[This question](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8551/uk-electronics-shop-other-than-maplins) has been closed for being "too localized", despite having a fair amount of interest, upvotes and favourites from the UK community.

I can understand how it's completely useless to everyone across the ocean, but come on! Is UK really so localized as to be unacceptable on this site?