Sunday trading

[chocadmin]

Oooh this has been my pet hate for years.

The only legitamate reason I've heard against unrestricted sunday hours is that some companies may force employees to work a number of hours at weekends - sundays in particular as part of their contract. I would've thought anybody who felt it impacted their beliefs would have the law on their side though.

We should be able to have a 24/7 society, as Smurfy sez it's 2007 how much longer do we have to wait! Most stores won't do it, but some will (Tesco's loaded so it'll be between them and Asda if given the go ahead).
There's nothing more frustrating than realising you need groceries at 5pm on a Sunday.

The National Consumer Council was supposed to be submitting it as a request to the government (along with a bunch of other things) - didn't hear anything about it though http://nccdev.keymedia.info/cgi-bin/kmdb10.cgi/-load425007_v iewcurrent.htm

We're lucky though, some countries in Europe shut down completely on Sunday!

[loulou]

I like to go shopping on a Sunday but it annoys me that I can go into Next at 10am and look at clothes but I am not allowed to pay for them until 11am. That's a ridiculous law. Sundays are so boring.

[kevvosa]

We're lucky though, some countries in Europe shut down completely on Sunday!

I was going to say - Germany has this I believe.

I prefer shopping mid-week when it's less busy.

[loulou]

shopping midweek? i should be so kylie minogue

[kevvosa]

Better still, do it all online. 

[chocadmin]

Society in general should dictate what times shops are open not laws. My local dominos opens at 11 (if I remember correctly), this is because it makes sense they are then ready for lunchtime custom (I never knew people bought lunchtime pizza during the week) - there is no law stopping them from opening at 7am even though this would be economically unviable.

Why should Sunday's be 'special' or any other restriction on duration of open hours be allowed. If people think 8am on a Sunday is no good for shopping they won't go and shops will open later as a result (heck thanks to the data mining miracle of loyalty cards they know who's buying what on Sundays).

Unlike perhaps other more dubious practices by retailers I don't think any of us feel compelled to shop at particular times just because that's when the shops are open (if anything the volume of 24/5 stores proves this).

[chocadmin]

Careful Kev. you'll get me on my other retailing pet hate, online grocery shopping - why the hell should I pay over the odds delivery charges to receive inferior products (I don't get to choose what I want off the shelves) when (if encouraged) it would actually save stores money (and it's environmentally friendlier)!

[loulou]

Online shopping doesn't always work. They send you everything with the next days date on and fruit that is almost off.

[goldencup]

Does Poundland have a website?

[smurfboy]

It has degraded how people interact and undermined their leisure time.  Sunday trading is corrosive capitalism.  Yes, I do some Sunday shopping but not much.

No one forces people to go shopping. If people would rather go got a walk or a bike ride, read or book, or even go to church, they can. I just think they should have the option to go shopping if they want to as well.

[goldencup]

Until recently our huge Tesco and Asda stores were both 24 hrs a day apart from Sunday.  Asda have now given up on it as it wasn't economically viable and Tesco only have self-service check-outs after 10 pm.  I personally won't do this as there has been a lot of bad publicity about the system where you don't even need your PIN to pay by credit card. 

 

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[smurfboy]

Until recently our huge Tesco and Asda stores were both 24/7. 

That's not possible under UK law. They could only be 24 hour from Monday morning to Saturday night.

Yes, I know I'm being a pedant.

[goldencup]

You're being a pedant.

[Cherry_Ripe]

I live in a town which closes not only on a Sunday but also on a Wednesday afternoon. Internet grocery shops do not deliver to the area so I have to go to the supermarket.

If I realised I needed groceries at 4pm on a Sunday I would wait until the next day to buy them but what annoys me is that the supermarket doesn't open until 8am on Mondays ... not enough time to go there before work.

Our shops open 10am-4pm Sundays and unlike Lou's shops we don't have to wait an hour before we can pay ... what is that about?

 

[kevvosa]

I had a bad experience with online shopping once too and will never do it again. The ice cream was all melted and they didn't put half the things in that I asked for. I managed to get a refund for the delivery price and the melted ice cream though. You'd think they'd use ice packs!