On 27/11/2014 07:55, Woody wrote:
"RJH" wrote in message
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'Eulogy to RadioShack':

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...eulogy-stories

Can't help thinking Maplin's gone much the same way.

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Maplin's problem is price - 44p for a resistor that cost
them perhaps 2-3p?

What the resistor costs them to buy is irrelevant, een if the resistor
costs them a fraction of a penny. What they offer is the convenience of
being able to drop in to the store and pick one up, rather than wait up
to a week for one to be delivered. It also costs them *at least* 20p in
wages to handle the order, assuming they pay the legal minimum wage, and
their overheads are *much* higher than somebody with a few racks of
shelving in a warehouse in an industrial estate somewhere.

Not only that, you can go in to Maplin and buy and pay for a single
item, as there is no minimum order and no delivery charge, whereas most
of the online suppliers either have a minimum order or charge a few
pounds for delivery.

On the other hand, if you can do what Maplin do more cheaply, go for it.
They need the competition. ;-)

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Tciao for Now!

John.