Then we will find out what everything will cost and make exact adjustments from that. We have to do a bit more of a stocktake to see what it all means. The hardware man Matthew Le Gassick, co-manager, Earl's Hardware, St Kilda. We'll be shutting up early to prepare our computers, which will hopefully run smoothly. Prices were affected in some ranges and not in others, but people seemed to not take any notice.
Sales are still near normal.
The prices have averaged out over the store, so we have found that prices have gone up and down. But generally the prices are around the same, so it is not affecting the trade in a big way. We have been trading as usual as far as I can see. We've had people inquire about the price but there hasn't been the change in customer influence at all, so it seems to be fairly normal. We closed at 4pm on Friday to get an hour or so of work in to make sure everything was compliant and there were no problems.