What shops do you not bother going into anymore?

AMKC

For me it is phone shops they are just so boring now all the phones are all the same big flat boring touchscreens. They might as well all come from the same factory. I remember going into a mobile phone shops used to be exciting phones had style there was lots of different designs.

Reputable Rog

Religious shops,haven't ventured inside one since I stopped believing in magic at age 7.

The_Valeyard

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Religious shops,haven't ventured inside one since I stopped believing in magic at age 7.

Damn, wish i was this cool

Omackeral

Any of them, I do all my shopping online.





I don't really, just wanted to be that w*nker that says that.

The_Valeyard

Omackeral wrote: »

Any of them, I do all my shopping online.





I don't really, just wanted to be that w*nker that says that.

I still like wandering into Game shops or the Forbidden Planet, but like yourself, i tend to try avoid them.

Boom_Bap

Crazy Prices.

Reputable Rog

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Damn, wish i was this cool

Takes time dude, takes time.

BarryD2

Try to avoid Tesco - got caught once too often by slippery product placement. Such & such for the price of € and then beside it, the same brand but different packet at full price. That sort of 'deception' is counter productive long term.

tayto lover

Newsagents. I do all my reading online now.

McMurphy

Ive stopped bothering with all the large fast food places (McDonald's KFC etc) as I find the food is generally shyt and overpriced compared to the local chipper.

snowflaker

Shops??? like real physical shops??? Apart from Lidl I dont go to shops much anymore.

Online ftw

twirlagig

TK MAXX - Can't find anything in there, everything in a heap. Drives me nuts!

Atoms for Peace

Quinnsworth

The_Valeyard

twirlagig wrote: »

TK MAXX - Can't find anything in there, everything in a heap. Drives me nuts!

I wish my other half was that way, when she goes shopping in there it turns into something from The Hunger Games

tomwaterford

twirlagig wrote: »

TK MAXX - Can't find anything in there, everything in a heap. Drives me nuts!

I still get twitches thinking of the time I went in there.....state of the place

thesandeman

Head shops.

McMurphy

thesandeman wrote: »

Head shops.

Do you just give head at home these days yourself or wha?

Ursus Horribilis

Record shops, not that there are many of them left.

HeidiHeidi

Tesco.

Cannot STAND the place.

Lorelli!

I miss going to CD/DVD shops

Have ordered food shopping a good few times but I prefer to go to the shop. Only very rarely order clothes online.

mrmoonlight

I buy everything I need online amazon e.c.t except food shopping which I get in Aldi and a small few items from supervalu

jamesbere

Ann summers, I don't go in there anymore since they barred me

The_Valeyard

jamesbere wrote: »

Ann summers, I don't go in there anymore since they barred me

Clean up on aisle two.

aaronjumper

Gamestop. I've gone all digital like a modern person.

EPAndlee

Lorelli! wrote: »

I miss going to CD/DVD shops

Have ordered food shopping a good few times but I prefer to go to the shop. Only very rarely order clothes online.

I miss going into dvd shops for a browse and buying dvds really cheap

SEPT 23 1989

Hector Grey's

the purple tin

jamesbere wrote: »

Ann summers, I don't go in there anymore since they barred me

Is that a swedish made penis enlarger I spy?

El Horseboxo

Ones made from bricks.

Also knock in shops.

AMKC

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I still like wandering into Game shops or the Forbidden Planet, but like yourself, i tend to try avoid them.

Forbidden Planet just ain't as good as it used to be they have very little in there that I would be interested in buying now and I used to love going in there and buying loads. I don't go into game shops at all now must be getting old lol.

snowflaker wrote: »

Shops??? like real physical shops??? Apart from Lidl I dont go to shops much anymore.

Yes real shops. Can't blame you better off can do and buy almost anything online these days anyway.

Online ftw

twirlagig wrote: »

TK MAXX - Can't find anything in there, everything in a heap. Drives me nuts!

Oh I love TK Max but they have there days sometimes you go in there and find loads other days nothing nice at all.

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Quinnsworth

Kinda impossible seen as they are long gone but you could say Tesco as they took them over.

thesandeman wrote: »

Head shops.

Same as above.

Ursus Horribilis wrote: »

Record shops, not that there are many of them left.

Ye I miss good record shops.

Lorelli! wrote: »

I miss going to CD/DVD shops

Same here but there is one in Liffey Valley and they have a good selection of blu-rays too.

Have ordered food shopping a good few times but I prefer to go to the shop. Only very rarely order clothes online.

Much better buying clothes in a shop but yes I have bought clothes online sometimes good sometimes not so good.

aaronjumper wrote: »

Gamestop. I've gone all digital like a modern person.

Good for you.

EPAndlee wrote: »

I miss going into dvd shops for a browse and buying dvds really cheap

Same here. There is one in Liffey Valley that also has a good selection of blu-rays.

retro:electro

Miss Selfridge. Full of overpriced tat

Lorelli!

EPAndlee wrote: »

I miss going into dvd shops for a browse and buying dvds really cheap

And "The Video Man" :pac:

Agricola

DVD and game shops. Technology is great n' all and it is handy to have access to any piece of media from the comfort of your own home, but I do miss the ritual of going to the likes of Xtravision or Gamestop to flick through the cases and maybe pick up a bargain. I walked through a shopping centre recently which I used to frequent a lot when I was a student and it struck me that it has been a million years since I went into game shop there on my way home. Would feel like an odd thing to do now!

the purple tin

CEX, feckin rip off merchants.

OldMrBrennan83

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messy tessy

Topshop. It's for young uns

Tower records. Partly because of the whole digital thing, but also because I find the place to be staffed by aging rude hipsters. Could be decent people there but I've never met them

LirW

Laura Ashley. It's one of these shops where you always wonder how they manage to stay open because they sell overpriced crap that was cool in the early '00.

andekwarhola

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Takes time dude, takes time.

Eternity. Or something else equally interminable.

EPAndlee

Agricola wrote: »

DVD and game shops. Technology is great n' all and it is handy to have access to any piece of media from the comfort of your own home, but I do miss the ritual of going to the likes of Xtravision or Gamestop to flick through the cases and maybe pick up a bargain. I walked through a shopping centre recently which I used to frequent a lot when I was a student and it struck me that it has been a million years since I went into game shop there on my way home. Would feel like an odd thing to do now!

It's great having 1000s of songs,tv shows and movie at the touch of a screen but I like having a physical copy of a video game,cd, dvd etc. You'd always pick up a bargain in xtravision

Harry Palmr

Can't recall the last time I stepped into a book shop/newsagents. Clothes and shoes likewise - Lidl and online works fine for someone as terminally uncool as me. I actively avoid the centre of town these days so high is the parking cost for the most part plus it takes ages to drive around anyway most of the time.

Back in the day browsing books, music and home video could kill a couple of hours and you'd have something to read, listen to or watch later. Now it's all at home and not as enjoyable.

TheRiverman

Dunnes Stores clothing department,all that overpriced Costelloe,Galvin,Harrington rubbish and also the Francis Brennan curtains etc.:eek:

DrumSteve

the purple tin wrote: »

CEX, feckin rip off merchants.

Whoever prices the games in there is **** at their job.

madmaggie

River Island. They never speak to me. I know I'm the wrong side of 50 but I'm not invisible, and probably have more to spend than the young wans. New Look for the same reason.

freshpopcorn

I gave up shopping at The Leftorium when Left-Mart opened!

twowheelsonly

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Quinnsworth

AMKC wrote: »

Kinda impossible seen as they are long gone but you could say Tesco as they took them over.

Head Shops

Same as above.

Tesco took over the Head Shops ??? :eek:

thesandeman

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Tesco took over the Head Shops ??? :eek:

I'll have the yellow pack, man.
Or was that Quinnsworth?
Can't remember, my brain is fried.

dublinman1990

There is one retailer that I would never venture into anymore. Those Tony Quinn health shops.

It has to be said; places like these are a pure scandalous waste of money on consumers buying health products that barely work at all.

Your Face

The Dutch East India Company.

I cant find a branch anywhere these days.

begbysback

Woolworths - the sweets just aren't free any more, they expect ya to pay for them now

derfderf

Your Face wrote: »

The Dutch East India Company.

I cant find a branch anywhere these days.

Still a few branches open in Prussia.

nigel_wilson

snowflaker wrote: »

Shops??? like real physical shops??? Apart from Lidl I dont go to shops much anymore.

Online ftw

Online shopping though afaik takes about a day to process.

I have to order what I want the day before despite the fact that my Supervalu is a 13 minutes walk.