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Old 13th Sep 2018, 1:33 pm   #635
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Default Re: Maplin stores

Other areas of the country which once had Jessops sprinkled around have seen nothing return. With Jessops being bought after collapse there was no requirement for the new firm of the old name to honour gift vouchers from the old one. Some people had been collecting vouchers as Christmas etc presents towards some quite large purchases and got rather voiciferous when a company by the same name arose from the ashes.

Following the Jessops pattern, I'd expect the name to be used mostly as an internet trader with maybe a small number of physical outlets in areas of high population density and wealth. I don't think Maplin had anything like Jessop's exposure in gift vouchers.

I made a mental not to never have any shop-based gift vouchers....

David
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