True, and some of their prices are daft, 49p for a small croc clip won't encourage kids to get into electonics.
Plus the range and quality of tat in their 'sales' is pretty dire.
IMHO Rapid have a better range of components and Greenweld more interesting tat :)
Maplins seem to have morphed into a kind of Tandy these days, still at least they are high street....
cheers, Pete.