The mistake Maplin made was to go onto the high street at a time when
people like Tandy and other medium sized chains were pulling out. They knew
the writing was on the wall as costs rose for having high street outlets.
Brian

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On 09/04/2020 15:52, wrote:
On Thursday, 9 April 2020 12:45:19 UTC+1, Brian Reay wrote:
Maplin were never cheap,

But they used to be reasonable, and reliable, and filled the gap between
Radiospares (if you had an account) and Trustworthy Terry's Tested
Transistors of Tooting.


Not for the last 20 years!


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