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Originally Posted by MTVN

I find it surprising that the Mail would be a bad seller for them given that it sells more than most newspapers in basically every retailer in the country. No way do they sell more Guardians than Mails. Even if it was generally going unsold I assume they have newspapers on a sale or return basis so they wouldn't be making much loss on it

They over-charge for papers and also, to find a newspaper on a train all you have to do is have a look around because there are always loads abandonned.

So I think the answer is probably that Virgin is trying to make some sort of point for publicity / populism and the financial "hit" of not offering them for sale will be totally insignificant (especially given the ridiculous cost of rail tickets these days).

Again though... private enterprise, their decision, not much point whining about it .