bungle" but admits he is mortified that Australians "now think I'm a heartless, greedy old bastard".
The retailer said he was now remorseful and deeply regrets making the comments, admitting he had not anticipated the social media storm he created, leading to a campaign for customers to boycott his chain of electrical, furniture and homewares stores."I gave that interview on Thursday morning.
"Of course I would not say what I said now in hindsight, I do regret it. That interview went for well over an hour, they grabbed a couple of minutes worth to use and I knew on Sunday that it was not going to go well before it went to air ... I said as much to my wife [Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page].""That's what will kill the economy ... on Thursday there were really only a handful of deaths.
He then rattled off sales figures, declaring the virus had been good for business, given all the air purifiers and freezers he was selling.
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hornery Old Jerry is acting more like ' Montgomery Burns ' (Simpson's villain) maybe time to retire and enjoy a quiet life counting his millions .
hornery What a despicable man. Makes me wish for Karma.
hornery He instils hope the same way his stores provides low prices and savings. That is, he doesn’t.
hornery Appalling
hornery I lliek the bloke for telling the truth....you dont have to lke him or buy from his business, but when you ask a guy and he tells exactly what he is thinking why get angry
hornery But he has been “a heartless, greedy old bastard” for some time. Not just now.
hornery Go and self isolate Gerry. Probably a good idea for your physical safety after your stupid remarks
hornery This guy says something subhuman every 3 months. Nobody ever remembers. I think he’ll be fine.
hornery Total pig. JBHIFI will destroy you old mate.
hornery Ive always thought he was a callous old bastard.
hornery The sickening thing & the part he doesn’t seem to get is his focus is on the impact on business while people are dying. His ‘positive’ spin was simply that he’s been making money from misery & fear.
hornery He’s just regretting that it might impact his sales.
hornery Yep , no chance of me going to this Gloating Bloke s store s again , bit Sad for the the Owners of these Business s , once again Blue Tie Learners show that GREED is Great
hornery I will never spend another cents at Havey Norman
hornery ‘When I need hope in my life I always look to Gerry Harvey.’ Said-No-One-Ever.
hornery That was not a slip up, that was an insight to an evil mind.
hornery How you come across was like a cold heartless old bastard! and I will throw in greedywhen things are dire!
hornery Buy on Appliances on line the cheapest and fastest free delivery in less than 24 hours!!!
hornery I've never liked shopping with this grub.
hornery Bad interview Harvey you should apologise to Australia
hornery He just signed the death warrant for Harvey Norman. Well done.
hornery He is a dick
hornery Since he doing well he can start hiring all that lost their jobs. This would turn him into a a saviour
hornery He regrets the future loss of sales.
hornery This story made me want to vomit. I wonder what sort of parent he was.
hornery This has to be a fake article the majority of the Australian population already thought old mate Gerry was a heartless rich old bastard a real life Mr Burns before this interview it merely confirmed our view BOYCOTT NOW
hornery Want to take these comments back Gerry?
hornery Old Harvey was always a heartless greedy man and gave that impression to others. Not really that surprising.
hornery Regrets having been called out... please be accurate...
hornery Can and do buy anything he sells at better prices through his competitors. Makes me happy every time. k
hornery Hey, old man- 🤫
hornery Another twit
hornery Don’t dare mention that the hysterical are hysterical, they’ll get hysterical on your arse!
hornery Harvey was a total fool. All he was able to instil was thoughts of refusing to support his business.
hornery Maybe he regrets getting called on it, not regret saying it
hornery Shame when he sees lives lost as an ‘opportunity’