What have they done....

Like an IKEA concept.

Now they moved everything around...

Fruit? No tourist bags, snacks? No tourist thirts.

Wine, beer. Somewhere in in middle

It's a mess, be prepared for half hour extra to shop

 

 

Now it's extra time to find anything

Think of it as an opportunity. You may discover stuff you never knew existed. For example I never knew about thirts.

 

They even have helpful staff on hand to guide you. 

Supermarkets do that to keep things fresh they say, annoying yes

7 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Supermarkets do that to keep things fresh they say, annoying yes

this is EXTRA annoyance

23 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

What have they done....

Like an IKEA concept.

Now they moved everything around...

Fruit? No tourist bags, snacks? No tourist thirts.

Wine, beer. Somewhere in in middle

It's a mess, be prepared for half hour extra to shop

 

 

Now it's extra time to find anything

Gotta ask...wtf is a 'Thirt"

Just now, couchpotato said:

Gotta ask...wtf is a 'Thirt"

Its a Chinese made T-shirt

you will eventually get used to the new layout and it wont take more time

 

15 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Its a Chinese made T-shirt

I thought that was a "chirt"...🤔

Big C Extra I use to shop there every week until  they tripled  the meat prices ....Now I shop more at Makro and Friendship...

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Supermarkets do that to keep things fresh they say, annoying yes

This is exceptional, there are old men wandering lost because they cannot find things. They are using special helpers to direct such lost customers to the soap powder. I got an impression they were going to have a large alcohol area, presuming there would soon be 24/7 sales allowed. My usual routine of going directly for what is on my list is all awry. I don't shop like a woman, feeling the obligation to see everything and peruse every single aisle. I looked for a particular cat food for 10 minutes, cat food now being mixed in with dog food...  then finding what I wanted on a completely different aisle!

The place is beginning to look like a USA Wallmart. 

My world is collapsing, as is the roof in that Mall. 

13 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Big C Extra I use to shop there every week until  they tripled  the meat prices ....Now I shop more at Makro and Friendship...

 

I agree no point shopping there if you can't buy any meat. And their bread isn't much good either. GO is worth trying next to Big C South.

The more they move the products so you have to search, the more products you'll ponder as you wander. Just a marketing strategy.

Hide it. Shrink it. Charge more.
Shop small, shop smart.

My 80 year old friend from home got caught short whilst looking for a new mop in that Big C. He shat in a blue plastic bucket right there in the aisle, used his underwear to wipe himself and hobbled away on his walker without looking back.  The guy had no shame.  I can't think of that Big C or blue plastic mop buckets without envisioning the look on the face of the person who had to deal with that bucket.  

1 hour ago, flaming dragon said:

My 80 year old friend from home got caught short whilst looking for a new mop in that Big C. He shat in a blue plastic bucket right there in the aisle, used his underwear to wipe himself and hobbled away on his walker without looking back.  The guy had no shame.  I can't think of that Big C or blue plastic mop buckets without envisioning the look on the face of the person who had to deal with that bucket.  

You need to find new friends

On 7/6/2025 at 12:55 PM, PoorSucker said:

What have they done....

Like an IKEA concept.

Now they moved everything around...

Fruit? No tourist bags, snacks? No tourist thirts.

Wine, beer. Somewhere in in middle

It's a mess, be prepared for half hour extra to shop

 

 

Now it's extra time to find anything

All those supermarkets do the same thing, after a long time of you knowing how to find everything again, they throw the whole thing over again.
It seems they hate their customers.
And if the intention is to make me buy more because I see items I had not noticed before, they are wrong, I would rather go to another shop.

4 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

All those supermarkets do the same thing, after a long time of you knowing how to find everything again, they throw the whole thing over again.
It seems they hate their customers.
And if the intention is to make me buy more because I see items I had not noticed before, they are wrong, I would rather go to another shop.

By the way, I haven't been to Ikea for a long time since they doubled the prices.

On 7/6/2025 at 1:04 PM, Briggsy said:

Think of it as an opportunity. You may discover stuff you never knew existed. For example I never knew about thirts.

 

They even have helpful staff on hand to guide you. 

 

Yep. There's about thirtsy of them.

3 hours ago, flaming dragon said:

My 80 year old friend from home got caught short whilst looking for a new mop in that Big C. He shat in a blue plastic bucket right there in the aisle, used his underwear to wipe himself and hobbled away on his walker without looking back.  The guy had no shame.  I can't think of that Big C or blue plastic mop buckets without envisioning the look on the face of the person who had to deal with that bucket.  

 

Nice story. Which side did put poop in?

On 7/6/2025 at 4:21 PM, PoorSucker said:

Its a Chinese made T-shirt

 

Aren't they all?

1 hour ago, Peterphuket said:

By the way, I haven't been to Ikea for a long time since they doubled the prices.

I didn't notice that, what year did it change?

Makro did the same thing a few months ago, I'd just go straight to staff and ask where something was, I'm not wasting time searching makro

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

I didn't notice that, what year did it change?

They first did that when they were based here for 3 years, then everything went up by about 20%.

I could compare it with prices in Holland and found that it was over 20% cheaper than in Holland because of VAT (in Holland 21%)
But it was 2 years ago that I was looking for a latex mattress which they offered for 20k.
At that time, I couldn't make a decision until six months ago, when the exact same mattress was 40k.

 

I could compare it with prices in Holland and found that it was over 20% cheaper than in Holland because of VAT (in Holland 21%)

8 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

The more they move the products so you have to search, the more products you'll ponder as you wander. Just a marketing strategy.

Yes, stores do this as a matter of course. As you're wandering around looking for the coffee you'll see something and go " Actually I need some of that." There's lots of tricks they have to get you to buy.

32 minutes ago, Baht Simpson said:

Yes, stores do this as a matter of course. As you're wandering around looking for the coffee you'll see something and go " Actually I need some of that." There's lots of tricks they have to get you to buy.

Unfortunately, I'm more likely to see something that I really, really don't need, see it's reduced AND buy 25 get one free and end up with an entire trolley load.

 

Usually Tampax and shampoo and I'm a bloke and bald.

 

On 7/6/2025 at 1:34 PM, save the frogs said:

you will eventually get used to the new layout and it wont take more time

 

They changed Makro months ago I still struggle to find my way around. They do it so that you see extra things you fancy while you're looking for your usual items. They don't want you walking quickly to your usual shelves.

12 hours ago, boloaf said:

They changed Makro months ago I still struggle to find my way around. They do it so that you see extra things you fancy while you're looking for your usual items. They don't want you walking quickly to your usual shelves.

 

supermarkets use a lot of tricks

 

least expensive items on the lower shelves or harder to find 

 

 

Not only inside Big C stalls on the ground and first floor have gone as Cafe Amazon has, now a ‘portakabin’ outside on Klang albeit the place is full of those ‘illegal’ gaming machines with the soft toys you never mange to grab.

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Makro did the same thing a few months ago, I'd just go straight to staff and ask where something was, I'm not wasting time searching makro

When they wave their hand and say, "Over there", I just say, "Thanks. SHOW ME"

Big C is getting completely renovated, which was about time since it looked like a slum, but it's taking nice shape already.

 

It will be a big improvement once finished