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Holidays Are Already Tough Enough ---...
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| Topic: | Holidays Are Already Tough Enough --- All Good Things Gotta Come to an END... This thread has 60 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 17:42 |
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Was just informed yesterday that my boss is closing up shop. I asked her when... She said, "Uhm....end of this month!!!" Sh*t, F*ck, P*ss!! Happy holidays, huh? Goodbye Speakerlab. It was fun while it lasted. End of a Seattle Icon. If I had some $$$$ I would have bought the business... It still has a strong name here in town. Speakerlab was established in 1972... I started there in about 74, and managed a couple of stores, then went out and did a few other things, and just returned 2 years ago almost to the day... Amazon is changing everything here. All of the older one -story buildings are getting torn down to build mega-condos & apartments --- everywhere. Everywhere you look, there are construction cranes. I think it's time for a beer or two! A sad day for me. Had to share.
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 2 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 17:46 |
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully she offers you some sort of severance pay.
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| Post 3 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 17:49 |
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Good luck in the next stage.
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| OP | Post 4 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 17:50 |
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On November 19, 2015 at 17:46, tweeterguy said...
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully she offers you some sort of severance pay. Well, that's another story...
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 5 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 18:11 |
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| Post 6 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 18:22 |
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| Post 7 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 18:35 |
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On November 19, 2015 at 17:42, Mr. Stanley said...
Was just informed yesterday that my boss is closing up shop. I asked her when...
She said, "Uhm....end of this month!!!"
Sh*t, F*ck, P*ss!! Happy holidays, huh?
Goodbye Speakerlab. It was fun while it lasted. End of a Seattle Icon. If I had some $$$$ I would have bought the business... It still has a strong name here in town. Speakerlab was established in 1972... I started there in about 74, and managed a couple of stores, then went out and did a few other things, and just returned 2 years ago almost to the day...
I think it's time for a beer or two!
A sad day for me. Had to share. Sorry to see this- any chance that you can buy the name, cheap? If she's not going to use the name or re-open, why not let you use it, with the proper change of ownership, etc? Is she planning to have a liquidation sale? Maybe she'll let you buy it over time, assuming there's already some business in the pipeline. Good luck.
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| Post 8 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 18:49 |
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That was a piss poor thing to do and not even discuss it with you after being there
so long. Call her and ask what is going to happen to the store, name, etc.
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| Post 9 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 19:13 |
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Working for someone else always sucks at some point....
Hell, I fired myself lots of times... ;-)
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| OP | Post 10 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 19:18 |
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Bad time of the year, and my GF is moving back from Brasil in two weeks (no job yet).
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 11 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 19:20 |
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Sucks to lose your job...much worse right before the holidays. At least you got a warning. Most people these days show up and find the doors locked.
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| Post 12 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 19:43 |
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Well, we haven't had a Bruce story in a while...
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| Post 13 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 19:43 |
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If you want to be a wire monkey/crawlspace+attic biznatch, and work for min. wage......not it is NOT $15/hr here....we might be hiring. :)
Sorry to make light of the situation. But sometimes that is the best way to deal. You will land on your feet. Good luck and keep us posted.
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| OP | Post 14 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 20:16 |
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On November 19, 2015 at 19:43, Audiophiliac said...
If you want to be a wire monkey/crawlspace+attic biznatch, and work for min. wage......not it is NOT $15/hr here....we might be hiring. :)
Sorry to make light of the situation. But sometimes that is the best way to deal. You will land on your feet. Good luck and keep us posted. Thanks,man.
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| OP | Post 15 made on Thursday November 19, 2015 at 20:22 |
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I think I'll move to Puerto Vallarta. Live off my social security, and my GF can teach down there. Can rent a Killer place for $600 (including all utilities) near the water! Maybe I'll build speakers or be a lackey at some AV place near there... Hell, I'm not proud, I'll do anything.... Bartend? Check out Craigslist for rental prices down there! Amazing. Seattle is going nuts...ALmost as bad as San Francisco. AMAZON is totally f-ing us over. Amazon OWNS Seattle nowadays.... Tons of millenial yuppies moving up here. 1 bedroom apartments $1,600.00 nowadays. 2 bedrooms $1,800 to $2K and prices are going up every damn month. Buy a house? Forget about it! Wish I hadnt sold mine. Bought it in the early 80's for $84K Now it's worth $770,000 (with no upgrades done!) I sold it in a divorce 12 years ago for $260,000 and thought I was making a killing! smallish 3 bed / 2 bath. Homes are skyrocketing in value here, mostly because of all of the AMazon influx of employees. Years ago I thought it was bad when Microsoft took over the area, that was nuthin' compared to what is happening here due to Amazon. My son and his GF may move down there too. He lived there for about 8 months a couple years ago. Loved it.
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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