davemurgtroyd
Regular Member
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- My Location
- Oxford
Lots of Maplin kit now appearing on ebay from various sellers
Bye bye Maplin / Toys R Us
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jeallen01
Specialist Contributor
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- Somewhere in England (possibly?)!
Spotted this in a magazine that arrived today: Maplins are back - maybe!!
And some of the backstory is here
And some of the backstory is here
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Latterly the only reason I used Maplin was to purchase something quickly from the local shop to finish a project, certainly nothing expensive (i.e. 99% of their stock).
They'll be online only if I understand; better to use RS these days as they're P&P free.
They'll be online only if I understand; better to use RS these days as they're P&P free.
2cvbloke
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- No satellite stuff for the moment (aside from a 43cm minidish that was on the house already), Samsung SyncMaster T27B550 Smart TV & Monitor, and a few computers...
- My Location
- Near Pontop Pike, Co. Durham
If Maplin are to return as an online-only presence, they'll need to have good competitive prices with the likes of Banggood and DealExtreme selling the same stuff they stocked for less, which is pretty much why the stores went belly up, selling cheap chinese tat at premium prices.......... 
jeallen01
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Well, just found out today (via a Nectar card "extra points" alert email!) that Maplin do now seem to have returned online, here - they appear to have dropped all the basic components level stuff, and are so are very similar to many other "consumer electronics" sites, and thus still seem to be selling "cheap chinese tat at premium prices" (but you can get 2x Nectar points if you shop there quickly)
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