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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:53:42 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Maplin

They did used to. Not anymore.

My local one does have 'assorted sizes' boxes of things like this - a
bit like Screwfix.

But what quality? Maplin were always at the lower end of the quality
range for this sort of thing. Bit like using WD40 instead of the
correct lubricant or penetrating oil. B-)

IIRC, they were branded with one of those distributor names like
BlackSpur, Draper, etc - so likely to be variable in quality.

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