WHSmiths fail.

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,667
edited August 2010 in The Crudcatcher
So, I popped into town on my lunch "break", and popped into Smiths to peruse the magazines.
For some reason, they've had a major re-vamp, and now stock no cycling magazines at all. No MBUK, no WMB, no MBR, not even things they always have in, like Cycling+ or whatever it's called.

To cap it all off, I think they're to blame for the current obesity epidemic. Under "SPORTS" they had about a million magazines, such as "Photoshop techniques", some film magazines, 3D graphics mags, and, I kid you not... an iPad magazine. And a shedload of Playstation/Xbox etc mags.
If that's sports, then I just don't know what's happening any more.

They had loads of other things I've not seen there before, like "boating", "crochet world" (I thought that was a pi** take, didn't realise it was real!).
And some 4x4 mag with a mindblowing image on the front cover of a 4x4 driving through a very flat, slightly damp field - Impressive stuff.

Comments

  • MacAndCheese
    MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
    Sounds bad, but In their defense I have to say WHSmith is the only shop around here that sells Dirt so I am happy with them for that!
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  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    its a disgrace.... it really does wind me up stuff like that, thanksfully my paper shop that i do a round for is alot better like that, it has ALL the mags!
    I like bikes and stuff
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    I always feel lost in WHS when I go on holiday. Depending on where it is there are usually lots of horsey magazines, 'What Tractor', 'Small Bore Firearm & Rodent Death Monthly', 'Pimp my Rowing Boat' or - God forbid - surf magazines. MTB magazines seem very localised.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Oh, this Smiths appears to have ALL the mags in existence on the planet, apart from any cycling ones!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    .blitz wrote:
    I always feel lost in WHS when I go on holiday. Depending on where it is there are usually lots of horsey magazines, 'What Tractor', 'Small Bore Firearm & Rodent Death Monthly', 'Pimp my Rowing Boat' or - God forbid - surf magazines. MTB magazines seem very localised.
    Good point, but this is Worth Nails. It's practically the spiritual home of MTBing in Britain!
  • Plenty of Mountain bike magazines in the WHSmiths in Boltn, Bury and Blackburn. And te great news is Manchester airport has a wide selcton also :) And just a shame i wont get my fix of MBUK while i'm away in september :(
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Good point, but this is Worth Nails. It's practically the spiritual home of MTBing in Britain!
    Bet they've put them in with Trail Walker and Country Walking. Not that I ever read those noooooooooo way
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Nope, I spent a good 10 minutes searching, until my stomach reminded me I was actually in town for a Subway.
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    2 words d ........lock

    I regularly have that on a wednesday morning, chasing round after a newsagents that have either put on the shef, or a willing to dig out my MBUK
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    this is exactly why i must subscribe!
    plus being so busy at work and home recently that it takes me a month to read the dam things
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