W H Smith

The previous review was on the nail. The only thing I can add is, look st the state of the woodwork at the enterance. its filthy, but if you want chocolates, they have you covered. I feel so sorry for the staff.

This place really is hopeless. If you want to spend all day waiting to be served then this is the place for you!
I don’t know what has happened but there only seem to be 2 people working here now. 1 on the till and 1 hiding out the back. Its a shop lifters paradice!
Are all W H Smiths as bad as this one is?
Its a shame as even though its quite a small branch, nothing used to be too much trouble, now you get told to go to Slough!
I don’t know whether the company are trying to run this store down so they have an excuse to close it like John Lewis did with Caley’s further up the road and what a con that was. John Lewis partnership said they were closing the store because they were unable to modernise it because the building was listed and sales were falling. The truth was that they never sold anything you wanted or needed including stuff that was in their brochures and were reluctant to order anything. You were always told High Wycombe or Reading will have it and they carried little stock for their last 2 years of operating.
Once they had sold the ‘outstanding’ building the new owners set about demolishing it much to the suprise of locals and we soon discovered that the only listed part was the front!
If the current owners dig any deeper they will hit Australia and neighbouring shops are suffering cracks and flood damage.
So W H Smith, buck up or ship out.