Dealership meets high standards

Press, 16 May 1985, Page 25

Dealership meets high standards

RIGHT: Mr Peter Rhodes, senior salesman at the city Video Station, in the video and display area, which features the new range of National video products. CENTRE RIGHT: Part of the extensive library of VHS and Beta movies available at the city Video Station, at the corner of Cashel and Manchester Qf f*AAf e BOTTOM RIGHT: Mr Craig Austin, the manager of the Northlands Video Station, in a section of the video movie lending library.

Christchurch’s two Video Stations, in the city and at Northlands, now have dealership for the full range of National video equipment, which includes recorders, cameras, and television.

Obtaining the franchise to sell National video products was not simply a matter of picking up the ’phone and ordering, said Mr Grant Bussell, the owner-operator of The Video Station, Christchurch.

“Negotiations went on for many months while we proved that we met the high standards required by national,” Mr Bussell said. “As distributors of New Zealand’s largest-selling video recorders — with more than 40 per cent of the market — National can afford to be choosy as to who sells its products, and we were delighted to have had both our Christchurch branches approved as full National dealer outlets.

“Prices for all National video equipment rose on April 1, and stocks at the old prices are rapidly running out. Those considering buying in the near future are advised to move quickly,” Mr Bussell said. The Video Station is a

New Zealand-wide franchise operation, with each area owned and operated locally, and With the advantages of being part of a large buying group.

The customer, therefore, gets the benefits of very keen pricing, along with local ownership, and being able to transfer library membership throughout New Zealand.

Beginning in Auckland in 1981, The Video Station now has franchise branches from Invercargill to Whangarei, and has become the largest seller of video recorders in the country, as well as having the largest library of VHS and Beta movies available in New Zealand.

The Video Station, Christchurch, is owned and operated by Grant and Barbara Bussell, who opened at the corner of Cashel and Manchester Streets in July, 1983. The Papanui branch, at Northlands shopping centre, was opened in April, 1984. Beginning with about 600 titles in 1983, The Video Station now has enough movies for you to see a different one every night for the next four years, and by then they will have so many more you will probably never run out.