The Asian lady who runs this place is a hummingbird of a woman and is exhausting to watch. It would…read moreappear that all of her interactions are hurried and a little harried. I've made requests for magazines that she doesn't stock on a couple of occasions now, not that I'm trying to test her, but it seem she thinks so. The response is nearly always along the lines of 'why would you ask me for that, who even reads that' - at least that's what the non-verbal communication would suggest. Meh.

Jenny is such a beautiful happy, warm, outgoing, welcoming person. She is the hub of this little…read morecommunity. People warm to her genuineness and special spirited nature. She acknowledges each one by name with a joyous and very happy smile and a warm individualised greeting for each person. She is most attentive to her customers and will do whatever she can to meet any needs and requests if she is able. She is so respectful and with her smile she connects with you with that delightful twinkle in her eyes. She beautifully, in her long and often demanding day, continuously on her feet, is amazing. I"m confidant people feel uplifted from a visit to her newsagency; as every encounter I've observed and experienced comes from a space and place of delight and love. Oh that we could have more Jennys in our world. Carmel

Graham who owns this place is a 'character'. He's a bit curmudgeonly but he's always been polite to…read moreme. Perhaps it's because his shop acts as a thoroughfare from Military Road to Bridgepoint behind, who knows. He's a proud supporter of the Community Bendigo Bank, so his heart is in the right place even if he does breathe fire sometimes. There's a lot of good here. The shop provides a whole heap of services and is a real lynchpin provider in the area. They're well stocked on newspapers and magazines and will seek out overseas title if requested. They do a great range of kids games, toys and magazines, as well as learning to read books and puzzle books. It's actually a good place to head for a last minute kids pressie if other places are closed. Cards, Stationary and arts and crafts things are good too. They also sell bus tickets and stamps. The only real letdown with this place is that they haven't sold me a winning lottery ticket...yet.

Over the weekend I had an especially negative experience at Spit Junction Newsagency - a community…read morenewsagent that survives on a loyal repeat customer base. I had entered the store with the intent to purchase a copy of Fortune - a magazine that I had not read before but came recommended from a friend. At $11 an issue I picked up the magazine and flicked through it before zeroing in on an article from Warren Buffet. Like most people I wanted to know what I was buying. After less than a minute I was accosted by the proprietor, Graham - "You reading or buying?" I was stunned. "You reading or buying?" he demanded again, this time within 10-inches of my face. I asked if he was serious and he told me he was running a business and that I purchase the magazine or leave. I admit I did not handle it well and my emotional response - I told him to "get out of my face" and used some liberal language - only served to escalate the situation. He went on to call me a 'freeloader' and 'wanker' before aggressively shepherding me out of the shop. With a background in retail and current employment in a leasing role with a large shopping centre developer, this is the worst example of customer service I have ever encountered. While I can appreciate that Graham has a business to run I find it hard to accept that a couple of minutes browse time is not warranted for an $11 magazine purchase for a specialist title. His argument that the publishers are pushing him to drive away 'freeloaders' who consume content in-store without always purchasing the title is hard to fathom when most are giving away content online to increase their readership base. With print going the way of the dinosaur and magazine circulations in perpetual decline I question how a community newsagent can afford to treat customers in this way?

If there's an unusual or foreign, or unusually foreign magazine that you are struggling to get your…read morehands on, then may I take this opportunity to recommend to you, the World Square Newsagent? I can? Thank you... I will. The World Square Newsagent on Pitt Street, down near, you guessed it, World Square, is just your average newsagents, they sell chocolate and gum, soft drinks, water, stationary, birthday cards, newspapers and magazines. But more importantly, they also import a lot of magazines from overseas. Something a lot of news agencies don' t to do, perhaps for the expense or the lack of confidence they have that the magazine will sell, being that most magazines have a shelf life of one month before they're yesterdays news. I scoured many a newsagent in the inner west, the northern suburbs and the middle of the city, till I finally came across World Square Newsagents. I was looking for an American publication called Script, and no body had it. I was beginning to lose heart. I knew I'd seen it before, I knew it existed, but where? When I entered the shop I realised that they had many more imports as well, not just from America, but from other countries as well. Unfortunately though, there are still issues. I had hoped to get the latest issue of Script, due out in September, but the delivery was running late, this is an import issue and no fault of the Newsagents. Just a juicy bit of information that's not actually juicy and barely qualifies as information.

Interesting selection of magazines and newspapers. They have Chinese language newspapers but only…read moreEnglish language magazines.

I put an order in online from the US and never received my product. While I placed this order in…read moreOctober of 2011. Sometime has seriously passed- without a word since March. While I do not want to slander the person handling (or the lack of) handling my case. I do have email correspondence that died off with no follow-up. I would like a refund for my product that never was shipped. I'm sure this company is not bad, but the folks in-charge are just too busy or can care-less. Leaving customers hanging and ripping them off is not the way to do business, period. www.nationstate.com.au

A disclaimer before I start. I love magazines. One of my absolute all-time favourite books concerns…read moreHarold Hayes, the 1960s editor of Esquire magazine. So it should be clear then where I'm going to go with this. I am going to tell you, dear reader, that I love this place. Mag Nation is a magazine store. That is to say, they only sell magazines - no clear-lined writing books, no greeting cards, no pens and pencils and pencil sharpeners, no newspapers, no Archie comics (they do sell some comics but not Archie), they don't sell bus travel tickets, they don't sell cigarettes, no newspapers, no cold drinks. Magazines. That's it. And it's on two levels. That's two levels of magazines. You'll need more than pocket change. The magazines all vary in price and if you're literate and you have hopes, dreams, curiosities, interests, you will likely want to go out the store with more than one so be prepared to come in with a semi-fat wallet.

This is a decent sized newsagent. It has a good three rows of magazines and newspapers - some…read morefreighted in from overseas (think US Vanity Fair and Vogue). Lottery, a comprehensive range of gift cards, ribbons, stationary, journals and party decorations this is a pretty standards newsagents. Except for a few quirky gifts. One was a journal with a satirical scribblings and quotes about being a parent; another about an insomniac. The other gift I ended up buying was some white measuring spoons (and measuring cups) in the design of matryoshka dolls (Russian nesting dolls - the set of wooden, usually colourful dolls placed in side one another). I like it when an ordinary generic kind of shop is made ever so unique by a few quirky display type items. Makes me go back to see what they'll have next month. Staff is somewhat underwhelmed but helpful enough.

Absolutely the worst service. It ruins my day every time I have to go in there. The staff are so…read morerude!

Lots of books. There was a large amount of bilingual books although it was hard to findread more

After I was done with having lunch at The Galeries, I went upstairs to floor 2 to check this place…read moreout. They're a Japanese chain bookstore. I've been to their locations in Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA. My goodness, they had quite the extensive manga selection! Of course all of the super popular ones were available. If I had one of these bookstores closer to where I live, I would be giving them a lot of my money! Everything was so well organized, so everything was very easy to locate.

I decided that I would like to do some research into whether Australia publishes any humour…read moremagazines like 'The Onion' in the United States of America, so I walked into the Broadway shopping centre and into the Newsagency housed within. The first thing I noticed as I walked in was that behind the counter were four very attractive women. The next thing I noticed was four very attractive woman behind the, oh wait, sorry, the next thing I noticed was the large amount of magazines in this sizeable inner city newsagent. They had a huge range, every topic under the sun one would think, except for humour magazines. But I was quite impressed with their literary section, as most newsagents don't tend to have any. I thought about getting a writing magazine, but it was squarely focused on writing in pros and creating novels, generating ideas and beating writers block, I'm more interested in screenplays, but unfortunately they had nothing for me, (I've already read the current issue of 'Creative Screenwriter and Script') But yes, I took note that they stocked them both. I will return for the magazines, and that's the only reason. The last thing I need is another restraining order, I mean a first restraining order.

Broadway Newsagency is big. They have so many magazines that you could spend hours in here... not…read morethat you should, but if you are searching for a particular kind of magazine, or just browsing, then this is the place to come. I found a few for my dad for his birthday, all about folk music and guitar playing. I figured get him a few for his birthday to read, and then buy the subscription for xmas. Well it would have been clever but he hasn't said that he liked any of them... There is a huge range of cards for any occasion as well as stationery galore. I could spend ages looking at notebooks, but I wont walk about that.

Quay Newsagency is great. It's conveniently located to top up your opal card and phone. As a…read moretourist, I was able to stock up on the essentials whilst I was traveling in Sydney cause they sell everything from cold drinks to sunscreen!!!

If you find yourself looking for a particular newspaper or magazine and can't seem to find it in…read moreany convenience store or newsagency, you needn't worry about where else to go. If you want to read it, Quay Newsagency is sure to have it. It's a one-stop newsagency that stocks a huge selection of newspapers and magazines. Aside from a wide selection of reading materials, this shop also sells cigarettes and snacks of all kinds. Craving for a Snickers Bar to go with today's copy of the Sydney Morning Herald? Go ahead and stop on by! Highly recommended!

The smaller of the two I've been to it's still not that small given the multiple levels. Where you…read morehave me lost is that most of the ground floor is gifts souvenirs and trendy stuff/stationary. Normally I don't mind but I was surprised given the fact that everything upstairs seemed so condensed because of this like an aisle and that's it. Because of this I didn't get the type of time I wanted to have in what I was told was the biggest in Australia. Your mileage may vary on this obviously but for me that's a dealbreaker. On lighter notes staff were scarce and while nice didnt have what I was looking for. Books were in the best condition of the two and I was impressed by that as again I don't have that where I'm from. Despite that Sydney will eventually be my home I'll definitely be looking to shop in Melbourne more for the genres of my tastes.

Absolute garbage service. I PRE ORDER a textbook MONTHS in advance. I then have to reach out to…read moreTHEM to confirm my order as they didn't do so. They extend the delivery date out another 23 days, whatever, fine. I reach out again 20 odd days after that date, only to be told they don't have the book anymore. I demand a refund. They REFUSE. THEY HAVE THE *GALL* TO REFUSE A REFUND UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES!?!? The demand my bank account number! They demand 4-6 weeks turn around time for their "Accounts" team to process the refund. WHAT. A. JOKE. Don't bother with this clown company. Absolute clown circus square go.