Lovely family business that delivers a personal service that is hard to come by in this day and…read moreage. Went in to buy a tv .. It was delivered and installed free of charge and came with a free 5 yr guarantee. Would recommend to all my friends. S.M.

Excellent shop with expert knowledge and wonderful service and after care have used for yearsread more

The only place in UK i could find adidas sennheiser headphones for under £200 when i told the guy…read morebehind the counter he gave me a in ear pair for free! Great shop with high end quality stock.

This company were prepared to charge an elderly neighbour £562 for a job that cost £97…read more I would urge anyone looking for any work relating to aerials to avoid this company. Absolutely disgusting.

Absolutely dreadful service! Complete con merchants. We have never experienced such appalling…read moreservice. Charged my husband (David) nearly £400 for a part you can purchase on Amazon for £15. Still not working so we called them again and on the engineer's return then asked for almost £700 for an additional part. The engineer had no idea what to do and he was actually embarrassed to pass on the advice he received when he phoned his help service. No customer service. We've been promised resolve for over two weeks now and after repeated phone calls we are no further forward, Going to have to get a refund via our credit card company. Can only advise anyone not to deal with this company. I

fast friendly service, were at my house within an hour of phoning them and had the aerial fixed in…read moreno time, job well done barry

The engineers installed my tv and connected my sky via , remote eye link no cables visible thanks…read moreguys

If you're in the industry, the first port of call for your electronic needs is usually RS…read moreComponents. For the rest of us, there is Maplins. They used to be more of an Argos-style store with catalogue ordering and take-your-form-to-the-counter service, but some years ago they began opening larger stores with a great selection of budget consumer electronics on display. They're great if you're looking for extension cords, phones and accessories, computer bits and bobs, and obscure branded electronic thingamibobs. They're especially good around Xmas as they always have some bizarre electronic toy that's just perfect for your 8-year-old nephew or the other geek in your life. Sometimes they don't have the item you want in store (as happened to me today), but they're more than happy to order it up for you and it will be delivered to your home at no extra charge. I do find them a bit overpowering sometimes as they always seem to have a surfeit of staff who hover around you asking if they can assist every couple of minutes, which wears thin very quickly with me, especially as this is the kind of shop I like to circumambulate several times whilst waiting for inspiration to strike if I've got a particular project in mind but I'm not sure what I need (which is most of the time when I'm in here!)

As a self-confessed technology know-none, advice from Maplin employees has set me on the right…read moretrack many a time. From buying CDs for burning, to rewiring my speakers, they've been kind enough to share their know-how all over the shop (literally). You can get everything you want electronically here - even from batteries to welders, and when you can't find it - guess who'll come to the rescue? That's right, the maplin employees! Everyone loves a Maplin Employee...