame not to help them out....
> > >
> > > Ian "14 degrees" Lowe
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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