Does anyone buy chocolate in WH SMiths?

heretolearn_2

I like Smiths as it's the only place you can see that range of magazines. That's about their only plus point for me these days.

Alex-Riley.

heretolearn wrote: »

I like Smiths as it's the only place you can see that range of magazines. That's about their only plus point for me these days.

exactly and right there is the reason they still going you can get magazines there you can't get anywhere else

duchy

They are the ONLY shop in my local high street to not open Sundays-only reason anyone round here goes in there is to use the Post Office in there.

I needed some file dividers yesterday-It didn't even occur to me to look in there for them -yet not so long ago it was the first stop for stationary.

I won't bother using them at airports as they are over-priced and the queues are endless -and use them once in a blue moon traveling through London termini.

At their present rate they have no future.

laurenweird

Yeah I used to work there back in 2007 and we had to ask every customer if they wanted some chocolate. I think in this case it was a Terrys Chocolate Orange. Used to have the boss come round every so often and scold us if we hadn't gotten rid of any! I hardly ever asked though - it's there, clear as day. If a customer wanted it, they'd pick it up.

We were also told that the person who sold the most would get a free chocolate orange themselves. Needless to say, I never got the free chocolate orange :rotfl:

georgiesmum

I went in for a bar of choc, a wispa was 80p. I was totally shocked and it showed. The assistant pointed me to the special offer cadburys for a £1 and suggested i but that instead which i did.
Would make sure i looked at the prices before i bought again.

NBLondon

Alex-Riley. wrote: »

exactly and right there is the reason they still going you can get magazines there you can't get anywhere else

Yep - and it seems there's a level of store manager discretion in stocking what sells.

There's a branch on my way home from work which is open to 7pm and that's handy now and then. I'm most likely to be looking for birthday cards or paper and I might impulsively buy a mag that doesn't appear in supermarkets. They have the chocolate offers now and then but given that they are all of 100yds from Asda I suspect they don't get many takers.

Makeandsave

Went in to get a magazine, Got to the checkout. I said right away, All i want is the magazine, I dont want stamps, I dont need phone topup, i hate chocolate and i dont gamble. The lady was lost for words.

Charliezoo

Our WHSmith is really naff. For some reason I remember it being quite a posh shop when I was a kid but it seems to have gone downhill.

We had a wonderful Borders shop with an amazing selection of magazines and a Starbucks. It was a million times better than Smith's, so sad they went bust.

woohoo_postingid

I always remember the Woolworths near where I work. There was one member of staff there I used to try and avoid on the till. When buying a bottle of drink, it used to go like this:

MoS: "Can I interest you in any of our chocolates on offer ?"
Me: "No thank you, just the drink"
MoS: "Any phone top-ups, lottery or stamps ?"
Me: "No, just the drink please"
MoS: "We've also got a great deal on the Playstation 3 at the moment"
Me "........

So I'm buying a drink for around £1 and I might impulsively purchase a PS3 ?!?!?!

Sally22_2

When they sell Terrys Choc Oranges for 99p I get one as that is cheap and I love them hehe! Last time I got one, the person before me had bought 36 of them!!