So...Maplin is back then...

[Sixpackpert]

Maplin are back online then. I signed up with my email address to be kept up to date on when the site was going live etc etc.

No emails received...the FIL told me the other day...he didn't get an email either just thought he would check.

If they cannot manage to email people that have been asked to be kept up to date then I don't give them much hope to be honest!

[Countdown]

It depends on who has taken it over and whether there might be GDPR issues relating to the email addresses..

That's just a guess but it was something that came up where i work as we are migrating an externally hosted website and there was some discussion about who the email address list belonged to.

[anonymous-user]

|Hmmmmm

I am just comparing some cable prices
hmmmmm

[Sixpackpert]

Countdown said:

It depends on who has taken it over and whether there might be GDPR issues relating to the email addresses..

That's just a guess but it was something that came up where i work as we are migrating an externally hosted website and there was some discussion about who the email address list belonged to.

Shouldn’t be any issue as I signed up when the new owners had bought the rights and launched the holding page.

[JustALooseScrew]

Countdown said:

It depends on who has taken it over

Peter Jones from Dragons Den IIRC.

I've been waiting for them to go live too, I've spent thousands with them in the past, but that was all component sales, I do wonder if you can buy a 1N4001 diode from them no a days.

[Sixpackpert]

JustALooseScrew said:

eter Jones from Dragons Den IIRC.

I've been waiting for them to go live too, I've spent thousands with them in the past, but that was all component sales, I do wonder if you can buy a 1N4001 diode from them no a days.

Yep, that’s my understanding.

Components you say...I was amazed when I found Tandy was still around...ish.

[C&C]

JustALooseScrew said:

eter Jones from Dragons Den IIRC.

I've been waiting for them to go live too, I've spent thousands with them in the past, but that was all component sales, I do wonder if you can buy a 1N4001 diode from them no a days.

Nope - looks like they don't do components now.

For diodes, looks like Farnell is the best option.

[anonymous-user]

Still expensive for gadgets, sounds like not much has changed then..

[FourWheelDrift]

C C said:

Nope - looks like they don't do components now.

For diodes, looks like Farnell is the best option.

I'd always use RS Components - https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/semiconductors/disc...

£0.001 cheaper per diode for 250.

[The_Jackal]

gottans said:

Still expensive for gadgets, sounds like not much has changed then..

Can't see even Peter Jones making money out of yet more crappy overpriced gadgets.
No doubt he bought it more for the assets.

[Monty Python]

Still ridiculously expensive - just bought a pair of cheap Sony in-ear headphones off Ebay for £9 - Maplin want £24 for the same ones.

[Durzel]

FourWheelDrift said:

I'd always use RS Components - https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/semiconductors/disc...

£0.001 cheaper per diode for 250.

I feel slightly guilty ordering from RS because I end up buying something really small and cheap, and they do free next day delivery. It's brilliant. I've spent like £4 before just to get something I couldn't be bothered to drive 3 miles to B&Q to get.

[Bullitt Five-Oh]

At least their website feels like it belongs in 201Xs, whereas the old one was stuck somewhere around 2005-ish.

[surveyor]

To me the advantage of Maplin was that they would have the obscure cable/component/connector in a store local to me, even it it was at a vastly inflated price.

If I've got to wait for delivery I may as well choose the value for money option...

[megaphone]

surveyor said:

To me the advantage of Maplin was that they would have the obscure cable/component/connector in a store local to me, even it it was at a vastly inflated price.

If I've got to wait for delivery I may as well choose the value for money option...

This. They got me out of trouble many times, especially if I was working in London, I now have nowhere I can go and buy a power supply, connector or cable etc in an emergency.

[Munter]

megaphone said:

surveyor said:

To me the advantage of Maplin was that they would have the obscure cable/component/connector in a store local to me, even it it was at a vastly inflated price.

If I've got to wait for delivery I may as well choose the value for money option...

This. They got me out of trouble many times, especially if I was working in London, I now have nowhere I can go and buy a power supply, connector or cable etc in an emergency.

I think this is where Amazons "same day" delivery starts to come in. Still not quite as convenient, but better than waiting 2-3 days.

If they ever got the drone idea working, they might get as far as 1 hour delivery.

Unfortunately we've lost the "go and get it" option before the replacement options have arrived. But...if there is sufficient demand, things should speed up.

If...

[anonymous-user]

megaphone said:

This. They got me out of trouble many times, especially if I was working in London, I now have nowhere I can go and buy a power supply, connector or cable etc in an emergency.

If its PC power supplies some branches of Currys have a few in. Not much help I know

[dhutch]

Store near us still has its sign turned on!

[andygo]

Lights are on but nobody is at home..?