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Also, the fact that when I get to the checkout of WHS, (in the high street - I refuse to use the ones at airports etc) they will then try to sell me something that bears no relationship to my purchase.
I then get given a '10% off everything' coupon on which the small print says except for newspapers, books, magazines, promotional items, cannot be used in airports, motorway services etc etc.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Their 'bar of chocolate for £1 with any magazine' makes me laugh though, as those same bars cost £1 anyway at any convenience store, they even have '£1' printed on the wrapper.
Ted Baker - the same as above, but worse
In fact, any off the peg suit that costs over £300. Waste of money.
Suits - if you don't want to pay for made to measure, which should set you back from about 500 (john lewis) up, don't spend anymore than 300 on an off the peg, or you will be being fleeced.
Never understand anyone paying say 600 for a Boss suit or similar. Complete con.
Its certainly a lot better than their old business: sell lots and lots of different things through high -rent retail units, but don't keep enough range of anything in stock to satisfy most of your customers' demands. And don't buy enough of things from the manufacturer so you can then be competitive on price against the other high street retailers. (Basically the same as Woolworths... and look what happened to them.)
Used to make me laugh that Wetherspoons contracted the Egon Ronay company to visit each site regulary, to sample the food and return a report scoring everything from ease of order, waiting time, service, presentation through to flavour. We'd get reports saying "Chilli Con Carne: Nice, beefy flavour" ....as if it wasn't just the same chilli that was produced centrally and shipped out to every pub.
Since I started using Tailor Store (many fine alternatives exist) I'm amazed that I put up with the awful tent-with-a-collar crap that Tyrwhitt and Lewin peddle.
And they'll do a made to measure suit for under £400.
We'll often stop off at services after a gig and at those times it's common for WH Smith to be the only outlet still open, so I'll spend the best part of a tenner on some chocolate and a drink that would be cheaper in a pub.
(Boots used to do that one too, but they stopped.)
Printed reading material is no longer the market it was, they have had to change their business model. I was in one of their larger high street branches the other day and found that half of it was a post office.
There are a few things you need to watch for with these though
Exploitative labour - usually, the clothes are made in Asia. Some of the online mtm firms will be transparent on where they are made and what the labour rates are, but not always.
Suits - glued or canvassed/half canvassed. Glued suits arent' worth the money, they lose their shape, and they are made in a very cheap and sloppy way. You can check the canvassing by pinching the jacket near the buttons or chest area- if the whole jacket comes with the pinch, in one piece, its glued. If you feel the top layer of the jacket come away from a liner, its canvassed, or half canvassed, so much better, and better value.
The canvassing check is a must for an off the peg IMO. If its over a couple of hundred quit, and not canvassed, its over priced.
mtm shirts are a great thing too!
I don't mind the tyrwhitt/lewin etc slim fit or extra slim shirts. If they are in a sale for £20, can't argue. Full price though? Mental