Comments on: WHSmiths' last act of video games retail is a feeble trickle of dribble from it's gaping slack-jawed mouth, as it begins crawling into the fetal position, ready to drift into a coma

By: Pens

Pens — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:41:29 +0000

In reply to Dante. I meant due to the writing style, guess I didn't make that clear.

By: mrak

mrak — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:45:47 +0000

My favourite thing WH Smiths do is position Retro Gamer on the shelf right next to the gay interest section. I mean, I’ve nothing against the gay interest section, but I’m glad I subscribe to RG so don’t have to navigate that whole gay interest minefield since WHS is literally the only place in a 20 mile radius that stocks it.

By: Mark the Mink

Mark the Mink — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:43:32 +0000

Poor WH Smiths. They’ve been going downhill for years. Bit of a Woolworths situation, in everything they sell except for tat they face heavy competition.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:54:31 +0000

That saves me some time, I’ll “blacklist” some of those sites, and glad I don’t have accounts at anything other then The Hut itself.

How bizarre, and sorry, should have thought to check the About page! At least they’re honest about it 😀

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:41:44 +0000

In reply to Andrew.

You can see them all here:
http://www.thehutgroup.com/about/

Although prices aren’t the same across the board. They are similar, but with a often prices different by a matter of pennies, and then some stuff might be radically cheaper in one of them, to give the illusion of competition.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:06:49 +0000

What other sites use The Hut as a “frontend”? I’ve never bothered to go on too many sites (and mainly read this feed) unless I’m searching out a game that’s not been here.

It’d save me some time though to know that site’s stock and prices is copied elsewhere.

By: Jakkar

Jakkar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:20:44 +0000

Hut. Hut. Kill hut! D:

By: Dante

Dante — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:46:36 +0000

In reply to Pens. You can call me pretentious too, because WH Smiths aint no bookshop. Waterstones is a bookshop, WH Smiths is a magazine rack.

By: Pens

Pens — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:11:04 +0000

Dude, I don’t mean to be rude – but posts like this make you sound really pretentious. WHSmith has never been known for its bargain prices, even in the cassette days – it’s always been more of a bookshop plus expensive Woolworths.

By: Shadowmancer

Shadowmancer — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:59:42 +0000

My local Whsmiths game section is brimmed to the full of old pc budget titles, the worst thing is they sell them at full RRP, I’ve seen them at £29.99 sometimes, however I did see SupCom 1 for £2.50 there so.