They have been there since the dawn of time. I would go there for my bits when I was at school and…read moreI am now 57. They have the usual resistors and ICs but bins you can rummage in and find a something you didn't know existed but you know you are going to need sometime. Staff are well friendly as well as knowledgeable. Maplin has come and gone but these guys know their stuff.

Simply my first point of call if i need an electric cable, screw or obscure electric fuse of some…read moredescription. Fair enough, most larger items (mixers, teevee, CCTV, kettle etc) can be found cheaper online, but attentive customer service and an answer, if not product, for most queries.

This branch of Maplin is a fairly small store, located in Liverpool city centre in what is classed…read moreas the Clayton Square Shopping Mall, it is also near enough opposite a Tesco Metro store and within a few minutes walk of St John's and Liverpool Lime Street (Train Station). The staff here didn't seem too friendly, and the overall vibe from the store wasn't great, it seemed slightly darker and old-fashioned and not a really nice place to shop. Maplin is an electronics retailer, and the overall layout of the store didn't show that it didn't seem bright, vibrant or modern as one would expect a store of its' nature to be. The store layout made it a little bit tricky to find things, and in a way it felt like they were selling junk in parts, which also worsened the vibe. This place had huge similarities between a small section of Clas Ohlson selling similar products, which is a Swedish department store chain with a few stores in the UK, including one a few minutes away also in Clayton Square, Liverpool. Overall, due to the poor service and the poor overall feel of the branch, this isn't a very nice place to shop and probably somewhere I wouldn't visit again, and would also advise people against visiting, sadly warranting a single one-star rating.

Good things about Maplin -…read more 1. The staff are really excellent; no question too stupid, no electronics related matter too complex. When it comes to helping out with your hardware problems or advising you on your hardware needs the staff are it. 2. Whatever you need they usually have in stock - from memory sticks to lighting rigs. What they don't have they are happy to order in for you. Bad things about Maplin - 1. The stuff in here is hugely overpriced. Paying £15+ for a HDMI cable (which connects blu-ray players, Playstations and Xboxes to HD televisions) when you could get an almost identical one ordered over the internet for less than £3 including postage just seems daft. It's not only internet prices - they wanted almost £20 for a 2GB SD card (which are used in most digital cameras) when at WH Smith i paid less than £7 for the same size. 2. The shop itself is a little bit baffling, with tiny information markers and unclear pricing. Maybe I'm just easily confused. In fact, that's definitely true. Still though, it all could be made a bit simpler.

I come here fairly often on my trips into town and I'm almost always guaranteed to find a hidden…read moregem somewhere. Unlike a few other CeX stores in Merseyside, this one has a decent selection of games for older consoles and for reasonable prices. The shop is very small and generally not too busy. During holidays it'll usually be a little bit busier, but that's to be expected when everybody's off school. The staff here are very nice and helpful, I don't think I've ever had to wait too long to be served here as the queues are typically very short. I wouldn't recommend selling to CeX in general (like many people have said elsewhere), because they're known for offering an incredibly small amount of money for what you're trying to sell and then selling it off for a lot more.