In message , pete
writes
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:48:24 -0800 (PST), mark wrote:

I used to prefer Farnell about twenty years ago,now I never consider
them. I rarely go past RS nowadays..

I always feel embarassed/guilty about using RS. The last order I placed
with them was for a couple of I.Cs. for a whopping £13.50 (+free delivery)
They arrived early next morning in a bag

One bag?

They normally send the light stuff in a box and the heave stuff in
another jiffy bag

....assuming they actually have what you want in stock

about 1,000 times their actual
size, with more packaging and documentation than you could shake a stick at.
Then the official invoice arrived by mail a couple of days later.

I used Rapid for a while until they kept insisting a reel of cable was
on it`s way when in reality it was on several weeks back order.



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geoff