Reply to [ot] Maplin are a rip off!!!

Caution: Bit of a rant.

Just paid a visit to Maplin to buy a couple of things for my custom controller and college projects.

My god their a rip off paid E46.00 for 5 resistors, 2 potentiometers a small piece of breadboard, a 2inch x 2inch veroboard sheet, a tube of small gauge solder and some replacement solder tips.

To be honest i had no problem paying the E46.00 as i needed the stuff urgently but the sales dude hadnt a clue what he was talking about on the order sheet i threw down 120r for the the value of the resistors he came back with 120k resistors lucky i spotted the color bands being off spent 5minutes explaining i needed 120ohm resistors then he goes you said 120r. I nearly slapped him. Spent another ten minutes explaining that 2w resistors won't fit on my pcb and could he please get some 0.6watt resistors for me he said they where buried somewhere in the back of the shop and would take 20mins to find i told him id wait took him no more than 3mins to find them. Personally i don't believe he knew the difference between the two wattages.

Anyway just wondering where are ye buying yer components?? sites ect??

Thanks for reading had to get it off my chest now off to a gig which will hopefully relax me