On Friday, 10 April 2020 09:03:02 UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article , John Rumm
wrote:
On 09/04/2020 12:53, charles wrote:
In article , 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 汄nch* 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.
and don't forget CAShTel :-)
and Henry's Radio. and Proops (a lunchtime excursion)
Proops & J Bull were always interesting. Loads of stock from Bull is still sitting in huge sheds, including some cars. If I had nothing better to do I'd see them about that.
Bull... where else could you get CCA mains cable after it was banned?
NT