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Maplins #1616612 28/02/2018 10:53 28/02/2018 10:53
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,785 Auld Reekie Edinburgh OP Club President, member225
Edinburgh OP Club President, member225 Forum veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 16,785 Auld Reekie	a sad loss.... Yet another casualty of online shopping BumbleBee carer

Re: Maplins [Re: Edinburgh] #1616616 28/02/2018 11:42 28/02/2018 11:42
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,294 Sandhurst	And Toys 'r us Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: Maplins [Re: Edinburgh] #1616619 28/02/2018 12:47 28/02/2018 12:47
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 533 Rugby, Warwickshire Carlscott Enjoying the ride
Carlscott Enjoying the ride Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 533 Rugby, Warwickshire	It is a shame that online shopping is damaging so many retailers but at the same time if they were a little bit more competitive then people wouldn't be so quick to order online. Toys r us comes as no surprise, the prices are ridiculous in comparison to other retailers Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad

Re: Maplins [Re: Edinburgh] #1616627 28/02/2018 14:40 28/02/2018 14:40
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,090 highlands jimboy Club Member 857
jimboy Club Member 857 Forum is my life Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,090 highlands	Originally Posted By Edinburgh a sad loss.... Yet another casualty of online shopping Aye Simon, modern living for you. Gone are the Saturday trips into town to purchase some goodies for your next project or car repair or what have you, & of course the lunchtime swift pint or two thrown in for good measure. Before all this tinternet malarky my weekend shopping trips were an essential part of my social calendar... I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time

Re: Maplins [Re: Carlscott] #1616629 28/02/2018 15:37 28/02/2018 15:37
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,466 Kent Submariner My job on the forum
Submariner My job on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,466 Kent	Originally Posted By Carlscott It is a shame that online shopping is damaging so many retailers but at the same time if they were a little bit more competitive then people wouldn't be so quick to order online. Toys r us comes as no surprise, the prices are ridiculous in comparison to other retailers echo that for Maplins too.

Re: Maplins [Re: Carlscott] #1616630 28/02/2018 15:45 28/02/2018 15:45
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,895 2011 and 2015 FCCUK F1 Champ. B bezzer Forum is my life
bezzer Forum is my life B Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,895 2011 and 2015 FCCUK F1 Champ.	Originally Posted By Carlscott Toys r us comes as no surprise, the prices are ridiculous in comparison to other retailers As are Maplins prices. ......My Boy...... (PB #7)

Re: Maplins [Re: Edinburgh] #1616637 28/02/2018 18:10 28/02/2018 18:10
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GrahamL Unregistered G	Maplin was a bubble waiting to burst. 5 shops within 30 mins drive of me, some of them in which I never saw another customer. It was sold and re-sold again and again over the last few decades, for increasingly inflated prices, until it was finally sold at a huge loss to the current lot and not surprisingly it didn't last. The guy who managed one of the local stores here didn't have a good word to say for the previous owners, they basically forced him out with a transfer to one of the new stores + a huge pay cut so he walked away instead. Hopefully they keep at least one of the local stores open in some form, I always found it handy for picking up stuff in a hurry. I've still got my old "Priority service card" from when it was mail order only back in the 80's.

Re: Maplins [Re: ] #1616648 28/02/2018 21:47 28/02/2018 21:47
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 754 The South of the West JonH Enjoying the ride
JonH Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 754 The South of the West	Originally Posted By GrahamL I've still got my old "Priority service card" from when it was mail order only back in the 80's. Ive still got a few of the original voucher slips which you got from Maplin with every spend in the mid 1970's operating from their one shop in Westcliff-on-sea! I don't think i can cash them in anymore......

Re: Maplins [Re: Edinburgh] #1616649 28/02/2018 22:23 28/02/2018 22:23
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,410 Lightwater, Surrey DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311
DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311 Je suis un Coupé Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,410 Lightwater, Surrey	Looks like my £5 Maplin voucher is worthless now 1996 Portofino 20vt & 2000 Pearl White Plus 1985½ & 2016 2017 Fiat 124 Spider + XF Sportbrake

Re: Maplins [Re: DaveG] #1616650 28/02/2018 22:49 28/02/2018 22:49
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,723 Brisbane, Australia Possum My life on the forum
Possum My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,723 Brisbane, Australia	DaveG, in the article it states:- "Any outstanding customer orders will be delivered, while gift cards will continue to be accepted in stores for the present, it added." So, get in early and use your Gift Card.

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