Anyone a Newsagent or shopo keapero?

[RandomJord]

Such a shame so many are closing, theres an independant in the town near me, recommended after screw fix, homebase an all the usual suspects failed when all I needed was some screws for my camper roof (remember I only had the one left!)

It was awesome, walked in there an it was like an awesome den of man stuff!

Spoke to the bloke of about 709years old on the counter, showed him the screw, he turned round, bang on the counter, 7p each!

Legend

[Guy]

Yeah, that's exactly the way it was.

The branded stuff was harder to sell cheaper because you could only buy it in smaller orders.

The main thing though was that we could sell screws, bolts and nails individually, rather than buying a big bag, people could peruse the wares and come away with 24p worth just to put together a bird table or whatever.

Our biggest seller was bird seed. We were cheaper than the branded places and the retired community absolutely loved the shít.

maybe you should have changed into a bird food store?

[Ant1981]

Anyone remember the newsagent sketch on Little Britain? 

[Jack3559]

maybe you should have changed into a bird food store?

That's what the new owners have done and the results are less than amazing.

Although we were selling a lot of bird food and pet stuff in general it wasn't enough on its own to cover wages, mortgage, heating, fees, buying... etc.

[Guy]

maybe you should have changed into a bird food store?

That's what the new owners have done and the results are less than amazing.

Although we were selling a lot of bird food and pet stuff in general it wasn't enough on its own to cover wages, mortgage, heating, fees, buying... etc.

you think they'll go out of business soon?

[Jack3559]

It's hard to say really. They've done something entirely different with the building.

They've split the house into two flats and are selling/renting both.

They've also split the shop and the warehouse into three shops and a workshop which are also being rented out apart from their pet shop.

They've already got a couple of businesses so I think this will mainly be a hobby for them.