Toys R Us

I hate those vast warehouse style shops, so avoid Toys R Us as much as possible anyway.
Online shopping will continue to push out High St shops as time goes on.
I think niche small shops will do well though, and coffee shops and places to eat seem to be growing, and even bookshops are making a comeback.

I’ve never managed to find anything in Toys R Us that I’ve wanted to actually buy. Either not in stock or overpriced. Small grandsons each have £20 vouchers from Christmas so would like to find out if store is prepared to honour these.

I can't say I've ever been inside a Toys R Us but from the outside they were a complete blot on the landscape (even an industrial zone landscape). Another garish US import I'm afraid.

I won’t miss Toys r Us, overpriced huge lumps of plastic aisle after aisle. Feel sorry for the staff but not for the company.

The last time I went to Toys R Us was just before Christmas. I'd ordered 2 items online and, as I knew I'd be passing the store later in the week, I elected to collect them from the store rather than have them posted. I took the order reference number etc and went to "customer services" to pick them up. They had no trace of my order and were totally disinterested in doing anything to find it. It was only when I made a very obvious point of asking for, and writing down the name of the assistant, that he reluctantly telephoned HO to ask for advice. Turns out 1 of the items had been sent to another store 15 miles away and the other was out of stock and wasn't expected back in before Christmas. I didn't leave the store until I'd got my money back. Nightmare company to deal with.

Toys R Us have been living on borrowed time, while my children were small i went to our out of town store only 3 times. Each time I found the staff unhelpful to the point of rudeness, the prices uncompetitive and the whole atmosphere hostile and unfriendly. Maplin on the other hand are staffed with helpful and informative staff and I am sorry to see them go.

What's happening to our High streets? We are losing all the shops one by one. C&A, Woolworths, BHS, Littlewoods, Jessops, Jaeger, Alexon, Maplins, plus others. All very much missed. Others are moving out of the town centres so can't access them without a car. It's very depressing. Our lovely little wool and haberdashery has now closed its doors. I'm getting quire depressed about it.

It depends on stores integrating their 'bricks and clock's well. JL and M&S seem to have done that fairly well.

And, with out the lovely boys in Maplins I wouldn't know what to buy!

When Toys R Us arrived, many small toy shops had to shut down in the end as they couldn't compete.

Whenever we went to Maplins, there were rarely more than a few customers.

I do hope we don't end up with a situation where we have to do the majority of our shopping online. It's useful but I do like to see what I'm buying.

My phone is in revolt today.

I do not have Toys R Us, I hate it.

I have Toys R Us. There is often more choice and often as cheaper prices in our local toy shop. On odd occasions when we have gone there because we were close, we have even found the same thing cheaper in JL! The staff in ours are surly and lack knowledge of their stock.

On the other hand,Maplins staff are beyond helpful and I have never been treated as a little old lady - even though I am. I am really sad about their closure.

Apparently it's the"Amazon effect" and several other household names are close to the edge.
Both stores were pricey compared to online shops.