In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , Graeme Wall
wrote:
I saw something on ebay yesterday from Henry's Electronics in
Edgeware. I presume this is the old Henry's Radio which advertised
in all the mags fifty years ago. I wonder what happened to the other
shops we got our transistors from!


Maplin and Tandy came :-(

Noticed that Maplin charge 36p for one resistor that I pay 1.20 for 100
elsewhere. ;-)

Unfortunately I ceased using Maplin as a result of their policy wrt
catalogues.

CPC say when a new catalogue is available, and send me a copy
automatically, no charge.

Maplin charge for their catalogue. They also failed to tell me when a new
one was available. Left to me to keep checking and then order/pay for one
and wait for it.

Since I only order at irregular intervals, I simply kept finding I didn't
have an up-to-date Maplin catalogue. It was then far easier to buy from CPC
than pay and wait for one.

Yes, I know about and use the websites. But I find a catalogue useful as my
starting point.

Jim

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