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[ot] Maplin are a rip off!!!

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[ot] Maplin are a rip off!!! Posted on: 20.04.2011 by Maryanne Weatherill 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
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Olene Minyard 22.04.2011	Originally Posted by Karlos Santos Maplin is just 2 miles from my house but CPC is also just 2 miles away so... CPC rules. CPC are excellent. I use them with my work for bits n bobs. Excellent service and usually very cheap!
Maryanne Weatherill 22.04.2011	Originally Posted by Karlos Santos Maplin is just 2 miles from my house but CPC is also just 2 miles away so... CPC rules. CPC??
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Tatum Ansaldo 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by Archies'bald I still find the Ebay stores to be good value totally. If you want LEDs for example, buy 100 on ebay for the price of about 5 from Maplin.
Lora Vandewark 22.04.2011	I only had to read the thread title for me to see red...... Phono to phono lead and Firewire cable? That will be 30 quid please! Grrrr!
Vernie Beharry 22.04.2011	Www.futurelec.com Based in Malaysia. Cheap as fuh and comes super quick +1. . .But me being in the States, there's not a whole lot of electronic stores around my area to find the odds and ends to my older projects. . .Online is it for me, Along with futurlec, I go to Mouser and Sparkfun (wish they had more of a selection of slide faders. . .70mm throw faders are just too much!) All we got are Radio Shacks with tools working the register, and have no idea of what I'm asking, or even questions. even the small Mom and Pop electronics stores have become defunct in my general area.
Shana Minsk 23.04.2011	Ebay for most bits. My workplace used to get 70% discounts with RS until they stopped paying the bills. Got quite a lot of stuff from them at that time.
Soon Zafer 22.04.2011	Www.futurelec.com Based in Malaysia. Cheap as fuh and comes super quick
Olene Minyard 22.04.2011	Originally Posted by Karlos Santos Maplin is just 2 miles from my house but CPC is also just 2 miles away so... CPC rules. CPC are excellent. I use them with my work for bits n bobs. Excellent service and usually very cheap!
Fe Kuchma 21.04.2011	All I can say is that they believe more of their products then I do..
Maryanne Weatherill 22.04.2011	Originally Posted by Karlos Santos Maplin is just 2 miles from my house but CPC is also just 2 miles away so... CPC rules. CPC??
nayit ruiz jaramillo 22.04.2011	Maplin is just 2 miles from my house but CPC is also just 2 miles away so... CPC rules.
Maryanne Weatherill 21.04.2011	Have to go to Maplin again tomorrow. *Slaps self for leaving stuff so late.
Olene Minyard 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by MiL0 I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that. Same here. There's 3 stores in Cardiff (I believe, or at least 2) and have always been fairly helpful. Though, outside of their special offers, they are VERY expensive. Some of their offers are very good though on the other, to be fair to them. Bought a 1TB external hard drive there on offer for about
Tatum Ansaldo 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by Archies'bald I still find the Ebay stores to be good value totally. If you want LEDs for example, buy 100 on ebay for the price of about 5 from Maplin.
Shay Wyche 21.04.2011	I love browsing in Maplins just for ideas, I very rarely buy from them though. I still find the Ebay stores to be good value, just thought I'd throw that in to the mix too.
Maryanne Weatherill 21.04.2011	Originally Posted by Siytek I second that! Even though there are a complete rip off, I use them so much for odds and ends as I can walk there from my flat. Farnell for planned orders and Maplins for odds and ends works for me I have used farnell very good service and fair enough prices
Rolanda Clodfelder 21.04.2011	Radionics, Farnell, Mouser Maplin are great if your stuck but I wouldnt be ordering components from them day to day unless I really needed. They seem more focused on consumer gadgets than electronic hobby parts these days. In fairness their tools and parts though are decent value and have saved my ass on many occasions. Staff in most shops generally don't seem to have a clue when it comes to the nitty gritty, buyer be sure! They are stockboys for the most part (On occasions some stockboys with a love of electronics). because it has memory They musta been afraid that it'd escape and follow you home
Teresia Janusch 21.04.2011	they are a fucking joke, the staff in both belfast branches havent any idea what the fuck they are talking about. maybe a case of 'those who can do, and those who cant, try to sell the shit to the people that can' I remember once buying a graphics card that i needed urgently, picked up an AGP card by mistake, it was amongst PCI cards on the shelf. got home,l noticed the error with the packaging still intact, but the staff refused to accept it as a return 'because it has memory'. so somehow i had magically filled its ram through a sealed box...fucking joke
Lillia Mestdagh 20.04.2011	Originally Posted by fullenglishpint they're ridiculously expensive for components, but when they're just down the road... I second that! Even though there are a complete rip off, I use them so much for odds and ends as I can walk there from my flat. Farnell for planned orders and Maplins for odds and ends works for me
Lisa Lochotzki 20.04.2011	In no specific order DigiKey Jameco Mouser Newark In one (Farnell) Electro-Sonic My favourite being Digikey. Pretty decent prices, not the best, but nice shipping rates & fast.
Joan Kollmorgen 20.04.2011	Maplins will have your pants down when it comes to prices - always have. If I had known you were ordering some parts i would have mentioned that Rapidonline.com are offering free delivery on orders over
Willia Subotic 20.04.2011	They hate me at my local store aha! They got really arsey that I knew more than them :P I bought a
Arcelia Siebeneck 20.04.2011	I find the staff in Maplins generally quite knowledgeable when it comes to electronics, at least the staff in the Brighton store. They are expensive though, I'll give you that.
Tatum Ansaldo 20.04.2011	they're ridiculously expensive for components, but when they're just down the road...

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[ot] Maplin are a rip off!!!