On Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:35:15 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:

On 2020-04-09, 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...sts-raspberry-
pi-arduino-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.

Also Pimoroni for fun stuff & kits, & AliExpress for cheap but not at
all urgent components.

CPC trade counter currently closed.

In a small way (but fast delivery) look at Cool Components.



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