New Posts For Thread: Borders Bookshophttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshopI,ll miss them if they go under today.Thought it were a great concept, read a few mags/books listen to a cd before buying and have a coffee upstairs !Hope they surviveMy local Borders was huge, like half an aircraft hangar. Spent many an afternoon in there.Now have to wrestle with the hoards at Waterstones, which had shut down when Borders opened but opened again after Borders shut down!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318270#417318270My local Borders was huge, like half an aircraft hangar. Spent many an afternoon in there.Now have to wrestle with the hoards at Waterstones, which had shut down when Borders opened but opened again after Borders shut down!Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:16:28 -0600agree alun, i always used to pop in to borders when in town, bought loads of cd,s after 1st listening to them there.I didnt think the prices were that bad tbh.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318210#417318210agree alun, i always used to pop in to borders when in town, bought loads of cd,s after 1st listening to them there.I didnt think the prices were that bad tbh.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:11 -0600Sad story. One of the few civilised places left on the High Street. Tragically and inevitably doomed to fail though in a country which increasingly prefers sending text messages saying 'I'm in the nail bar and then I'm going for a coffee' or Twitterihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318194#417318194Sad story. One of the few civilised places left on the High Street. Tragically and inevitably doomed to fail though in a country which increasingly prefers sending text messages saying 'I'm in the nail bar and then I'm going for a coffee' or TwitteriThu, 26 Nov 2009 04:36:26 -0600The reason they'll sink is simple, they charge top whack for everything they sell, no discount, so people go in, browse, see what they fancy, then go and buy it on Amazon on Play for half the price, simples.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318190#417318190The reason they'll sink is simple, they charge top whack for everything they sell, no discount, so people go in, browse, see what they fancy, then go and buy it on Amazon on Play for half the price, simples.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:35:17 -0600One on Briggate in Leeds was open last time i passed, dont know how W.H.Smith survives tbhhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318166#417318166One on Briggate in Leeds was open last time i passed, dont know how W.H.Smith survives tbhThu, 26 Nov 2009 04:17:33 -0600I thought they had gone under.My local one shut ages ago. Staff got a week's notice.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318146#417318146I thought they had gone under.My local one shut ages ago. Staff got a week's notice.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:19 -0600I,ll miss them if they go under today.Thought it were a great concept, read a few mags/books listen to a cd before buying and have a coffee upstairs !Hope they survivehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23410878/borders-bookshop?post_id=417318142#417318142I,ll miss them if they go under today.Thought it were a great concept, read a few mags/books listen to a cd before buying and have a coffee upstairs !Hope they surviveThu, 26 Nov 2009 03:59:01 -0600