more from the 'Dave Plowman school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:

Things like these plugs are wrapped like this so they can be displayed
on cards, or hung from pegs etc, to save space in their shops. I'd
guess they arrive from the factory in bags of 100 + , and Maplin don't
sell in bulk anymore.

I'd imagine Maplin sell most things though phone/internet/post, so it seems
pretty strange that they pack everything for POS retail. Even in the shop
bagging phono sockets indiviually seems damn inefficient to me. Maybe
someone in the company thinks getting their logo on the product is value
added.

For sending through the post the cheap pastic plugs probably weigh less
than their packaging!


Sometimes the bags are the re-sealable types which can be some use
after - pity about the staple holes though. ;-)

Yeah, but I don't use anything like enough narcotics to need all those
little plastic bags.


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