Re: OT: ****ing Maplins again!

["steve" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

But even at the discount prices they wouldnt be at a loss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 6:26 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: ****ing Maplins again!


> <RANT mode on>
> Just been to Maplins to get a CPU fan for the new kit I ordered last
night
> from ebuyers.com (I forgot to include a CPU fan in the order, and I
don't
> seem to be able to just add one to the same order thus avoiding
postage
> costs)
>
> So, I checked my M**lins catalogue, found a suitable one at £9.99
(already
> overpriced, as ebuyers.com sell the same ones for £6.70), and off I
trotted
> to M**lins at Lakeside...
>
> what do I find when I get there? - well, certainly not any CPU fans
for
> £9.99 thats for sure! - more like £19.99!! I checked I was looking at
the
> same model (against an in-store catalogue)...
>
> When I questioned the oik^H^H^H assistant, he just said, "Well,
they've
gone
> up since the catalogue was printed"
>
> Unbelievable!! - a £6.50 fan for £20!! - needless to say, I didn't buy
> one...
> <RANT mode off>
>
> So, to cheer myself up, I made sure I did find something I could buy,
so I
> cleared out a swathe of the "discount" table...
>
> I got 2 USB to serial port converters for £12.50 each, (were £29.99)-
now
I
> can add those much needed extra serial ports to my HA PC (there, got
it
sort
> of on-topic!)
> I also got a 5 port 10/100 SWITCH for £27.50 (was £49.99).
>
> So not a totally wasted trip then... :-)
>
> Paul G.
>
>
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