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Another company gone under and a loss of 300 jobs, this in turn will see how many of the 140 inderpendent AutoPro shops will close or cut back on workers?
Run by ACL for 10 years they where forced to close because " revenue has declined from $209 million to $175 million in 2006-07" and the fact that there is an increase in compition as well as Australians buying new cars raither than repairing the old ones.
This is related to many a topic we have discussed in our forums and the direction of the car industry here in Australia. I wonder sometimes if we will end up being a country of inported transport and spare parts?
I feel sorry for my local Autopro store and hope that they can survive by sourcing other parts suppliers.
So Im just wondering what your thoughts are on this?
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Autopro! That joint was crap anyway.
There is an Autopro here in Lilydale run by a pair of morons that don't deserve anybodies buisness. They know their parts and their industry and exactly how to "not give a ****". As far as I am concerned the joint s
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Autopro! That joint was crap anyway.
There is an Autopro here in Lilydale run by a pair of morons that dont deserve anybodies buisness. They know their parts and their industry and exactly how to "not give a ****". As far as I am concerned the joint sh
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Autopro! That joint was crap anyway.
There is an Autopro here in Lilydale run by a pair Edited by user Thursday, 14 February 2008 6:41:10 PM(UTC)
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We prob will all live in the gutter one day the way things are going with every thing being made in China.
What may stop it is as China is making every thing for the world there labour costs will go up as demand for workers increases. Kind of like it hap |
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I reckon the competition is not actually that flash for the consumer. What you end up with is the cheap bits are made in China (or similar) from cheapest materials. The margins are low because they are looking for volume. The places who have the higher |
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. By then it might be to late as all the experts in these fields will be gone and we w |
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You then have the low quality provider able to charge as they like for inferior products. Edited by user Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:06:45 PM(UTC)
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"That is correct, but that is a very short term outlook, soon there will be no suppliers of quality products anyway." Dr Terry except Rare Spares!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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I can see Dr Terry has strong feelings about this and raises some very good points and I appriciate the fact that he has taken the time to explaing it in a monetary way. I think some of the comments not only apply to the automotive industry but to a lot o |
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I am 1 of the 300 who lost there job. I have been lucky enough with my parts expirience to walk back into my old job i left ( as a branch manager of a spare parts company, but now back as poo kicker!)to start at national parts. There has been rumours arou
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You are spot on about Parramatta Boom,I grew up there and thats why I now live in queensland.
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I watched a heart warming documentary about China and it's industrialisation and pollution. They are so filthy and careless with their waste that those who don't die in the factories from some form of poisioning will die at home from pollutants in their w |
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I watched a heart warming documentary about China and its industrialisation and pollution. They are so filthy and careless with their waste that those who dont die in the factories from some form of poisioning will die at home from pollutants in their wat |
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yes I watched that one to what a life!! I hope it never happens in this country!!!
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I am another who lost their job as a result of this... I can tell you that 800 a week would have been a nice average wage, but we werent even close to it...
This was a company that filled a vital role and I am sure would have been turning a profit, had
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I am another who lost their job as a result of this... I can tell you that 800 a week would have been a nice 'average wage', but we weren't even close to it...
This was a company that filled a vital role and I am sure would have been turning a profit,
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Sorry to here that FIL its sad the way the worker tend to loose out over the excutives, it always happens when a place goes under. As far as Im concerned pay out shoul start at the bottom and work there way up as the buggers at the top are the ones at fau |
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