Talk:Maplin (retailer)/Archives/2018

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Maplin Electronics now has 114 stores and is expanding rapidly. The company continues to invest in the hoobyist unlike any other retialer in the UK with around 8,000 products including 5,000 components in an average sized store. Transporting 8,000 lines on a daily basis is a challenge but Maplin has acheieved record stock levels in the store network. Maplin staff provide excellent product knowledge which is important to the business as it continues to expand.

Wow, this article is an incredible advertisement. --86.41.106.118 17:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I have cleaned up the article a bit and tried to make it more neutral. Now it just needs someone who knows what they are talking about to add some more information. alihaig 130.246.132.26 15:46, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

They do not hire skilled staff, they employ exactly the same kind of people as, say, Tesco do to stack their shelves. Did Keith Pacey write this entry by any chance? (Unsigned)

In my experience the level of skill of their staff can vary widely At best they can be very knowledgable about the products they sell at worst they can be as you describe 213.48.97.11 14:42, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

The staff can be "knowledgable" as you say, but to say " Maplin hire skilled staff" is completely untrue, it almost makes Maplin look like they do not hire from the same pool as every other retailer in the country. Tesco certainly don't hire "skilled staff" - and Maplin hire from the same pool, this is not a criticism of Maplin staff ( I'm quite sure they are perfectly able to do their job ) - it is just a correction of a misleading and incorrect statement.

Further to my previous entry, This whole thing throws up another argument ( one that has massive impact on the reliability of info on Wiki ) - and that is : How can we stop people or companies with an agenda creating entries that are clearly adverts for their own agenda / service etc etc?

"The target market is to the electronics hobbyist".This is an incorrect and untrue statement, Maplin' target audience is the same shopper as Argos, PC World and Staples have. Maplin is a welcoming place to all type's of customer.

I think someone should write a paragraph about their recent and ongoing image change ( new logo, new advertising etc ). You only have to call in to a Maplin store to see that most of what they sell is only readily available at Maplin, if they don't have it then its the internet and a wait before you can get your hands on the item. My point is that they should add a point to this entry about Maplin being the only place to get certain lines if you want the items instantly.

Also needed now is a paragraph about receivership. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.54.207.205 (talk) 10:59, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 28 February 2018

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The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 04:18, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Maplin Electronics → Maplin (retailer) – Per COMMONNAME - Their official name is Maplin Electronics however they've gone by "Maplin" for 10 years or more[1], In terms of Google results "Maplin" brings up 1,670,000 results[2] and "Maplin Electronics" brings up a mere 196,000 results[3] so by far Maplin is the COMMONNAME.

Maplin is currently a disambiguation hence "(retailer), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:51, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Support The majority of sources, such as the BBC coverage from today, use the name Maplin, which it sounds like is also the official one!--Yaksar (let's chat) 03:05, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Support ... richi (hello) 13:19, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
Support...yep...Captainllama (talk) 02:16, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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Website in infobox

The website in the infobox is now dead. But how does one get rid of it? 81.156.46.74 (talk) 16:24, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

You can remove it by setting |website=hide, which I have done or you. Keith D (talk) 20:29, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

@Keith D: Many thanks. One lives and one learns something new every day. Though someone else restored it. 81.156.46.74 (talk) 16:04, 14 June 2018 (UTC)