Maplins

[steve56]

What a crap shop bought 3 times in there had to take them back 1st Batteries for the remote,CD cleaner disc and Light Bulbs.

[Pervert]

And their holiday camps are dreadful and not in the least bit funny.

[JonnyHungwell]

Always found the staff to be unhelpful smarmy gits - think it's a company policy to only hire unhelpful smarmy gits

[nikonman]

Steve,
I don't know which branch you use, but i think you must be unlucky.
I often use my local shop to buy bits for my computer and find the staff very helpful

[JonnyHungwell]

I once bought an Electric Fly Killer from Maplins, the type with a blue light and electric shock. In the 3 years I had it it never killed one fly - they used to fly in, walk about and come back out. It did manage to kill a couple of moths, but on the whole was totally useless and didn't do what it was sold for. Also had a PC card adapter which worked ok, apart from the fact you couldn't get the card back out once it was inserted - great! Now I never think of going there.

[Trumpton]

The only Maplins I've heard of is from the old BBC TV sitcom Hi-De-Hi. !happy!

[Ace]

Trumpton wrote:

> The only Maplins I've heard of is from the old BBC TV sitcom
> Hi-De-Hi. !happy!

Same here, must be a 'London' thing

[Steve R]

Dreadful firm.

[steve56]

There was a record from USA rockers Blood Sweat And Tears called Hi De Hi.

[steve56]

Who recalls Tandys?