Prompted entirely by HowardB mentioning Maplin on my other thread about a deadhard-drive, with with an eye on buying cheaply all sorts of little electrical gubbins for a whole range of things, are there any obvious alternatives to Maplin - or it is just about taking a punt on eBay or similar these days...?
yeah was a huge loss, plenty online but really miss the local shop, they were on my way home too...
https://www.jaycar.co.uk
or
https://cpc.farnell.com/
RS components?
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Originally posted by russbost
RS components?
cpc...
Don't discount RS they now do free delivery.
forgot about Rapidonline.com, used them last year & they were really good, fast & cheap
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Originally posted by jps
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Originally posted by russbost
RS components?
Expensive?
Hi
I use Vehicle Wiring Products excellent service, good range of bits and normal post so not to expensive for carriage.
The connectors etc are always a little cheaper than the more general suppliers that we use.
Online or catalogue
Nick M
Whilst i have accounts with both RS and Farnell, i used to also call into Maplin quite often...they were very handy for lots of bits and bobs.
Ian
Rapidonline and Kitronik were our useful sources of bits with occasional stuff from Mega
Rapidonline are good - it helps that they're based in the next town over (Colchester).