The last 10 or so days have been difficult to sit and watch, the longer the stalemate continues the more likely as a business we are to call it a day, so I have decided to vent a little.
To my way of thinking the Independents should have made a decision by now, this constant horsetrading is ridiculous, if anyone believes it will make a difference they should probably get a reality check. The worst part is that everything they appear to be fighting for is largely regional, not National, so we continue down the same road, just in a different clapped out car…….. So much for the ‘Aura’ of Independence!
We have not been able to talk to Defence due to this ‘piss-farting around’, I cannot get a clear picture to work with and make some sane decisions as to our future. I don’t want to appear to be impatient but we have been doing this for nearly 8 months and I am getting tired of all the ‘too and fro’.
While we cannot talk to Defence, we cannot get a grip on our future, this is not just about me, there are 8 other businesses in limbo at the moment and need some kind of answer one way or the other. Standing around waiting for something to happen is expensive and incredibly frustrating.
We have a good offer to move but the problem is that approx $50k is required, if I were to commit that and it all go wrong, then it is the long grass for me, the risk is enticing and also nerve-wracking at the same time. Couple that with the demands of Tattersalls for moving and Shopfits and I ask myself why would I bother at all with this madness! When speaking with Tattersalls I got the impression that nothing will move quickly at all, therefore hindering anymore quick decisions. Tattersalls require a ”National” shopfitter to do the Tatts counter, and require 10 weeks just to make a decision about moving the shop, and I thought public servants were slow.
I have canvassed one shopfitter for a new counter and so far the process is moving forward, I will talk again to Tattersalls next week when I have gathered more information for them, we don’t want to close, but how long before moving becomes more trouble than it is worth, we have to use a shopfitter from another state……….BLOODY MADNESS.
I have also started looking at other avenues for revenue streams that will help with the move, we can’t rely on traditional Newsagency thinking anymore we have to expand on our goals, we will look more to online services and other Service type businesses for change, newspapers and Magazines can no longer be the basis of our business, this is going to require more long hours and sleepless nights to make it work. One of the perks of moving out will be the better environment to work in and the new building with a roof that doesn’t leak in the wet, the problems will be the change of address and complete change of demographic, this alone scares the bejesus out of me.
The good thing to come from our other suppliers has been the positive response from them in regards to us moving, and that has spurred me on……… this does help with the positive thinking needed for such a change and I am grateful for their support.
Filed under: Winnellie Newsagency
