Maplin has gone into administration - 2,500 jobs at risk
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AlienALX
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Closing down sale wooohooo
lol I was talking about Maplin on another forum yesterday and said that the only time I had ever ordered from them was their clearance lines. Everything else was 40% over priced.
g0ggles1994
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Closing down sale wooohooo
So the same price as everyone else online? lmao :lol:
Tolemac
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One of the reasons they're citing is a weaker pound, well, the pound has already recovered to what it was before the referendum. Seems like they're trying to blame anything, I suppose it is hard to compete with scumbags like Amazon and their workers who they burn into the ground and who pays little to no UK corporation tax.
Can't say I've ever even been to Maplin, none round where I live.
Can't say I've ever even been to Maplin, none round where I live.
AlienALX
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bet they don't reduce the price of their 50 quid HDMI cables.
This is kind of sad in a way, where else can you get literal electronic components in a shop?perhaps CPC Farnell will step-up
It's very hard to run a profitable business like that these days. A few components can end up costing you as much as a replacement..
Kinda like my mother's shower the other week. £170 shower. New motor costs £120. If the PCB went? yeah another £100.
It's just a throw away society. And it's a real shame, but that is just how it is. That is why Radioshack/Tandy died out.
I can order an entire Musical Fidelity valve pre amp from China for the price of one capacitor from Maplin.
AlienALX
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We used to have their catalogue BITD when I worked at the computer shop back in London. It was *huge* and IIRC we had to pay for it.
We're talking three times thicker than a yellow pages huge lmao.
Tolemac
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My Late Father had an account there when he worked for what was British Rail and yeah those catalogues were massive
CCISolitude
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Not surprised.
I feel for all those who are at risk of becoming unemployed, given the state of the country at the moment. However; I'm not surprised either. Maplin has been overpriced for years, sometimes offensively so; and I'm equally certain I'm not the only person who has experienced horrendous after sales service or support on occasion.
I do wonder though, will their passing actually leave a gap particularly?
I feel for all those who are at risk of becoming unemployed, given the state of the country at the moment. However; I'm not surprised either. Maplin has been overpriced for years, sometimes offensively so; and I'm equally certain I'm not the only person who has experienced horrendous after sales service or support on occasion.
I do wonder though, will their passing actually leave a gap particularly?
Tolemac
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I don't think so with the online e-tailers
. It was my go to place for audio connectors though.bet they don't reduce the price of their 50 quid HDMI cables.
This is kind of sad in a way, where else can you get literal electronic components in a shop?
Currys/PC World (whatever you want to call them) have actually a pretty good selection of pc components now and headphones you can actually try in store. It made me buy these Sonys. I even saw them selling Corsair power supplies. They sell alot of Razer stuff too. SSDs, thermal paste, among other things.
Tolemac
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I wouldn't buy anything from them the staff have no knowledge of PC building. They are just salespeople. I would rather buy from somewhere where the staff have a bit of grey matter between their ears.
NickOmega
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I don't see the issue buying from Currys/PC World if they're priced competitively tbh.
If a customer that goes in has "a bit of grey matter" and knows what they want then why should it matter if the salesperson doesn't happen to have a huge knowledge?
Tolemac
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There is no "issue" that's my personal preference. A salesperson should always knows about the product they are selling to the customer. It's all well and good you saying this and you are ok because you know how to build a PC. So "for example" what if a young let's say 15 year old had been saving for a year then went to Currys PC world and came away with incompatible PC components because the sales person did not know the products? It's a recipe for disaster
Personally I would rather give my cash to somebody who is knowledgable about the products they are selling to me. Thats why I would rather pay that little extra to a smaller business that specialises in those kind of products plus get better customer service
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NickOmega
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There is no "issue" that's my personal preference. A salesperson should always knows about the product they are selling to the customer. It's all well and good you saying this and you are ok because you know how to build a PC. So "for example" what if a young let's say 15 year old had been saving for a year then went to Currys PC world and came away with incompatible PC components because the sales person did not know the products? It's a recipe for disaster
Personally I would rather give my cash to somebody who is knowledgable about the products they are selling to me. Thats why I would rather pay that little extra to a smaller business that specialises in those kind of products plus get better customer service
Yeah I get where the issue lies if the customer has no idea either, I was just trying to get a better understanding of why a knowledgeable person would refuse to buy hardware there based on the limited experience of the sales team.
