Maplin Electronics

Great place for a browse around, some nice bits and bobs. Staff are friendly and helpful but pounce on you as soon as your through the door. They do have good knowledge when you ask for help.

It has been documented in my other reviews that I am a big hater of faceless electronic store like the Curry’s of this world where they couldn’t give a monkeys about the standard of service that you are provided. Apart from the likes of local Electronics retailers which will do a limited TV and home appliance range, Curry’s has a practical monopoly over people, so it is glad to see somewhere like Maplin coming in to challenge that monopoly.
Maplin provide a wide range of Cables and communications equipment, computers, home and car products, music players and home entertainment equipment. I have got a few things from this store including the hard drive that I save all my precious Unilocal reviews to, so you can tell I have great faith in the products I bought from here.
The staff were knowledgeable and eager to help, and were eager to show me the best value products rather than the usual electronics store of persuading you to buy more expensive products with more features that you will ever want or need.
They provide very good value, and will happily you order in any product that you need. Unfortunately the store is overlooked over here despite its good characteristics, so hopefully this review will put it on the Maplin! ;)