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To think Poundland needs another name?

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PassingStranger · 14/05/2024 20:27

Nothing much in there is a pound and they are stocking clothing etc?
Do they need a name change?
Misleading.

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Mookie81 · 15/05/2024 18:16

Bigredpants · 15/05/2024 06:45

When I lived in Hounslow they had a Poundland, a 99p shop and a 98p shop all battling in out in the High St. I wonder what they’re called now?

Along with 50 shops selling pots of hot sweetcorn and Peruvian pan pipes. Grin

Davros · 15/05/2024 09:51

How about YeOldeGuineauLand

ExhaustedHousewife · 15/05/2024 08:00

Some of these alternative names 😂

notforonesecond · 15/05/2024 07:53

I thought this was going to be about how it sounds like a euphemism for a sex shop, but your point is also valid

billyt · 15/05/2024 07:42

Davros · 14/05/2024 21:28

I miss the 99p shop. Everything WAS 99p

The Poundland near me was a 99p shop and was much better.

I used to get cheap reading glasses for £1 which were great for leaving around the house.

Haven't been in for over a year now as last time I went in their hardware section was about three feet wide, and they seem to have reduced the section of glasses and are mainly women's style (I'm a bloke and wouldn't wear them even if giving them away Grin )

MagnetCarHair · 15/05/2024 06:51

Ican'tbelieveit'snotapound?

Bigredpants · 15/05/2024 06:45

When I lived in Hounslow they had a Poundland, a 99p shop and a 98p shop all battling in out in the High St. I wonder what they’re called now?

Grimchmas · 15/05/2024 06:25

AtLeastAPoundLand

Gdn1 · 15/05/2024 06:17

Some of the larger Poundlands are called Poundland Plus.

grinandslothit · 15/05/2024 06:15

I always thought it was kind of a daft name.

Then again, Australia has the reject shop and crazy clarks.

NotJohnMajor · 15/05/2024 06:00

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 15/05/2024 03:10

I was shocked when I couldn't buy a pair of boots in Boots, and today I discovered that Amazon aren't based in the jungle, Bloody Cheek!

And, and, have you ever tried to get a room, for even one night, in Hotel Chocolat? Well don't bother, they gave me short shrift when I enquired, fobbed me off with a small sample chocolate (which was very nice, by the way).

Here's a tip - don't bother asking for a Lamb Madras in Currys!

NeverEnoughPants · 15/05/2024 04:26

annabofana · 14/05/2024 22:00

But everything there does cost £5, does it not?

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Not any more. Not for a while.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 15/05/2024 03:10

I was shocked when I couldn't buy a pair of boots in Boots, and today I discovered that Amazon aren't based in the jungle, Bloody Cheek!

And, and, have you ever tried to get a room, for even one night, in Hotel Chocolat? Well don't bother, they gave me short shrift when I enquired, fobbed me off with a small sample chocolate (which was very nice, by the way).

echt · 15/05/2024 00:04

This rather like the $2 shops in Australia, which are now called variety shops. People still call them $2 shops though, in the same way video stores - when they existed - were so called even though they almost exclusively sold DVDs.

SergeantDawkins · 15/05/2024 00:02

I went to one today, I don’t think anything I bought was a pound. Very cheap still, but not as cheap as it once was when things were actually £1. Even the sweets were £1.25.
Maybe they should call it “you don’t get much for a pound, land”

StellaGibson2022 · 15/05/2024 00:00

It’s rubbish now - I wonder who actually goes there now. Ours is half empty.

My DC also loves pointing out everything that isnt a pound!

Starlightstarbright3 · 14/05/2024 23:58

Mostly more than a Poundland .

once was a Poundland

KeinLiebeslied54321 · 14/05/2024 23:56

HighOnMaiden · 14/05/2024 23:11

Stopped going in a while ago. The joke used to be asking the assistants how much everything was, when now that’s what you genuinely have to do.

it also became a bit of a con, selling smaller packs for a pound when they were much better value in other stores.

Poundstretcher do that too, and they always try to sell me more 'special offer' stuff at the till.
If I wanted 50 'rip as soon as you look at them bin bags' I would have picked them up on the way round....

KeinLiebeslied54321 · 14/05/2024 23:55

Allfur · 14/05/2024 21:25

I guess Iceland don't just sell frozen goods

....and Farmfoods most definitely doesn't just sell food from farms.
That said, whoever invented the name Poundland didn't really consider inflation.

jmh740 · 14/05/2024 23:44

feelingalittlehorse · 14/05/2024 23:02

Couldbemorethanapoundsocheckthelabelland?

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Davros · 14/05/2024 23:29

I drove past our nearest Poundland today around 11.30am and it was shut. I wondered if it had gone bust

HighOnMaiden · 14/05/2024 23:11

Stopped going in a while ago. The joke used to be asking the assistants how much everything was, when now that’s what you genuinely have to do.

it also became a bit of a con, selling smaller packs for a pound when they were much better value in other stores.

feelingalittlehorse · 14/05/2024 23:02

Couldbemorethanapoundsocheckthelabelland?

wibblywobblywoo · 14/05/2024 22:58

Davros · 14/05/2024 21:28

I miss the 99p shop. Everything WAS 99p

Yes! I loved the 99p shop, it was much better than Poundland, nicer stuff and everything really was 99p!

CranfordScones · 14/05/2024 22:48

Change the name to Woolworths - it's what many of them used to be called.

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