Re: Maplin stores
MrBungle, you've converted me to RS now, placed my first order last night, I wanted to get some decent capacitors for my Bush radiogram and seems RS stuff is all decent brands (not so with Maplin)
Up till now I've done a hybrid of online (ebay), with the odd maplin purchase. The final straw for me was I had visited my local store 3 times, between December and last week looking for tips for my antex iron, every time the shelves were just empty. One of many disappointments with them the last few years - I bought one on ebay instead.
It's no wonder theyre going bust, and good riddance frankly. Perhaps there isn't the same money in the industry, but If the stores were run and stocked well I might have more sympathy. In todays world with competition online, for any retail sectors the stores are the key, poor standards from chain stores just wont cut it anymore. Perhaps this is the forest fire that's needed to take out the dead wood
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