A couple of weeks ago I decided to replace my old Aiwa personal
cassette player (batteries had leaked - my fault). Easy, I thought -
I'll just nip into town and have a look in John Lewis and buy
something neat for £40 or so.

I was amazed - John Lewis no longer sell a single Walkman! So off I
went to my local Comet - I remember they had stacks of them a few
months ago. But they hadn't got any either. The salesman told me
they were withdrawn about a month ago.

In the end I got a very satisfactory Panasonic from Dixons - but even
they only had a small range of about half a dozen machines.

So if you are thinking of replacing that old Walkman DO IT NOW! By
the end of the year it will be too late.

Paul