This Smith’s seems to have been here forever, it’s outlived Woolworths and now it’s the king of the Birkenhead stationary scene! And that’s a great thing to be! They sell a wide selection of notepads, paper, books, papers, magazines, and even a great pen section that stocks luxurious fountain pen’s such as Shceffiers and Watermans! The staff are all very friendly, the shop is well stocked and it’s well located within the centre of the illustrious Birkenhead shopping zone. Prepare to be accosted by an army of pigeons and heroin addicts as you leave the shop, but nevertheless, march on unharmed with your newspaper and your fountain pen in hand! The prices are middle of the road, with all the books that they stock selling at their RP, but they do have some decent offers occasionally such as their sales, and they also boast a large confectionary section!
Sarah-Jane B.
Tu valoración: 3 Brighton, United Kingdom
This WHSmith has a strong selection of greeting cards, stationary, notepads, pens and arts & craft materials. The area it lets customers down is when it comes to CDs and DVDs. The selection is much smaller than chains like HMV and tends to stick safely to mainstream releases, chart toppers and blockbusters. It’s fine if you want the new Pink or Mariah Carey CD for £9.99 but not so great if you want the new Foals album! The books selection at WHSmith is equally pedestrian with a strong bias towards celebrity biographies, celebrity cookbooks, excruciating real life stories, true crime books and Mills and Boons style romances. There’s occasional gems like Lionel Shriver’s We Need To Talk About Kevin and Sadie Jones’ The Outcast in the fiction section but there’s little chance of finding something contemporary that hasn’t been heavily promoted or nominated for the Booker, Orange Fiction prize or Richard and Judy Book Club!