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Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
Wanted some 0.2" Molex KK shells and inserts. Found the shells without too
much difficulty on Farnell but the inserts listed as accessories said they were suitable for some list of code numbers none of which I could find listed anywhere, and when I followed some link they seemed to be for 0.156" connectors, no mention of 0.2". Fortunately I've a paper copy of the CPC cat and it listed a few Molex KKs and mentioned that the inserts are the same for 0.156 and 0.2" so I went ahead and tried to order those. No go: Farnell minimum order is £20, goods ordered barely over a tenner, no way could I use double the amount I was already ordering or find anything else in their ghod-awful online cataloge to add to it so ... over to CPC. CPC only do 3 way and 10 way shells but I've got a stanley so order 5 of the 10-way shells and some inserts. About £15 with VAT and delivery. Then it demands I either log in or register. Dig out the scrap of electrons with my username and password I'd registered before and bung it in: no dice, doesn't recognise it. Password reset ... wait for email ... back comes some random password, put *that* in - *still* no dice! Eventually went back and registered a new account with a one-time throw-away username and ... now it's lost everything I ordered so back to the catalogue to find stock numbers again. I really really would not have ordered from them if I could have got it from anyone else! Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon & evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( -- John Stumbles I've got nothing against racists - I just wouldn't want my daughter to marry one |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Jan 26, 10:22*pm, John Stumbles wrote:
Wanted some 0.2" Molex KK shells and inserts. Found the shells without too much difficulty on Farnell but the inserts listed as accessories said they were suitable for some list of code numbers none of which I could find listed anywhere, and when I followed some link they seemed to be for 0.156" connectors, no mention of 0.2". Fortunately I've a paper copy of the CPC cat and it listed a few Molex KKs and mentioned that the inserts are the same for 0.156 and 0.2" so I went ahead and tried to order those. No go: Farnell minimum order is £20, goods ordered barely over a tenner, no way could I use double the amount I was already ordering or find anything else in their ghod-awful online cataloge to add to it so ... over to CPC. CPC only do 3 way and 10 way shells but I've got a stanley so order 5 of the 10-way shells and some inserts. About £15 with VAT and delivery. Then it demands I either log in or register. Dig out the scrap of electrons with my username and password I'd registered before and bung it in: no dice, doesn't recognise it. Password reset ... wait for email ... back comes some random password, put *that* in - *still* no dice! Eventually went back and registered a new account with a one-time throw-away username and ... now it's lost everything I ordered so back to the catalogue to find stock numbers again. I really really would not have ordered from them if I could have got it from anyone else! Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon & evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( -- John Stumbles I've got nothing against racists - I just wouldn't want my daughter to marry one I used to prefer Farnell about twenty years ago,now I never consider them. I rarely go past RS nowadays.. 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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John Stumbles ) wibbled on Wednesday 26 January
2011 22:22: snip I just tried to order a load of AA/AAA/button batteries via CPC. 1st time - order accepted for delivery to work (a place CPC deliver arse loads to). 4 days later - no goods. Phoned them - oh, you specified a different delivery address to you CC address on a first order - order cancelled. Eventually found the email about it in my SPAM folder (which hardly every gets false positives). Complained. They said - here, have an account number (WTF x 2?) -that'll work. 2nd time - used that number, placed the same order, accepted. 2 days later - order on Hold. Another email in SPAM. I lost the will to live and bought them from Argos. I tend to use RS these days - seems less painful. -- Tim Watts |
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writes John Stumbles ) wibbled on Wednesday 26 January 2011 22:22: snip I just tried to order a load of AA/AAA/button batteries via CPC. 1st time - order accepted for delivery to work (a place CPC deliver arse loads to). 4 days later - no goods. Phoned them - oh, you specified a different delivery address to you CC address on a first order - order cancelled. Eventually found the email about it in my SPAM folder (which hardly every gets false positives). Complained. They said - here, have an account number (WTF x 2?) -that'll work. 2nd time - used that number, placed the same order, accepted. 2 days later - order on Hold. Another email in SPAM. I lost the will to live and bought them from Argos. I tend to use RS these days - seems less painful. Do they ever have anything in stock ? They seem to have become masters of "not quite in time" -- geoff |
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:48:24 -0800 (PST), mark
wrote: On Jan 26, 10:22*pm, John Stumbles wrote: Wanted some 0.2" Molex KK shells and inserts. Found the shells without too much difficulty on Farnell but the inserts listed as accessories said they were suitable for some list of code numbers none of which I could find listed anywhere, and when I followed some link they seemed to be for 0.156" connectors, no mention of 0.2". Fortunately I've a paper copy of the CPC cat and it listed a few Molex KKs and mentioned that the inserts are the same for 0.156 and 0.2" so I went ahead and tried to order those. No go: Farnell minimum order is £20, goods ordered barely over a tenner, no way could I use double the amount I was already ordering or find anything else in their ghod-awful online cataloge to add to it so ... over to CPC. CPC only do 3 way and 10 way shells but I've got a stanley so order 5 of the 10-way shells and some inserts. About £15 with VAT and delivery. Then it demands I either log in or register. Dig out the scrap of electrons with my username and password I'd registered before and bung it in: no dice, doesn't recognise it. Password reset ... wait for email ... back comes some random password, put *that* in - *still* no dice! Eventually went back and registered a new account with a one-time throw-away username and ... now it's lost everything I ordered so back to the catalogue to find stock numbers again. I really really would not have ordered from them if I could have got it from anyone else! Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon & evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( -- John Stumbles I've got nothing against racists - I just wouldn't want my daughter to marry one I used to prefer Farnell about twenty years ago,now I never consider them. I rarely go past RS nowadays.. I last used Farnell (real Farnell rather than CPC) about ten years ago and was quite impressed. I ordered a few items by email from work at about 4·30pm (for myself) and they were delivered by courier (I can't remember who!) before 8·30 am the following day to my home before I left for work. Just a reel of wire and a load of knurled binding posts, ISTR. I retired (early!) about five years ago and have re-befriended myself with the semi-local RS trade counter and have no problem buying stuff there by CC... -- Frank Erskine |
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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 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. -- http://thisreallyismyhost.99k.org/26...1702377936.php |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Jan 26, 10:48*pm, mark wrote:
On Jan 26, 10:22*pm, John Stumbles wrote: Wanted some 0.2" Molex KK shells and inserts. Found the shells without too much difficulty on Farnell but the inserts listed as accessories said they were suitable for some list of code numbers none of which I could find listed anywhere, and when I followed some link they seemed to be for 0.156" connectors, no mention of 0.2". Fortunately I've a paper copy of the CPC cat and it listed a few Molex KKs and mentioned that the inserts are the same for 0.156 and 0.2" so I went ahead and tried to order those. No go: Farnell minimum order is £20, goods ordered barely over a tenner, no way could I use double the amount I was already ordering or find anything else in their ghod-awful online cataloge to add to it so ... over to CPC. CPC only do 3 way and 10 way shells but I've got a stanley so order 5 of the 10-way shells and some inserts. About £15 with VAT and delivery. Then it demands I either log in or register. Dig out the scrap of electrons with my username and password I'd registered before and bung it in: no dice, doesn't recognise it. Password reset ... wait for email ... back comes some random password, put *that* in - *still* no dice! Eventually went back and registered a new account with a one-time throw-away username and ... now it's lost everything I ordered so back to the catalogue to find stock numbers again. I really really would not have ordered from them if I could have got it from anyone else! Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour.. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon & evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( -- John Stumbles I've got nothing against racists - I just wouldn't want my daughter to marry one At one time Farnell would take smaller orders but you had to pay a handling fee. I used to prefer Farnell about twenty years ago,now I never consider them. I rarely go past RS nowadays.. The only problem I've had with Farnell recently is that orders under a certain weight are sent Royal Mail. RM still had a massive backlog a couple of weeks ago and stuff was taking a week to arrive that was usually next day or the day after at worst. rarely go near RS due to their prices and insistance on MOQs of 5 or 10 for ICs that farnell or rapid will sell singly. 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. I find the Rapid website quite clear about what is in stock and what is on back order. MBQ |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Jan 26, 10:22*pm, John Stumbles wrote:
Wanted some 0.2" Molex KK shells and inserts. Found the shells without too much difficulty on Farnell but the inserts listed as accessories said they were suitable for some list of code numbers none of which I could find listed anywhere, and when I followed some link they seemed to be for 0.156" connectors, no mention of 0.2". Fortunately I've a paper copy of the CPC cat and it listed a few Molex KKs and mentioned that the inserts are the same for 0.156 and 0.2" so I went ahead and tried to order those. No go: Farnell minimum order is £20, goods ordered barely over a tenner, Just checked my order history and I placed an on-line credit card order for less than £2 in december '09 and was not charged any postage or handling! I do have an account number but it's still a "cash" account, no credit. MBQ |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:43:59 +0000, geoff wrote:
I tend to use RS these days - seems less painful. They have got back into the habit of charging me for delivery, for a few months last year they forgot to charge at all, but I have lots of issues with delivery and delays in orders, they are driving me up the bloody wall with their excuses. Farnells makes sense because delivery is 'free', even when it is dispatched from multiple locations including their warehouse near Liege, plus they use UPS rather than Parcelfarce who royally ****ed me about with extensive 'snow' delay excuse when the roads were clear and every other delivery company made it through no problem. Do they ever have anything in stock ? They seem to have become masters of "not quite in time" ....or almost too bloody late, or some time next week, or when we feel like it, or sometimes not at all as backorders drag out for months. I topped an order up with some SMD LED's recently, I only needed a couple, they had a minimum order of 50, and it clearly took a complete day to pack them, delaying the rest of the order meaning next day delivery instead of Friday became Monday - and they still delivered them in two envelopes. Everything that I ordered was allegedly 'in stock' Hopeless. -- |
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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. -- geoff |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Jan 26, 10:22*pm, John Stumbles wrote:
Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon & evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( Always check Maplins' website - it shows stock levels in shops. Then you have to ask for the item in the shop as it may be in the storeroom and not on display. Dave W |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On 28/01/2011 17:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 28/01/2011 15:51, Dave W wrote: On Jan 26, 10:22 pm, John wrote: Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon& evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( Always check Maplins' website - it shows stock levels in shops. Then you have to ask for the item in the shop as it may be in the storeroom and not on display. Odd thing is, when I first started going to Maplin as a kid in the '80s (at their original and only branch in Westcliff) - it was all counter service - very little on display and no self service at all. At the time I thought it was a shame there was not more on display so you could go fiddle / look etc. Only later did they expand the shop and do just that, and it became the model they copied for all the other shops. Alas having tried it, I realised the counter service worked much better in practice - especially for small bits. As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun. |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:46:12 +0000, NoSpam wrote:
On 28/01/2011 17:55, John Rumm wrote: On 28/01/2011 15:51, Dave W wrote: On Jan 26, 10:22 pm, John wrote: Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon& evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( Always check Maplins' website - it shows stock levels in shops. Then you have to ask for the item in the shop as it may be in the storeroom and not on display. Odd thing is, when I first started going to Maplin as a kid in the '80s (at their original and only branch in Westcliff) - it was all counter service - very little on display and no self service at all. At the time I thought it was a shame there was not more on display so you could go fiddle / look etc. Only later did they expand the shop and do just that, and it became the model they copied for all the other shops. Alas having tried it, I realised the counter service worked much better in practice - especially for small bits. As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun. I worked in Technical Trading in Brighton, and occasionally Tottenham Court Road - anyone remember them? I stopped in about 1967.. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 28/01/2011 18:46, NoSpam wrote:
On 28/01/2011 17:55, John Rumm wrote: On 28/01/2011 15:51, Dave W wrote: On Jan 26, 10:22 pm, John wrote: Oh and Maplins were helpful: I phoned up their shop to ask if they had 0.2" Molexes in, described the sort of thing, yes they have, some suitable sized shells and inserts, off I go driving across town in the rush hour. What have they got? Only 0.1" ones. Bar stewards. I have now spent the better part of my afternoon& evening trying to get a handful of bits of plastic and tin whose actual material and production cost is probably about 10p :-( Always check Maplins' website - it shows stock levels in shops. Then you have to ask for the item in the shop as it may be in the storeroom and not on display. Odd thing is, when I first started going to Maplin as a kid in the '80s (at their original and only branch in Westcliff) - it was all counter service - very little on display and no self service at all. At the time I thought it was a shame there was not more on display so you could go fiddle / look etc. Only later did they expand the shop and do just that, and it became the model they copied for all the other shops. Alas having tried it, I realised the counter service worked much better in practice - especially for small bits. As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun. That started me thinking - a quick google - and it seems that John B is still going! http://www.zyra.org.uk/birkett.htm |
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On 28 Jan,
NoSpam wrote: As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun Very good for semiconductors IIRC in the 70s. Has it gone defunct? The Strait, Lincoln if memory is correct. -- B Thumbs Change lycos to yahoo to reply |
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Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun. I worked in Technical Trading in Brighton, and occasionally Tottenham Court Road - anyone remember them? I stopped in about 1967.. Yes all of those.. and Tottenham ct road and Laskys and Henrys radio bull electrical .. where yer wanna stop;?.... -- Tony Sayer |
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In article , NoSpam
scribeth thus On 28/01/2011 23:24, wrote: On 28 Jan, wrote: As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun Very good for semiconductors IIRC in the 70s. Has it gone defunct? The Strait, Lincoln if memory is correct. Yes, started at the bottom of Steep Hill and then moved down to The Strait - still seems to be going. We have H. Gee of 94 Mill road around here in Cambridge since Gawd knows when. Mr Gee is now gone but his wife and son carry it on they seem to have anything you need in there but sometimes, well most all of the time .. it takes forever to find;)... -- Tony Sayer |
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Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
On Jan 28, 6:46*pm, NoSpam wrote:
As a kid (in the late 1960s) I worked in John Birkett's electronic bits shop in Lincoln - but I doubt anybody here remembers that - 'twas great fun. I was there last September. It's probably the last remaining of that sort of shop, still just as they used to be. |
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In article , Skipweasel
scribeth thus In article , says... Yes all of those.. and Tottenham ct road and Laskys and Henrys radio bull electrical .. where yer wanna stop;?.... Proops, to you. And them;)... The good old days really were .. just how many teenagers these days would save up for weeks, get the postal orders and then spend ages working on the latest things from Camm's comic .. and never get the bu^^ers to work;!... -- Tony Sayer |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:55:13 +0000, John Rumm
wrote: Odd thing is, when I first started going to Maplin as a kid in the '80s (at their original and only branch in Westcliff) - it was all counter service - very little on display and no self service at all. At the time I thought it was a shame there was not more on display so you could go fiddle / look etc. Only later did they expand the shop and do just that, and it became the model they copied for all the other shops. Alas having tried it, I realised the counter service worked much better in practice - especially for small bits. When they first opened a shop near me many years ago I could find my way round no problem, then they 'reorganised', nothing was where it used to be, nothing was adjacent to other similar stock lines. Now, on the rare occasion I visit them, I have a quick look and if it's not immediately obvious I play dumb and go straight to the counter and let them show me where the bits I want to buy are. Many places are much cheaper, and driving to a shop often tips the balance in favour of an online shop nearly always elsewhere as Maplin aren't cheap. -- |
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Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after
midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:09:03 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. I've found that is often just that they forgot to update the system...you may still get it today. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Feb 2, 10:09*am, (Andrew Gabriel)
wrote: Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. Getting the goods out of the door the same day is not the same as next day delivery, unless you pay for one of the premium delivery options. Under a certain weight it will be sent by Royal mail rather than courier. MBQ |
Why is ordering from CPC/Farnell such hard work?
In article ,
Bob Eager writes: On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:09:03 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote: Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. I've found that is often just that they forgot to update the system...you may still get it today. You are spot on - both turned up at lunchtime, even though it still says "Processing" on the website. The 8' aerial mast raised a smile with the delivery driver. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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In article ,
"Man at B&Q" writes: On Feb 2, 10:09*am, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. Getting the goods out of the door the same day is not the same as next day delivery, unless you pay for one of the premium delivery options. Under a certain weight it will be sent by Royal mail rather than courier. Only time CPC seems to send via RM is a small item which has been on backorder. I've never had the main order anything other than UPS, regardless of size, and it virtually always comes next day. I have occasionally paid for next day delivery when that was essential. Farnell also came UPS, but I don't use them often enough to have worked out what all their rules are. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On Feb 2, 2:35*pm, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
In article , * * * * "Man at B&Q" writes: On Feb 2, 10:09*am, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: Placed orders with both Farnell and CPC in early hours (just after midnight) Tuesday morning, hoping for delivery today (Wednesday). Strangely, both are still marked as Processing today, which is rather unusal - normally they manage to get the goods out of the door the same day, even when you order at 6pm. Getting the goods out of the door the same day is not the same as next day delivery, unless you pay for one of the premium delivery options. Under a certain weight it will be sent by Royal mail rather than courier. Only time CPC seems to send via RM is a small item which has been on backorder. I've never had the main order anything other than UPS, regardless of size, and it virtually always comes next day. I have occasionally paid for next day delivery when that was essential. Farnell also came UPS, but I don't use them often enough to have worked out what all their rules are. I asked a sales droid recently when trying to track down a parcel that was stuck in the RM post Xmas/snow backlog. He said it's the weight that determines it, but didn't specifiy the cutoff. The clue is if there is no UPS tracking number available (assuming it gets updated). MBQ |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John Stumbles saying something like: I really really would not have ordered from them if I could have got it from anyone else! Their online catalogue really is ****. |
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tony sayer writes:
The good old days really were .. just how many teenagers these days would save up for weeks, get the postal orders and then spend ages working on the latest things from Camm's comic .. and never get the bu^^ers to work;!... It must have been from the unkindly-described comic that I got the idea for saving a valve (a huge expense for a kid). Use the I.F. amplifier as the audio amplifier also. It sort of worked, but had a tendency to oscillate ! -- Windmill, Use t m i l l @ O n e t e l . c o m |
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Windmill wrote:
tony sayer writes: The good old days really were .. just how many teenagers these days would save up for weeks, get the postal orders and then spend ages working on the latest things from Camm's comic .. and never get the bu^^ers to work;!... It must have been from the unkindly-described comic that I got the idea for saving a valve (a huge expense for a kid). Use the I.F. amplifier as the audio amplifier also. It sort of worked, but had a tendency to oscillate ! Super regen, IIRC. They did have that nasty habit, and could really foul up other people's reception for quite a long way down the street..... -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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