A lot of people over here are fans of a big tax on idle buildings - sadly none in the elected parties. But it would be a good way to either force owners to do something with the building or at least get some money off them for the benefit of society in some form.

Debenhams website is getting smashed as people try to pickup bargains in the firesale.

I know you cant do returns but not sure what happens if goods dont arrive. Should be covered by credit card protection.

Do Debenhams even have anything reduced yet?
Normally takes a bit of time to set prices and decide what is sale or return.

Also I thought credit card protection was only on goods over £100, I may be wrong but when I looked into claiming for some trainers that never arrived I didnt seem to be covered.

I went into a branch of Game yesterday, to offload an old Xbox console. I had to waste time in there while they checked it was working, so I had a good look around. And … I can’t tell what they actually exist for any more.

Gaming’s gone digital. The majority of shelf space in that shop is for empty game boxes. But who’s still buying those games on disc? The only customers were a couple of parents buying second-hand titles for kids. There was a lot of cheap merch tat. Their section for Lego was bigger than any of the game sections. They had no new consoles to sell – there’s no stock of the new generation machines – so second-hand consoles is all they had. Plus a couple of Switches, I admit.

I dunno … I can't see these shops lasting much longer. If their main business is ending up just being shifting cheap T-shirts and toys alongside second hand consoles, it doesn’t feel very sustainable any more.

I'm sure they make a pretty penny off parents of younguns wanting to be streamers with more money than sense. Quite how often they come in is another thing.

Prankster101

Time for a game of “Where’s Pranky?”

He had some double glazing done 8 months ago.
https://justvisits.co.uk/listing/sparkle-double-glazing-london/

The margin’s interesting. They really didn’t have that sort of mid-range stock - plenty under £100 then straight up to the £450 B&Os.

Most interesting thing in the shop was a Capcom console in the second hand cabinet. That giant logo with joysticks. Two hundred quid though.

I’m definitely not blaming Game at all, just questioning whether game shops in general have any future. I think they’re done for, probably. One of the early casualties of the high street’s decline.

The parents and grandparents still buying new boxed games for kids are getting them from Tesco etc now, while they’re out getting the birthday cake and a pair of socks.

Hahaha, that's actually quite good.

The Nintendo eShop - so shit it makes browsing in Game seem wonderful.

After 48 hours I have to say I'm not finding the xbox store to be much better?

I remember (my big brother) buying Actraiser for me from John Menzies. Looking back, I feel bad asking him to spend £50 on a game knocking now how much he would’ve been earning a week with a family to support on his own.