07-07-2015, 05:27 PM
Your experience with empty bins in store when they computer says otherwise is the norm these days in Maplins. To be honest, the rot started setting in when they started selling cheapo plastic far eastern tat for exorbitant prices. I very rarely use Maplin for items these days apart from copper photo board for projects because they just don't stock what I want and at a meaningful price.
Another example, photo etch FeCl crystals, 500g for around a tenner. I went to Ebay and got a 5L bottle of premixed (add 30% water for copper boards) for £26 including delivery which was next day by courier. Same for photodev crystals, much cheaper online and it doesn't go off on the shelf so that purchase will last for a couple of years at least.
No, I think in the long run Maplin will fold, and sadly it will be all their fault for failing to be proactive rather than reactive.
Another example, photo etch FeCl crystals, 500g for around a tenner. I went to Ebay and got a 5L bottle of premixed (add 30% water for copper boards) for £26 including delivery which was next day by courier. Same for photodev crystals, much cheaper online and it doesn't go off on the shelf so that purchase will last for a couple of years at least.
No, I think in the long run Maplin will fold, and sadly it will be all their fault for failing to be proactive rather than reactive.
