WH Smith chewing gum prices

DCFC79

surreyman wrote: »

FACT: a WH Smith retail store at London Victoria Station was charging 75p for a stick of Wrigley's Extra (that contains 10 pieces of chewing gum).
FACT: at least one branch of Asda was selling the same item yesterday for 33p.
Has anyone else noticed any goods being sold for, erm, unexpectedly high prices at WH Smith?

FACT smiths shops at locations like victoria station are going to be expensive due to the location they're are in, the price for the same chewing gum in a high street shop would most likely be less than that in victoria station,

RobertoMoir

omen666 wrote: »

Why don't you go the whole hog and say how much Burger King costs more at Victoria Statioon rather than Burger King in Surrey?

It does? Oh no! :rolleyes:Let's have an in depth investigation and a front-page Sun feature where a war veteran tries to buy a whopper and gets "overcharged", complete with page 3 pullouts of half naked women holding up signs that say "the sun has beef with burger king's war hero scandal".:rolleyes:

Want a piece of chewing gum while you think over my idea?

nomoneytoday

Burger King Victoria only charges over the odds if you don't sign up at www.bitecard.co.uk first to get a 20% discount

MothballsWallet

mymatebob wrote: »

FACT - shop sells goods for a price
FACT - another shop sells same goods for a different price.

FACT - shops in airports and train stations are usually more expensive than shops outside them

omen666

It was the first time he left his house mothballs

natjay_2

I would say that the problem here is the fact that the station owner is charging WH Smiths so much money to rent the concession in a prime location with a captive audience, and because of this WH Smiths have to charge inflated prices to cover their costs this is a sad fact of life at any station or airport around the country

moonrakerz

natjay wrote: »

I would say that the problem here is the fact that the station owner is charging WH Smiths so much money to rent the concession in a prime location with a captive audience, and because of this WH Smiths have to charge inflated prices to cover their costs this is a sad fact of life at any station or airport around the country

Spot on !

PS: you forgot motorway service areas.

Barneysmom

Get them from Poundland or Home Bargains, much cheaper there.

DCFC79

natjay wrote: »

I would say that the problem here is the fact that the station owner is charging WH Smiths so much money to rent the concession in a prime location with a captive audience, and because of this WH Smiths have to charge inflated prices to cover their costs this is a sad fact of life at any station or airport around the country

but then if people would buy items from the smiths stores at stations and motorway services then they will continue to be in business

nomoneytoday

If you have 10 mins before the train it doesn't leave much time to go to Sainsbury's outside Victoria station, queue up and pay, and then get back on the train...

Hence the choice is pay more for your goods, get the next train, buy them in advance elsewhere or go without...