When did top shelf move to sex shop?

Faux Pas · November 15th, 2015, 12:52 PM

I'm new to this brilliant forum. I was amazed to see that the content of magazines which I remember being top shelf in the petrol station had started showing soft boy girl pictorials and then moved to full hardcore.

It would seem that the changes happened in the late 90's but where did they sell these magazines?

How did I miss this??

Dominique · November 15th, 2015, 04:45 PM

Definitely around 1999. So called sex shops would sell you over priced crap in a plain wrapper with no actual hardcore, their vids were even worse. Not surprisingly many "sex" shops have survived here in Manchester

Lurk_D · November 16th, 2015, 05:30 AM

The "top shelf" moved to the sex shop when the mom-and-pop bookstores all closed because Amazon stole their niche. Gas stations just plain stopped selling magazines altogether.

scorpion_111151 · November 16th, 2015, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dominique

So called sex shops would sell you over priced crap in a plain wrapper with no actual hardcore, their vids were even worse.

Some brave souls took the shops to court under the Trades Descriptions Act, but not many!

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November 15th, 2015, 04:45 PM	#2
Dominique Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 79 Thanks: 6,304 Thanked 637 Times in 75 Posts	Definitely around 1999. So called sex shops would sell you over priced crap in a plain wrapper with no actual hardcore, their vids were even worse. Not surprisingly many "sex" shops have survived here in Manchester

November 16th, 2015, 05:30 AM	#3
Lurk_D Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 489 Thanks: 22 Thanked 3,914 Times in 467 Posts	The "top shelf" moved to the sex shop when the mom-and-pop bookstores all closed because Amazon stole their niche. Gas stations just plain stopped selling magazines altogether.