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Steve Walker wrote:
On 09/04/2020 12:03, Peter Parry wrote:
Electronics Weekly has a report of the re launch of Maplin Electronics
(www.maplin.co.uk) as an on-line retailer
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/ne...duino-2020-03/
They'll have to make a good job of it and keep the prices down too. When
Maplin had become far more expensive than RS and never had more than a
few of each item in stock, it had clearly lost its way.
Mail order it would have to compete with RS, Farnell (plus their CPC
arm), Jaycar, Amazon and Ebay - and, for me at least, RS and CPC have
the advantage of trade counters for urgent purchases and Amazon has very
quick deliveries.
you've missed Rapid Electronics, the only one to be able to produce a fuse
holder for fuses about žinch* in diameter. RS had spare fuses, but no
holders.
*I can't be bothered to find the relevant bit of kit to check on the exact
size.
The original Maplin was basically by post, but thre was a shop in Southend.
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