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"Theo Markettos" wrote in message
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Brian Gaff wrote:
Hmm, well, I liked Tandy I have to say, Unlike Maplin they had people
who
know their stuff and they also sold hi fi that was pretty good, if a
little
flambouyant at times. all made to a high standard and by companies you
had
heard of, though rebadged as realistic.

Tandy were rather too keen on selling a single diode in an A6 blisterpack
and asking a quid for it. I used to go in for the purpose of laughing at
the prices. Which isn't too far different from the way Maplin is today,
in
fact.


The problem with Maplin now is when you want *two* of anything - they
won't reorder until there are precisely zero showing in stock, and they
don't appear to be able to cancel things off when they aren't actually
there (computer says no...), so if the last one (or one of the preceding)
goes missing they'll never actually order any more.

When they do order more, it's likely to be half a dozen or less, it
seems - I had to *put in an order* and wait a few days to get three (yes,
three) 24V bulbs that the "store search" said there were six of in my
local shop...

Dave H. (the other one)

I've had it happen to me a couple of times, but I've always found them to be
very good at resolving the situation. They have placed the order online for
me and taken the money in the shop. They have then asked me if I wanted the
items delivered direct to my house, or to the store for collection. On each
occasion, I have had the items delivered to my house, and they have been
with me the next day.

Arfa