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Sun Herald – Not so Convenient

I was shocked on Sunday to learn that the Sun Herald has a different approach to selling papers between Convenience Stores and Newsagents. The Sun Herald on Sunday – Mothers day – offered a free copy of Norah Jones’s new CD. However there was a catch – you ahd to buy the paper from a newsagent. I live in Kent St in Millers Point. There is a Convenience Store in my apartment building and another one about 50metres away on the opposite side of the road. Both sell the newspapers on a daily basis, every day. There is a newsagent in the street however he doesn’t open on Sunday. So off I went to the C-Store who sell the paper to buy it and I would probably have purchased other items – maybe a coffee. I was told by both C-Stores that the Fairfax group does not allow them to carry the extras offered with the paper. Needless to say I walked out and trudged down to Wynyard to find a newsagent and did not purchase any other items. This seems highly unfair and again hits small business when it can least afford to be hit and have foot traffic diverted from its doors. .

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