WHS - Warehouse Group

**Bobdn** · 24-03-2020, 10:30 AM

Well said Ratkin. The Warehouse provides aisles of essential goods including shelves upon shelves of infant formula and bleach - more than supermarkets! I'm not biased either.

**samjaynz** · 24-03-2020, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by ratkin

The others are online only, does not put anyone at extra risk. It will be the people spending the day at the beach spreading the virus, not the distribution centre where they have good protocols in place. Not that I am biased or anything

Then why not allow all distribution centers to open if that is the argument?

If a business can operate online only with no customer interface in-person, then let it trade. Otherwise Warehouse Group just gets an unfair leg up on everyone else and takes the mickey out of a serious situation.

For example, I work with a business that supplies drinking water tanks to homes and businesses.

Water is a heck of a lot more essential than buying an iPhone on 12 months' interest free from Noel Leeming ... this business' distribution center only has a few staff working at any time in a fairly remote location ... why shouldn't they get to open?

And so the slippery slope continues.

I should add I do agree with allowing the Red Shed to sell cleaning products, food, infant formula etc - but rest of the store should be roped off and not available to customers.

**Ogg** · 24-03-2020, 10:33 AM

The Warehouse be like...

**Zaphod** · 24-03-2020, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by samjaynz

Then why not allow all distribution centers to open if that is the argument?

If a business can operate online only with no customer interface in-person, then let it trade. Otherwise Warehouse Group just gets an unfair leg up on everyone else and takes the mickey out of a serious situation.

For example, I work with a business that supplies drinking water tanks to homes and businesses.

Water is a heck of a lot more essential than buying an iPhone on 12 months' interest free from Noel Leeming ... this business' distribution center only has a few staff working at any time in a fairly remote location ... why shouldn't they get to open?

And so the slippery slope continues.

And a lot of those items e.g. iPhone's are now in very short supply due to this pandemic anyway. Baring a major failure of a key appliance, I can't see us purchasing anything like that for the next 4 weeks.

**ratkin** · 24-03-2020, 10:40 AM

Instead of complaining about them being open, snap us some cheap shares and profit from it.

Everyone gets a bargain

**samjaynz** · 24-03-2020, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by ratkin

Instead of complaining about them being open, snap us some cheap shares and profit from it.

Everyone gets a bargain

Is there a money back guarantee on those too?

**Panda-NZ-** · 24-03-2020, 11:13 AM

Nice recovery so far. managed to pick some up too

**ratkin** · 24-03-2020, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Panda-NZ-

Nice recovery so far. managed to pick some up too

Yeah 33% and still rising. May make it back to 2.20

I think what will happen is we will stay with this level of quarantine for a week or Two then they will probably look at it again. If it not working they will tighten up even more, if it working well they will maybe allow a few other things to open.

As long as the warehouse enforce the social isolation thing then should be no problems