Yesterday, I bought £15.00 worth of cable ties (black, in three different sizes, seeing as you are asking) from my local Maplins.
I must confess, if they fold, I'll be crestfallen.
It's has been damned handy on numerous occasions to saunter all of five minutes before reaching my local one.
If I need bits for electrics at four on a Sunday afternoon, to fill my Sunday evening with unbridled soldering, there aren't too many other places that are likely to be able to help.
Oh, and up until around a year ago, my local branch had A Woman working in it.
Since then, they've reduced their staff from around six or seven, to two.
Oh, while flicking through the Sunday rag in the cafe this morning, I read that it looks like a buyer may've been found.