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Oldcodger · 22nd Feb 2018, 12:23 am

I used to think of RS as not being interested in the small customer. But I've had occasion to get stuff there and been made welcome ( something that Maplin have forgotten about). As for carriage- I'm lucky as I've got a RS depot on my doorstep, but looking at their map- there's not a lot of locations thatb are that far away that it's more economical to order on line and colect at nearest depot. As mentioned in a previous post, the craze these days seems to be click & collect. Maplin seem to be of old school order on line and pay for the priviladge of having it delivered about a week later. My example ( previous post) was of ABS Hammond boxes. Maplin price = £1.6 (approx) ,with web only pricing meaning a delivery charge of £2.99, and wait of about a few days. Same item in RS, was about £3 , order on line and pick up tomorrow . No contest.

22nd Feb 2018, 12:23 am	#100
Oldcodger Nonode Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 2,181	Re: Maplin stores I used to think of RS as not being interested in the small customer. But I've had occasion to get stuff there and been made welcome ( something that Maplin have forgotten about). As for carriage- I'm lucky as I've got a RS depot on my doorstep, but looking at their map- there's not a lot of locations thatb are that far away that it's more economical to order on line and colect at nearest depot. As mentioned in a previous post, the craze these days seems to be click & collect. Maplin seem to be of old school order on line and pay for the priviladge of having it delivered about a week later. My example ( previous post) was of ABS Hammond boxes. Maplin price = £1.6 (approx) ,with web only pricing meaning a delivery charge of £2.99, and wait of about a few days. Same item in RS, was about £3 , order on line and pick up tomorrow . No contest.