On Thursday, 1 March 2018 11:26:45 UTC, Ian wrote:
Apropos not much, I always considered Maplin a bit of a toy shop rather
than a serious electronics components supplier, even back in the 80's.

There's good business in expensive toys at the moment.

Trying to compete at the 99p and £9.99 end of the market with china ebay is a no-goer though.

Owain