How do WH SMith stay in business?

[Sandra6]

They make enough money selling bottles of pop and crisps at over inflated prices to people on railway stations so they don't need to make any in their other shops.
I only go in because the post office is upstairs -which is quite annoying actually. I did look for a book the other day but left without one and went to the works and bought two for £2.

 

[Noodley]

Next time buy Rouleur magazine - £10 well spent.

Then put it in an envelope, affix required postage and send it to me.

 

[Primal Scream]

But they're trying as hard as they can to move it.

That is just awful'your coat awaits you

 

[Doseone]

In Brecon they are pretty much the only place to buy books, have a huge range of magazines and seem to have cornered the market in stationary for the school kids. It's a good shop that employs local people and the town would be worse off without it. I can imagine this isn't the case in larger towns where there's a greater range of shops to choose from.

 

[MarkF]

Nice one Doseone, keeping me company on the naughty step.

 

[vernon]

They make enough money selling bottles of pop and crisps at over inflated prices to people on railway stations so they don't need to make any in their other shops.
I only go in because the post office is upstairs -which is quite annoying actually. I did look for a book the other day but left without one and went to the works and bought two for £2.

The only time I venture into WH Smiths is when I'm on my way to catching a train at Leeds or Darlington stations and want to purchase some esotheric reading material that strikes fear into the heart of my wife as she thinks that I'm about to embark on a boys' toys buying spree.

Tractor and Machinery, Stationary Engine News, Classic Van and Pick Up

I think, however, that I am succumbing to the allure of some of the goodies.

I'm actively chasing a Wolseley WD stationary engine, eying up an Austin A30 van and trying to get a go on my son's boss' Massey Ferguson.

 

[EltonFrog]

I don't understand why people give gift vouchers. "Here look, have a £10 WH BooksRusYouLike voucher, which you can spend in any WH BooksRusYouLike store". OR, Here look, have ten pounds cash which you can spend ANYWHERE!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In Brecon they are pretty much the only place to buy books.

Hey on Wye's just up the road, they've got a couple of bookshops, can't remember if they've got a WH Smiths though.

 

[snorri]

A what?????

A wee box the size a pigeon could live in.

 

[vernon]

Ironically that ftfy is rather undermining to your self. I guess there is something we can agree on.

I'll give this comment the attention it deserves.

 

[snorri]

trying to get a go on my son's boss' Massey Ferguson.

Aye, life would be dull without ambition

 

[vernon]

Aye, life would be dull without ambition

My ownership ambitions are frustrated by the gap between the gateposts being narrower than the width of the Fergie. I'm too tight to widen the gap and the drive.

 

[snorri]

My ownership ambitions are frustrated by the gap between the gateposts being narrower than the width of the Fergie. I'm too tight to widen the gap and the drive.

A flyover?

 

[vernon]

A flyover?

I like your thinking.

I'll add a Coles mobile crane and a JCB to my shopping list.

 

[ayceejay]

It feels as if I'm never out of the place. I've bought an A6 spiral bound notebook there every year for the past thirteen to use as a cycle tour diary. I'd be devastated if WHS disappeared off the High Street, these notebooks fit perfectly into a doocot in my bureau.

So there we have it, How do W.H Smith stay in business? the definitive answer.