Peter Jones has bought the Maplin name and Maplin is to make a come back.
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It will be interesting to see what form they return in.
I cant see them selling electronic components again.
It will probably just be hitech gizmos etc.
I suspect it will also just be online sales.
Those big units they used as shops must have cost a fortune to rent and run.
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Guess who just bought Maplin? Dragons' Den celebrity biz guy Peter Jones • The Register
I cant see them selling electronic components again.
It will probably just be hitech gizmos etc.
I suspect it will also just be online sales.
Those big units they used as shops must have cost a fortune to rent and run.
Some more info here:
Guess who just bought Maplin? Dragons' Den celebrity biz guy Peter Jones • The Register
Hello I knew maplins would end up like this closing .. just like Tandys (radio shack) when they started to sell cheap Chinese tat at expensive prices .. they should have kept to their roots could have ended up like RS / Farnell and Rapid to name just a few ... also should have kept up with their kits like velleman and other kits from other companies
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Peter Jones is a savvy businessman.
He will pick out the bits that work and throw away what he thinks doesn't work.
He's a very boring person though, that's all I'm implying. Of course if you are rich or beautiful you can get away with being obnoxious
He is just brutally honest with people.
When your putting up your money to be used by someone else you have to be.
That's what I was saying earlier. The electronic components will go down the pan and they will concentrate on hi-tech gear online.
Jones will only invest in what he thinks will sell, the rest will be flushed away.
But, at least there will be a Maplin in some form.
The old Maplin was never going to survive.
I have seen me go in on a Saturday and 3 staff on and only me in the shop and I was just browsing !
It cant survive like that.
RS Components and Farnell are great for components with good prices and fast delivery.
Maplin was never going to compete with its high prices and keeping two of every component.
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It wasn't trying to contradict you Nigel. I've read the comments you've made about Maplin in the past, and fully agree with you.
That's doubly true.
In the 1980's Maplin had some great kits and then stopped selling them.
Later on they were at least local for the odd component.
Now they are not even that.
Sad times.
Maplin left electronics from stock room outside in front of shop as a giveaway.
Maplin '''dumps electronics in black bags outside store''' after closing down
Maplin '''dumps electronics in black bags outside store''' after closing down
I recall building my first set if speakers in my teens. Everything came from Maplins. Speakers, wadding, crossover components, terminals, wire.
It was sad to see it go, but it had been dying a death for what must have been 2 decades. I joined here in 200x and never really used them again, RS and Darnell became the staple.
I last used then to get me out of a hole with a breakdown at work, maybe 2 years ago. Out of my own pocket...
I needed a LM317 regulator and they had 2. Only just enough for me to get the job done. And they had to ship the second unit from a different store, for click and collect in 2 days. So I collected 1 so I could at least start repairing.
They were only a 2 minute walk away. But in the end it didn't count for much with such limited stock.
Maybe a high speed delivery service as standard would be a good business move?
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