Best Of The Staple Singers, The - Staple Singers (The)

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...at about 3/4 the price. My local shop is built right in the city centre, but is still based around one of those 'warehousey' style designs rather just like those large out of town DIY places. As soon as you walk in to theh shop, you are greeted by floor to ceiling shelves with rows of goods on them all just waiting to be purchased by the awaiting British oublic. Of coure, in order to get to the higher stock it is best to ask a sales assistant to risk their own lives by climbing up on one of those rickety old ladders to reach that last carton of ink for you. This leads me on to my next point, that being the one of staffing levels. Midweek staff are the usual 'oldies', that is those with a little bit more experience who have been doing the job for a while - maybe not at Staples, but have had more of that all round retail experience that... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonable Prices, Speedy Delivery
Disadvantages: None I could find

...Some of you who read my reviews will probably know that I?m a homeopath (as well as having a day job!)!! So I have my own business, that business needs certain consumables (no, not all my health food ops!) I need paper for printing my invoices, I need cartridges for my printers, I need laminators etc.. (I?m sure the company I work for wouldn?t want to support my ?other? business, so I need to get all these items:-( As with most people, you have to work, so the opportunity to get out to the shops in nearly non-existent! Well this is where I shop! ** Who are they? ** Staples are a large company, specialising in things for the business. They do have shops dotted around the country; they have an on-line ordering business, and this mail-order business. I have also been into Staples shops in the US! ** What?s the catalogue... Read review

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Advantages: good range, some good prices, polite staff
Disadvantages: a few overpriced items, no VAT inclusive prices

...So here's the scenario, you just want to bind that 120 page script together with the usual brass fasteners. However a visit to your loacl stationary store such as Rymans or Wh Smiths and all you'll find are the kind that only hole a few pages and have a minor strength. Want a bigger size and they'll charge you more then the product is really worth. So I'm embarked on a journey to my local Staples Superstore. I say local as they are not within the city and are more on the outskirt, I felt like it was going on a long haul journey. Anyway I arrive there in a heavy downpour of rain and find myself faced with stationary of all sorts. Anything you can think of from software and mobile phones to ream of paper. The chances are that Staples has it. The layout of the store was quite simple with aisles dedicated to the usual pens and paper... Read review

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