WH Smith

This shop is ideally placed for selling all the things a traveller or a commuter might need before they leave the station. So, newspapers, magazines, sandwiches drinks and snacks, books, pens, travel adapters and chargers, sweets, cards and so on. No problem at all.
It’s nice to have a browse when you have a bit of a wait for a train and it’s one of the few stores I’ve found in train stations which has a reasonable layout. The queue for the checkouts can be a bit of a squeeze but the rest of the store really isn’t too bad. There’s even space to take your time looking over the magazines without feeling like you’re too much in anyone’s way.
My problem is the prices. I know that you’re paying for convenience, but they can’t be doing an awful trade so it seems unnecessary to jack the prices up so high. For most items like gifts and cards (and even bottles of water) it would be smarter to go around the corner to the nearby branch of Sainsbury’s. They don’t even run the O2 priority offers because they aren’t a full sized store.
So, by all means visit if you’re bored whilst waiting or if you’re in need of something to read, but otherwise I wouldn’t bother. Queen Street Station is in the city centre after all — you won’t have far to look if you want to find a better deal.

I was here eiarlier in the morning and saw that it is £2.00 fow for a small bottle of coke.

I feel really sorry for the staff in WH Smith. I imagine a conversation between a checkout operator and store manager to go something like this.
Store Manager: «You didn’t tell that customer about our special offer. 150g of Dairy Milk for only £1. Every customer has to be told about the special offer when they reach the till.»
Staff member: «But the person was only in to buy chewing gum. They had already waiting in a long queue and it was obvious they were in a hurry for their train because they kept checking their watch. And it was only 8am. Who wants 150g of chocolate at 8am?»
Store Manager: «Every single person is told about the week’s special offer! It’s the number one WH Smith rule.»
Staff member: «I feel really stupid offering someone the Dairy Milk when it is obvious they don’t want it.»
Store Manager: «You’ll feel even more stupid when you are out of a job. That’s a £1 sale you have just cost us. No go back out onto the shopfloor and start offering customer the chocolate. I’m keeping my eye on you.»
With this in mind, I always smile and politely thank the WH Smith Staff member who offers me chocolate, a mammoth packet of crisps with a free copy of the Daily Telegraph or whatever ludicrous thing they are pushing on rushed customers that week. It’s not their fault. It’s really not.

From the other reviews I think you gather it’s overpriced. The fact is though, there is a lot of choice and when you’re in a rush and REALLY need a drink you’re going to pay whatever they ask.
There are lots of magazines, sweets, books, beverages and all those little things you forget just before you’re about to go on a long journey. Hankies? Travel adaptor? Batteries? Check, check, DOH!
It’s a good shop for when you’re on the go and just need something quick.

Don’t you just hate it when normal shops start charging a small fortune for everything, just because they’re in a train station?! WH Smith’s in Glasgow Queen Street is the exact definition of this.
I know it’s because they know that when you’re in a hurry, you’ll pay a ridiculous amount for something you vitally need, hence why here, people like myself, suffer at the hands of these annoying expensive outlets, just because we don’t have time/can’t be bothered walking to Sainsbury’s, so decide to settle on paying 79p for a packet of Munchies, or £4 for a crap birthday card.
Ridiculous, but convenient. Damn them and their money grabbing ways!