They had the best website ordering system I have seen on the island with full inventory and pricing available.

I have no idea why they closed but it wasnt for lack of evolving vs other Bermuda companies that dont have the IT capability to do so cost-effectively.

Bermuda businesses can’t really offer online shopping for they never know how much it will cost them to get goods here. Shipping is very expensive and depending on volume every shipment costs more or less. Shippers have a “extra” column that covers their costs but the shop can’t just tell you it cost $30 more for the $50 dollar item. The shop in the U.S. gets free ground shipping in the U.S. How does the local shop compete with that?

The answer is that the shop stocks less and less and only items it can order in bulk and before you know it the shopper says they have nothing and they don’t know what they are doing. Shop starts losing money and closes.

Survival of the fittest but really survival of the land-owners for any shop renting now is on the clock to close.

The shops here pay much higher prices for their goods than anywhere in the US and they have a fraction of the shopper base. Also please remember retail stores pay tax on everything they bring in whether they sell it or not, so they are big contributors to the economy with exposure to greater risk than a store in the US where the tax is put on the customer at point of purchase.

I will also mention I know of two more stores waiting until after Christmas to announce closing and that is nothing to do with the election election either.

Many leases for retail are schedules after Christmas so see more dominoes falling in the New Year no matter who wins. The damage is done and Bermudian businesses are bleeding and reaching collapse. Town was dead on Saturday. That is what happens when 6,000 workers/customers leave the island. Thank the PLP and shake their hand if you voted for them. Then poke yourself in the eye with a pencil when you get home if you vote for them again.

Our economy is suffering because the PLP and its policies, outbursts and rants have caused commpanies to move businesses to other locations. They are still doing business but now they are doing it in other countries have said WELCOME, WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS, the PLP said PAY TO PLAY! So they have left. Its a self inflicted would! Others that would have looked at Bermuda before are now saying, not right now, let me go elsewhere where I can hire good experienced staff and keep them and not be forced to let go staff. Who wants to let go a good staff member , maybe to te competition? Doing business in Bermuda has become a HR nightmare.

All those business people had family and friend visit while here. Visiting business people ate, drank and slept in our hotels. Less businesses here equals less foreign investment, less workers, less bed nights, less tourism, emptier hotels and so on.

More PLP spin!

Don’t believe it could a result of the recession? Just check SAL run by a PLP man, and ask them why they let staff go. Because if it is poor management that is causing all of this, then Vance should resign from his constintuancy. Because, if what you say is true I don’t want someone that cant run a business responsible for running a country!

You want to work in Bermuda and get paid big bucks at any job but you don’t want others in retail to make decent wages as well? You want to take, take take from your employers and get paid 3-4X plus benefits when compared to your fellow worker in the US but you don’t want to pay 2X more for an item even knowing that most items are imported at high freight costs as we must ship by air or sea. Then they get charged at 22.25% duty , plus warfage, high wages, high rent, payroll atake at 12% , pension, insurance, social insurance, gas, electricity etcc… I will bet you work for governement. Thank computer city for paying for you wage all this time. Idiot

Or could it be that the PLP , its ploicies, the economy, people and companies leaving and overspending has caused companies to lay off staff in order to stay afloat, in the HOPES that the future will be brighter.

You can not have it both ways!

Can you let us know where you got your business degree? I want to know where to avoid sending my kids. There are enough morons around.

You think they close a business, pay redundancy to 9 employees, to “stick it to government”?

What freakin planet are you on.

By the way, your lovely PLP government never heard of saving for a rainy day. Spend spend borrow borrow spend spend. That’s all they know about.

And Sue, I also see people with a mindset like you all the time. They buy EVERYTHING overseas and brag about it when they are in stores and the only time they come in is for help getting something fixed (under warranty) or to know if they coukld get some kind of item for free for a raffle prize, or to get sponsorship for some kind of local concert or event. When was the last time you saw Walmart, Sears, Costco, Amazon, Ebay or any of these companies donate items to a school raffle, sponsor a local function, or a sports team. So when you buy overseas, that is your right but expect that when that new TV, drill, computer, ipad, toy, game, cellphone, does not work out of the box, or you are to dumb to know how your new purchases work call Amazon or Ebay and let me know how you make out.

Let me say, I fully understand and support those people that purchase overseas when they can not find what they want locally or if the price locally is excessive. I get that! The above comments are directed at those that buy nothing locally and click online before they even try looking or pricing locally and then are the first to greet you with a letter asking for donations, prizes, gifts, advertising or sponsorship for their concert or event. Places like Computer City are asked to support the community often and Im sure they often did. How often did they get back, what they gave out to the community, Buy Bermuda or Bye Bermuda.

Back to Bermuda empty handed till a chance visit to Gorhams yielded the same caddy as Home depot for about 50% more. Bought it. A pleasant surprise in both availability & price.

Having read all the comments here, this is one frustrating island that needs to join hands, come together and take one step at a time.
Time for change.
Can you lend me a quarter?

Neither has this Government, apparently.

On the topic of Buy Bermuda – I moved to the island in June and have desparetly been trying to buy a DVR / Tivo unit on the island. Cablevision have not had them in stock and the only other retailer I have been told did have Tivo units, Electronic City, has not had them for several months as well.

I’ll be traveling to the U.S. next week and will get one there, but I would really like to Buy BDA before then if anyone has any suggestions.

Open your eyes DAWG, this was a good company and if you know anything at all about business, mergers and acquisitions – this is NOT how its done.