GW's??

[Swanny]

Maybe they will only close some of the stores

[RedSoul]

To say i have never been a fan of GW,s is the understatement of the year,but will miss the honda mechanic as he took pride in his work and always done a great job on my bikes.......anybody know a decent honda mechanic nearby???

[Red Zed 1]

popped over swindon this pm,whole place closed with a note on the door,but no-one about..wonder if they'll have a sale/clearout..

[Carbonkid]

I knew they were having problems for a while. Personally a real shame to see this big name and social meeting point go bust.
Hopfully someone will buy them out or something.

In the mean time Fowlers it is...

[Flying Half-Dutchman]

Very sad to see it go. I've spent many Saturday afternoons mooching around the place. Best wishes to all the staff, I hope they all get new jobs soon. I'll certainly miss the 2 young ladies who worked in the outlet centre

[gibbo]

I'm not surprised, they got too greedy, simple!
I only recently started going to Fowlers and staff there are so much more helpful compared to GW staff. :-/

I do feel for staff that have been made redundant tho

Some of the customer service was p**s poor (my experience).

[gibbo]

[quote author=Dabz link=1326969974/27#27 date=1326981468][quote author=Swanny link=1326969974/19#19 date=1326977892]A trip to GW's was always a good excuse to go for a ride

really? it was a **** location to ride to! Now somewhere like 3x Motorcycles in ringwood...there's a dealership surrounded by awesome riding roads right to the front door. [/quote]
Really???
Melksham, Calne, Lynham, Wootton Bassett GW's
Some nice twisty roads that way.

Really don't like riding to Fowlers[/quote]

Fowlers is a s**te place to ride to as well. >

[gibbo]

Real shame for the people who are out of a job but I personally didn't really like the place. Lots of people moaned about the sales or after sales service as being rubbish although I know that's not always the case. The bike selection was ok but I hated the way the salesman use to prowl and look at you like you were dirt on the floor and you shouldn't be on the bikes, you could sometimes get a bargain in the warehouse but the cafe was utter crap for service. The staff had faces on them like they really didn't want to be there or even serve you and it took about 20 mins to get a cup of tea ffs!

Much prefer Fowlers for a cuppa and a game of table footy with Alf! They also don't mind him zipping around on his scooter and sitting on all the bikes! ;D

Hope the staff find jobs elsewhere though.

Roxy x

Agree with most of that Roxy about Gw's. A couple of months back I test rode a GSX1400 but when I refused to sign up and buy due to rusty welds on the frame, the sales bloke totally ignored me after that. Before that though, we were virtually on first name terms. What goes around, comes around. :-/

[Swanny]

I'll certainly miss the 2 young ladies who worked in the outlet centre

Me too they were very pleasing to the eyes

[Green Man]

Sad loss, I enjoyed the blatt over there !!