"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:10:23 +0100, tim...
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"Jethro_uk" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:25:59 +0100, tim... wrote:

"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:

ARW wrote:
Very little when I had a look.

In three branches in West London I've looked in, they've still got
plenty of stock.

I've been in two; while buying what I went in for, I trawled the
shelves and didn't really see anything else worth buying.

Their windows are plastered with two posters.
"Up to 20% off" and "Everything Must Go".

Different types of items were 10%, 20%, 40%

a lot of their stuff is cheaper elsewhere

yep

Last time I went into a Maplins, at full price, their electrical stuff
was a sensible price, but their computer stuff was 10x what you could
get on Ebay. They wanted £12 for a 1m USB lead.

the problem with buying that sort of stuff on eBay is the variable
quality

but that cuts both ways ...


I bought a 1.99 HDMI connector on eBay, failed within 3 months

JOOI was it subject to any repeated plugging/unplugging ? Surely once it
was "working" there's very little to deteriorate ?

It had components inside

they obviously died

Usually pretty easy to pick the quality stuff from feedback, photos,
price, etc. Or buy a known make.

there don't appear to be a "known" brand version of what I purchased

It looks identical to the one on sale at Novatec for 16 quid

It's actually quite hard to find what I wanted - most of them are the wrong
gender (at one end of the other)

tim