Re: Maplin stores
Odd how things go round. I first used Maplin in the Seventies, and can almost remember my account number! Mail order of course and they were an excellent go-to place for all the bits and pieces a teenage hobbyist could need. Plus all sorts of useful projects - burglar alarms, audio mixers and a useful peak meter I used in audio recording. Then came the shops and their identity crisis. And they are closing because people are buying things on the internet - today's equivalent of mail order!
I've used them recently when doing a job and it didn't matter whether the connector I needed was 5p or £5 - it got the job done.
I imagine the internet arm of Maplin will keep going - recently had a couple of toroidal transformers from them at a competitive price.
Glyn
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