Re: FW: The demise of Maplin

["steve" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

Do Watford Electronics still do components ?

And there was one something like Electrovalue ?

This is going back 15-20 years.

Steve.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] FW: The demise of Maplin


> Well said Keith.
>
> I used to work for Maplin, my first job when I left uni was as
Technical
> Sales in the Glasgow store.
>
> I remember being quizzed on electronics knowledge every few weeks,
when
one
> of the senior guys from Wombley would come up and put us through our
paces.
>
> The other day, when buying bits for modding my 110V Modules, I made
the
> mistake of asking for some help (I also find the newest catalog a
bitch to
> navigate, and I used to know the thing page by page back to front!)
>
> "Hi, I need a 240V rated MOV"
>
> >blank look
>
> "a Metal Oxide Varistor"
>
> >blank look
>
> "It's for surge protection, a voltage dependant resistor?"
>
> >"We do plugs with surge protectors built in"
>
> "yeah, but I just need the component itself."
>
> >"oh, I don't think we would do that..."
>
> Grrrrrr.
> Thing is, who is left? are Cirkit still trading? Bull Electrical was
never
> that great, and seems to be hawking everything under the sun these
days...
>
> Ian.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



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