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Oooh - that sounds unpleasant and not very '"Glasgow" - although tbf I'm judging on the basis of a short break there last year so hardly the lived experience I always had good service at the Maplins I used - mainly Brighton and Crawley. Wrt the business itself it seemed to me to "go wrong" when the stores started to focus on bigger ticket items - RC stuff etc and particular brands of eg SSD and Smart Home stuff. I can see why - I mean how much money can you make selling packs of components etc in a retail location with relatively large stores,But it was great place to go and get that length of double screened cable that you needed right then ! And the nostalgia of the big paper catalogue.That sounds better. Yes - I found the trade outlet very useful and helpful.And sometimes I'd order online to have stuff picked up from there as it was sometimes better than waiting at the factory for the delivery if not paying for guaranteed timed delivery.I didn't actually find out it had closed until a few years after it did so as I no longer worked in Crawley but was going to place a personal order for my diy activities.
Oooh - that sounds unpleasant and not very '"Glasgow" - although tbf I'm judging on the basis of a short break there last year so hardly the lived experience
I always had good service at the Maplins I used - mainly Brighton and Crawley. Wrt the business itself it seemed to me to "go wrong" when the stores started to focus on bigger ticket items - RC stuff etc and particular brands of eg SSD and Smart Home stuff. I can see why - I mean how much money can you make selling packs of components etc in a retail location with relatively large stores,
But it was great place to go and get that length of double screened cable that you needed right then ! And the nostalgia of the big paper catalogue.
That sounds better. Yes - I found the trade outlet very useful and helpful.
And sometimes I'd order online to have stuff picked up from there as it was sometimes better than waiting at the factory for the delivery if not paying for guaranteed timed delivery.
I didn't actually find out it had closed until a few years after it did so as I no longer worked in Crawley but was going to place a personal order for my diy activities.
