Re: Loyalty cards

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Interesting,

CAT5 cable & RJ45 plugs are hardly "obscure" either are
they?..

I recently tried to get a 305m drum of CAT5 cable (preferably solid core,
as
it was meant for floodwiring my house, although I would have accepted
stranded if necessary), 50-odd RJ45 plugs, and an RJ45 crimp tool. My visit
to my local Maplin store yielded ONLY the crimp tool!!.  I got the plugs
delivered about 3 days later (making it midweek, meaning a full week's
delay
on starting cabling...), but even worse, I was told that there was no CAT5
cable available from any Maplin store, anywhere in the UK!! - Which to be
honest was probably just as well, as much as you observerved, the spotty
teenager serving me could not even tell me if the cable they were selling
was solid or stranded!! - only that it was about £120 per 305m drum... I
eventually procured a drum of stranded from Scan (www.scan.co.uk) for £42

Another time I wanted 8 gold plated panel-mount Binding posts to contruct a
Speaker patch panel on the wall behind my AV unit, and like you, I had to
visit 2 Maplin stores, and I cleared them both out!


My Wife has Tesco's Clubcard, Safeway's ABC card, and (I think) Boots
Advantage card!!

BTW, I also remember Green Shield Stamps - I remember many a time as a boy
spending hours licking them all and sticking them in the book for my mum
;-)

Cheers.

Paul.


>From: "Keith Doxey" <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Loyalty cards
>Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:49:54 +0100
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>Glad you agree ;-))
>
>I have the same problem with Maplin
>We waited years to get a Maplin shop in Norwich (20 miles away) as
there
>wasnt one within 100 miles. When it finally arrived I was sadly
>disappointed. The previous one I had seen was in Manchester and it was
>really good. The things I want to see in the shop are Cases and the
like. I
>can look at the picture in the catalogue and look at the dimensions but
>until I actually see the box or case I cant visualise a project in it.
As
>some of these are 30 pounds or more it is too expensive to get one on
the
>off chance. The Norwich shop hardly has any on the shelves. It looks
more
>like a branch of Tandy with all the off the shelf consumer goods
instead of
>the electronic components which form the backbone of their business. If
>they
>do stock a component that I want they usually dont have the quantity.
By
>that I dont mean 100's either. I went to buy 4 right angled Mono Jack
plugs
>as used on electric guitars. They had 2. I bought those and 2 stereo
ones
>which I wired as mono. That cleared them out. I wouldnt count that as
an
>obscure item or a large quantity.
>
>If I moan about an item not being stocked the standard reply from
spotty
>teenager behind counter is "We can order it and you wont pay
postage and
>packing". P&P isnt an issue....I hardly ever pay it as most of
my orders
>are
>over 40 quid anyway. What I need it the part NOW !!!  The fact that I
am
>stood in front of him means it is a Saturday and I have already
commited
>myself to a 40 mile round trip costing abut 4 quid in diesel plus a 2
quid
>car park ticket. If the shop then orders the item the order doesnt get
>processed until at least Monday and if I am lucky it will arrive by
>Tuesday.
>If it was something that I had PLANNED on needing for the Saturday I
would
>simply have phoned the sales desk sometime on Friday and it would have
>arrived by 10am Saturday.
>
>Your comments about your wife's 3 or 4 cards is what really niggles me.
>Two stores that use loyalty cards Sainsbury's and (Sainsbury's)Homebase
>Vouchers from Sainsburys can be spent at Homebase but can you use your
>Sainsbury's card at Homebase.....NO  :-((
>
>At least in the days of Green Shield Stamps (yes I can just about
remember
>them) all rewards you got from anywhere were accumalated towards a
single
>target. Likewise with the points on your credit card.
>
>Keith Doxey
>http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
>Krazy Keith's World of DIY HomeAutomation
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paul gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> > Here Here!!
> >
> > Keith, I couldn't agree with you more mate!! - I'm no fan of the
> > B&Q's and
> > the Homebase's of this world, precisely because of the way the
stock
> > availablility is so hit-and-miss. Many's the time when in the
> > middle of some
> > DIY job or other, I've suddenly realised that I don't have a few
things
>I
> > need, so off I go, merrily trotting down to the superstore, with
> > a list of
> > three or four things that I want, and how often do you think I
can get
> > everything on my list??? HARDlY EVER!! - Then you get some
"superstores"
> > that are more "super" than others - what's available
from one store
>isn't
> > necessarily available from another... and on.... and on....
> >
> >
> > Seriously though, (for one minute), I do only have this one
loyalty card
> > (honest!) - my wife has three or four others!,
>
>
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