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I'm very disappointed

What can I say…I’m the number one shopper of all time (or at least in my family) and I’m very disappointed. There seems to be no new merchandise catalogue to whet our appetites this season. I even went as far as checking on the Internet, but sadly only the 1997-98 catalogue is on offer there. And I think last season’s catalogue was reviewed to death, so all I can offer this time are some suggestions as to what I’d like to see in the new catalogue (whenever it may appear) - remember these are only suggestions, perhaps you have a different view? A better quality range of cheaper products - this may sound like a bit of a contradiction, but if you don’t have much money to spend each week, you want to get something good for your money. At the moment there are a lot of very “plasticy” objects on sale - why not improve the quality a bit. “Cheap and cheerful” should be the motto, not “plastic and tacky”. I also think there should be a better section for kids - let’s face it, it is more likely to be youngsters with their pocket-money buying the bulk of the merchandise on offer, so why not cater a bit more for them? Anyway, I don’t have much space so I’ll have to stop this wittering. The souvenir shop is a good shop, I’m not knocking it, I just feel improvements could be made (as they could everywhere else) and these were two of my humble suggestions. Hope you don’t mind…

Jackie Beedle