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Title: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: stfc11 on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:04:25 I don't know if i'm allowed to post this on here, so feel free to delete it if needs be.
Borders in Swindon is closing on the 9th of August, and will become a New Look which is shit! So i would really appreciate it if you could please sign this petition which is hopefully going to make the Chief Executive realise he's making a huge mistake! http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/save-swindon-borders/signatures.html Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Luci on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:08:09 If thats genuine then thats rubbish! Swindon has virtually no decent bookstores (Waterstones aside) and already has a rather large new look in town - new look not being the greatest of stores anyway! Why oh why could they not get a Zara for Swindon if anything :(
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Sippo on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:10:09 Is about the one in the northern orbital?
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Bogus Dave on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:14:07 Thats shit!!
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:14:40 Borders is nice to visit but way way over priced. You can get the same books in Asda (fiction), from Amazon or eBay (non-fiction) for a fraction of the cost.
The free market rules. It is not a going concern. Incidentally my good lady went into town this morning for the first time in a while and was appalled at how shit it has become. The Brunel Centre is like a boarded up morgue, most of the centre is bulldozed and yet we have loads of hoardings saying how great things are coming. Dated for 'Autumn 2008'. Reality check time, the New Swindon Company. You're completely fucked it up you quango full of wankers. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: 4D on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:15:35 Is about the one in the northern orbital? That is the only one I know of in Swindon (is there another?). I always pop in there if I am shopping at that development. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: stfc11 on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:18:49 Yeah the one at the Orbital Shopping Park.
It is over priced, but if you need a book you can't find anywhere else chances are you'll find it in there and where else can you browse through that many books! Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:19:18 If thats genuine then thats rubbish! Swindon has virtually no decent bookstores (Waterstones aside) and already has a rather large new look in town - new look not being the greatest of stores anyway! Why oh why could they not get a Zara for Swindon if anything :( ZARA rules FACT The one in London is brill Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Luci on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:19:53 We often go for a Starbucks :(
On another note, Swindon needs something like 'The Brewery' in Cheltenham (restaurants and bars in one complex) - I think the old Renault building would be a great location, easily accessible and create plenty of new jobs too rather than the building being dormant and wasted. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Luci on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:20:26 ZARA rules FACT The one in London is brill It is indeed - we were due one as well..... Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:25:33 dare I say it but the one in Madchester is even better !
Come to think of it Madchester is better full stop Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Arriba on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:31:20 survival of he fittest.as already mentioned it aint that cheap in there.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:31:24 We often go for a Starbucks :( On another note, Swindon needs something like 'The Brewery' in Cheltenham (restaurants and bars in one complex) - I think the old Renault building would be a great location, easily accessible and create plenty of new jobs too rather than the building being dormant and wasted. Good shout although something like that would make sense being closer to the town centre. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Moose on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:38:16 Its not just Swindon, just a sign of the times...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/borders-pledges-to-help-staff-hit-by-the-closure-of-five-shops-1742390.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/borders-pledges-to-help-staff-hit-by-the-closure-of-five-shops-1742390.html) Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: yeo on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:49:52 Ive never been there,infact ive never been to the orbital shopping centre.I mainly buy books from Charity shops or occasionly online.If Borders was an independant privatly owned shop being pushed out by a massive chain id probably feel a bit more impassioned by its plight, but its a chain store on a retail park making way for another chain store..who cares?
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:52:21 dare I say it but the one in Madchester is even better ! Come to think of it Madchester is better full stop Manchester is an awesome city. Complete buzz. Only Leeds is nicer oop north. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Barry Scott on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 21:56:07 I think this is the first time i've been remotely moved by the closing of a large business crushing American Chain. I go in there almost weekly. :(
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: jonny72 on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 22:03:59 I was a bit surprised Borders opened in the first place, even more so by their high prices.
What's the point when you can get any book you want, cheaper, within a couple of days from Amazon? Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: deltaincline on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 22:52:37 I was a bit surprised Borders opened in the first place, even more so by their high prices. What's the point when you can get any book you want, cheaper, within a couple of days from Amazon? Amazon is for cheapskate wankers. Borders is ace for browsing and having a good look at a book before buying it. The real cheapskates can even sit in comfort and read their books cover-to-cover for fuck all if they want to, their magazine range is fucking huge and the Starbucks upstairs is a convenient place to unwind. OK, Borders is a chain store on a shit retail park in a shit-hole nondescript, soul-less, depressing housing development, but you can't take your kids on the internet or to fucking Amazon when you're trying to encourage them to read and generally expand their knowledge base, can you? Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: nochee on Sunday, July 12, 2009, 23:13:14 Amazon is for cheapskate wankers. Borders is ace for browsing and having a good look at a book before buying it. The real cheapskates can even sit in comfort and read their books cover-to-cover for fuck all if they want to, their magazine range is fucking huge and the Starbucks upstairs is a convenient place to unwind. OK, Borders is a chain store on a shit retail park in a shit-hole nondescript, soul-less, depressing housing development, but you can't take your kids on the internet or to fucking Amazon when you're trying to encourage them to read and generally expand their knowledge base, can you? Just lost your job then? Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: pauld on Monday, July 13, 2009, 00:39:55 Borders is nice to visit but way way over priced. You can get the same books in Asda (fiction), from Amazon or eBay (non-fiction) for a fraction of the cost. If you really think you can get the same range of fiction in Asda as in Borders, I'd suggest your reading range may be slightly limited. That said, I'm with Yeovil - chain stores like Borders/Watermans have been slitting the throats of proper bookshops for years, now they get it back at them. Meh.Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Monday, July 13, 2009, 04:55:23 If you really think you can get the same range of fiction in Asda as in Borders, I'd suggest your reading range may be slightly limited. <shrug>I don't read fiction and never have done. I'm parroting what my good lady says and yes, her reading range is pretty limited. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Monday, July 13, 2009, 05:15:17 OK, Borders is a chain store on a shit retail park in a shit-hole nondescript, soul-less, depressing housing development, but you can't take your kids on the internet or to fucking Amazon when you're trying to encourage them to read and generally expand their knowledge base, can you? Have you ever heard of a public library? That's where I took my children to get them interested in books. But then I really must be a cheapskate wanker as that didn't cost me a penny (well apart from paying for it in Council Tax). Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Batch on Monday, July 13, 2009, 07:38:54 Don't really care about the loss of Borders as such, though its nasty people will lose their jobs.
But the loss of Starbucks is a shit. Even if they did seem to take ages to serve you. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Don Rogers Shop on Monday, July 13, 2009, 08:44:38 Have you ever heard of a public library? That's where I took my children to get them interested in books. But then I really must be a cheapskate wanker as that didn't cost me a penny (well apart from paying for it in Council Tax). I have recently joined with my daughter and she loves itTitle: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Ardiles on Monday, July 13, 2009, 08:53:41 If over a period of decades you fail to establish a university in the centre of town and leave an old college building derelict for 3 (?) years, you shouldn't be too surprised when bookshops start closing.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Don Rogers Shop on Monday, July 13, 2009, 08:56:14 I suggest we all go to the old college and read
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: jayohaitchenn on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:05:42 It's got 24 hour security guards so be carful if you do go.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Arriba on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:10:42 i'm in the cheapskate wanker crew.i've never bought from borders,despite quite liking the shop.the prices are just too high.my books come from the library for fuck all,amazon,or from the market stall(who buys them back when you've read them)
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: pauld on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:13:44 I have recently joined with my daughter and she loves it Same as - our kids have plenty of books at home but still love going to the library and always come home with armfuls of new books. And it's not necessarily a cheapskate option if you forget to take them back and have to pay late fines, so everyone's happyTitle: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: flammableBen on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:17:33 I think I've mentioned this before, but if you're in the new library, beware the hungry machine robot things.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:33:05 If the New Look is like the one in Nam Id be quite happy with that! although a Zara would be much more immense Luci! think of how poor we would be?!!!
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Spy on Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:35:59 cheapskate option?! Am I missing something? Is saving money somehow now not cool?
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:06:35 We often go for a Starbucks :( On another note, Swindon needs something like 'The Brewery' in Cheltenham (restaurants and bars in one complex) - I think the old Renault building would be a great location, easily accessible and create plenty of new jobs too rather than the building being dormant and wasted. It's a warehouse, really dark inside. Not somewhere I'd like to eat. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:11:01 Oh and +1 for the library, I went in the West Swindon one a couple of times the other week when we had our summer and pondered at what a fantastic use of my council tax it is. Plus it is air conditioned which is bliss in the heat.
I've not been in the new one, I must sometime. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: yeo on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:21:58 the Renault building was a Ford Dealership last time I looked,is it empty again?
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:26:29 Yeah it is, they've moved to Drakes Way according to the signage.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:27:07 I think they should turn the Renault building into a Borders. Or a Zara.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:32:07 Yeah it is, they've moved to Drakes Way according to the signage. Half true. There's a dvd production and packing business in the back half. http://www.ods.com/gb/index.html (http://www.ods.com/gb/index.html) Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:36:40 That makes more sense, I always thought it would be too big for a car dealer.
It should still be a Zara though. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Batch on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:37:15 Half true. There's a dvd production and packing business in the back half. http://www.ods.com/gb/index.html (http://www.ods.com/gb/index.html) I thought that had gone tits up. edit, oh OK, massive redundancies/administration http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2199436.hundred_are_made_redundant/ Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Monday, July 13, 2009, 19:49:31 I thought that had gone tits up. Not by the size of the queue of cheap foreign labour who line up at the bus stop every evening. I think it went in admin and is now being run by the administrators. Or sold on. Possibly. Quote Please note that ODS Business Services Limited was placed into Administration on 15 April 2008 and Martha H Thompson and Antony D Nygate of BDO Stoy Hayward LLP, Kings Wharf, 20-30 Kings Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3EX were appointed Joint Administrators. The Joint Administrators are agents of the company and act without personal liability. They have not personally adopted any contract you may have had with the company, nor can they be deemed to have done so. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Fred Elliot on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 22:56:27 *BUMP*
Sorry to bump this, but it seems more than a little ironic to me that a protest against the closure is going to take place on ........................................ The steps of the Library http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/4512121._We_protest_against_Borders____closure_/ Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Nemo on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 23:07:53 Quote Peter Dilly, campaign organiser and a former bookseller at Borders who resigned after hearing about the closure You what? Why did he resign when they were going to pay him off? :S Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Arriba on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 23:12:09 what a waste of time.as if a protest will do any good.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: pauld on Sunday, July 26, 2009, 23:52:28 Quote It’s a meeting place of likeminded – and diversely minded – people who are united by their thirst for literature, knowledge and culture It's a fucking corporate behemoth which has strangled the life out of countless independent bookshops that did actually serve the interests you only now come to value now you've lost your job. Can't even begin to express the jaw-dropping WTF of someone appealing to "diversity" in a campaign to save a branch of Borders. Jesus Wept. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 27, 2009, 00:10:45 Why don't a group of them open their own bookstore?
The article makes it sound like Borders in Swindon wasn't run as a business but a bit of a book community which is why it's probably shutting down. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Sippo on Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:20:34 Bit of a palava for the shutting of a shop. I feel for the starbucks staff more than anyone else. They all lose their jobs in two weeks with no where else to go.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: stfc11 on Monday, July 27, 2009, 17:28:08 Bit of a palava for the shutting of a shop. I feel for the starbucks staff more than anyone else. They all lose their jobs in two weeks with no where else to go. So do the Borders and Paperchase staff?! Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Chubbs on Monday, July 27, 2009, 17:46:02 fuck starbucks!!
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, July 27, 2009, 21:01:14 I didn't get up there in time to witness the protest. I was planning on walking out at about five past 2 and doing a Dom Jolly on my mobile proclaiming "it's a bit shit in there".
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: anna1 on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:24:06 I only used to go to the centre because I could get a Starbucks coffee while I was there. Is the Starbucks going to stay?
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: stfc11 on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:25:54 New Look is open now and Starbucks is still there.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: The Grim Reaper on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:28:08 Starbucks has recently re-opened. Which is quite handy cos as the missus is looking at countless more clothes she really dont need, i get to read the paper and have a large Cafe Latte with a caramen shot!
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Doore on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 14:33:27 Starbucks has recently re-opened. Which is quite handy cos as the missus is looking at countless more clothes she really dont need, i get to read the paper and have a large Cafe Latte with a caramen shot! That's a girl's drink - have a cup of tea and man up. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Sippo on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:09:44 Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:29:46 and Id rather have new clothes than books! :D
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Barry Scott on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:45:48 Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso. That's what i was thinking Latté and Cappuccino are for Brighton's Glitterati and tea is for birds. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Samdy Gray on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 15:51:32 Tea?!! Its all about the triple espresso. :nod: Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 17:00:05 hmmm, now there is a thought. Shops should have pubs in the back for the husbands who get dragged round the shops.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 19:17:07 I only used to go to the centre because I could get a Starbucks coffee while I was there. Is the Starbucks going to stay? I don't get this Starbuck's crap...I got dragged into one by my ex-missus recently, in some shopping mall in the Home Counties...what a pile of soulless shit. Paying over the odds for a cup of coffee with a stupid name. Think it might be that birds like them, because it gives them a chance to sit down after getting tired,walking about a bit, wearing silly shoes. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Luci on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 20:25:12 I used to like starbucks and Borders together. Nice coffee with a book or magazine is so much better than being run over by teenage mothers with pushchairs.
Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Peter Venkman on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 21:15:14 I used to like starbucks and Borders together. Nice coffee with a book or magazine is so much better than being run over by teenage mothers with pushchairs. I agree 100% on all counts Luci! Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: Talk Talk on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 22:14:36 Borders have gone into administration btw.
Seems like they saw it coming by selling off the Swindon Orbital lease to stave it off presumably. Title: Re: Borders Bookstore Swindon Post by: donkey on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 23:16:46 I don't get this Starbuck's crap...I got dragged into one by my ex-missus recently, in some shopping mall in the Home Counties...what a pile of soulless shit. Paying over the odds for a cup of coffee with a stupid name. Think it might be that birds like them, because it gives them a chance to sit down after getting tired,walking about a bit, wearing silly shoes. So what's wrong with the pub? |