Thread: Masters to close

You pay Google and magically first up is your site,

Google almost anything else and bloody Amazon comes up.

You optimise the hell out of your site, ensure good keyword use, pay careful attention to links and have lots of country relevant traffic, and you too can end up on top of the Google search list - for example, a search for "woodwork" returns this site as the fourth entry, after Wikipedia, Fine Woodworking and a site called Woodwork Basics.

Bunnings is probably the largest retailer of Makita drills in Australia, so it's unsurprising they are at the top of the list for searches originating in Australia.

You can always add "-bunnings" to your search query to not include their results.

I didn't realize that you can pay to win the search results but for everything they stock? That must take some doing. For all we criticise it Wesfarmers have come a long way in not much time and the shareholders must love it.

It's only a small thing about the Masters site but still gives me the irits...

Every time I visit their site I have to enter my postcode to get pricing...

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I called into one store last night and purchased 3 gallons of Titebond III
Given Woolies seemingly inept management, Masters demise was inevitable.

I have a few large containers of Titebond chillin' in the climate controlled atmosphere under the laundry sink. Now there's a line Bunnies should pick up...

Went to Bunnies today to spend a bit, I was assured there would be a person in the section to help get my goods off the shelves. Riiight. Not a sign of anybody in that half of the store, I ended up getting all the stuff down myself, loaded it onto a cart and only when I was leaving that section an employee shuffled out of the stacks and just gave me the fish eyed stare. Went to another section, same story.

Good to see that Bunnies service is on the way down again now that the writing is on the wall for Masters.

Originally Posted by bsrlee

Went to Bunnies today to spend a bit, I was assured there would be a person in the section to help get my goods off the shelves. Riiight. Not a sign of anybody in that half of the store, I ended up getting all the stuff down myself, loaded it onto a cart and only when I was leaving that section an employee shuffled out of the stacks and just gave me the fish eyed stare. Went to another section, same story.

Good to see that Bunnies service is on the way down again now that the writing is on the wall for Masters.

All to do with expectations. I go into Bunnings not expecting service of any level and my expectations are always met and even occasionally exceeded. I am never disappointed when expectations are met!

John

Originally Posted by Yanis

All to do with expectations. I go into Bunnings not expecting service of any level and my expectations are always met and even occasionally exceeded. I am never disappointed when expectations are met!

John

the staff do exist, if you dont blink occasionally you will see a maroon flash across the ends of the isles

Originally Posted by aldav

How many members have noticed ads for 'GotStock' during their travels on the net? This is an online tool and hardware business set up by Wesfarmers (parent of Bunnings) that supplies many of the 'more serious' tools/products we can use and/or aspire to own.

Cheers,
David

Yep. Got stock is an online venture by Blackwoods (owned by Wesfarmers). Online doesn't mean cheaper (more specifically, without the usual much larger overheads) in this instance. It comes with the usual heavy Blackwoods mark up - which really defeats the purpose of operating a play area online.

A little disapointed I really dont like Bunnings. And Masters did carry goods that I cant seem to find else where

Well I might never have a Masters down here but as from today, I do have a Carbatec which is nice.
I did drop into Bunnings to say hello to a few items but didn't take them home.

Originally Posted by Steve Lowe

A little disapointed I really dont like Bunnings. And Masters did carry goods that I cant seem to find else where

Hi Steve,
Leichhardt in Sydney?