Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

In not liking to go in to a proper Lakeland shop ???

29 replies

yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 15:24

One has just opened in town and it just doesn't give the same satisfaction as skimming through the catalogue or website .....

I mean - so many of their items you "just have to have" because they're nicely photographed and come with a little legend and quotes that Mrs B of Norton - Cum - Chewing or wherever just can't live without it .... but in reality it's a gubbings on a shelf in the shop !

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
TillyTeacakes · 10/05/2024 12:03

This reply has been deleted

This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

nikkie · 21/03/2007 20:05

In fact all of you are wrong as if you want the best shop you have to go to the proper one actually in the Lakes, WIndermere.
BUt to answer the OP I never buy anything there except for the sale rack much more likely to buy from a catalogue.

Lucycat · 21/03/2007 17:28

laughingduck - my 2 hate it as well, i have to bribe them with a cake from upstairs!

Tanee58 · 21/03/2007 16:54

Lakeland ooooh .... my mother used to buy from them in the 1960s when they were Lakeland Plastics - and I got hooked when I married in the early 90s and sent for my first catalogue - got lots of kitchen stuff, and the great thing is, if you don't like it or find you don't actually need it, they will take it back, no questions asked. They give the BEST customer service ever, and they finally opened a shop nearish me at Brent X in north London. I still get the catalogues though - it's household porn to me - and it's useful to have the shop nearby so I can go look at the stuff and decide if I REALLY need it. My partner is an unusual man - he actually visits Lakeland Cardiff when he goes to visit his Mam, just to buy something for me or to pay my respects ! My ex-hb couldn't bear them - so maybe that's why I love my partner so much! I love a man in touch with his tupperware side!

powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:42

My mum just told me that Mrs Knee IS still alive, and she knows her son Henry!

Flamesparrow · 21/03/2007 16:36

I've never seen the catalogue... had never heard of them until they opened near us.

But its soooo peaceful in there.

She tried to give me a catalogue with my shopping but I explained that it wouldn't be safe

powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:34

What about grandpa Knee, uncle knee, and all their wives.

Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:31

There's probably " Young" Mr Knee - 65, "Old" Mr Knee - 101, "Master" Knee - 42 !!!

OP posts:
expatinscotland · 21/03/2007 16:28

The best one EVER is in Perth.

I love it, I do!

powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:27

Isnt Mr Knee still alive? All the staff in there are probably related to him in some way, they are of a certain age.

laughingduck · 21/03/2007 16:27

Lucycat, the Lakeland in Handforth is full of old ladies and tupperwear - the dses hate it in there and dd just about tolerates it. They do nice lunches though .

Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:24

Every time I've been in there powder I feel as though there is still an "old Mr Knee" sat in a wood lined office over seeing the family business - a la Grace Bros

OP posts:
Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:23

It's all wrong nothing is half as exciting as you think it's going to be !

OP posts:
powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:22

Yes I live in Trowbridge. I can never believe what i find in there either!

KathyMCMLXXII · 21/03/2007 16:21

I see your point, Yeahinaminute.
You can spend hours browsing the catalogue but the actual going in isn't really that exciting.
With me it's partly because I wouldn't ever really pay some of their prices (especially for the edible things) and going in forces me to face that fact.

Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:21

Is Knees the lovely family Dept store come junky "oh my God they still sell that" shop in Trowbridge ??

OP posts:
powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:20

Actually I think i went past it when it was still closed.

Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:20

Do you think Lakeland the kitchen gadget equivalent of Bodens ???

OP posts:
powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:19

Itlooks like somewhere I can buy lots of stuff and NOT use, like a lot of the stuff in my kitchen. Knees is like an alladins cave of kitchenware and other stuff also.
Have you been into knees yeahinaminute?

Original poster
yeahinaminute · 21/03/2007 16:18

Opposite Karen Millen / shabbitat - where they've been doing up the post office!

OP posts:
Lucycat · 21/03/2007 16:18

imo Lakeland have the best customer service bar none - ours, near Wilmslow is full of Ladies Who Lunch, very respectable and the cafe is truly delightful!

I do like the catalogues though

powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:16

Wilkinsons is great for cheap cleaning stuff etc and watching harrassed women shouting at their children

DANCESwithaTruckLoadOfMiniEggs · 21/03/2007 16:14

mind you, wilkinsons is great for craft stuff

powder28 · 21/03/2007 16:14

Really? I havnt noticed it. Is it near the new post office or the old one?

DANCESwithaTruckLoadOfMiniEggs · 21/03/2007 16:13

OH NO! Not like wilkinsons,

\link{http://www.lakeland.co.uk/here}

Swipe left for the next trending thread