Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...

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On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:05:39 UTC+1, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...

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Does that include onecall

whisky-dave wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Looks like Farnell is being sold...

Does that include onecall

I'd be surprised if it didn't, it's basically just a purchasing
framework between .ac.uk and farnell, isn't it?

In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...

Bought by a Swiss company. Was it UK owned before?

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In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...

Bought by a Swiss company. Was it UK owned before?

according to the report it was listed on the London Stck Exchange, so it
was anyone's guess who owned it.

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En el artículo , Andy Burns
escribió:

I'd be surprised if it didn't, it's basically just a purchasing
framework between .ac.uk and farnell, isn't it?

More like a cartel.

I got really ****ed off trying to order small bits and bobs from CPC and
having the order declined, sometimes accepted then declined, and being
redirected to onecall.

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On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 17:50:11 UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...

Bought by a Swiss company. Was it UK owned before?

according to the report it was listed on the London Stck Exchange, so it
was anyone's guess who owned it.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Farnell

On 15/06/16 16:05, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looks like Farnell is being sold...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36525795

Hope that doesn't screw up CPC/Farnell...


It would be nice if the Swiss then took over Maplin.

Imagine the street availability of precision made goods rather than cr@p...

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Mike Tomlinson wrote:
I got really ****ed off trying to order small bits and bobs from CPC and
having the order declined, sometimes accepted then declined, and being
redirected to onecall.

I have two accounts: one for Onecall and one for CPC. Pick whichever is
cheapest for the bits you want (free postage at CPC, discount but minimum
order at Onecall). Part codes can be transferred from one to the other
(even the 'offer' CPC codes with an extra two digits on the end).

Theo

En el artículo , Adrian Caspersz
escribió:

Imagine the street availability of precision made goods rather than cr@p...

Multiple copies of the CPC catalogue thumping on the doormat filled to
the brim with deals on cuckoo clocks instead of cheap Chinese crap. Joy
unconfin'd.

I used to get one copy of the catalogue. Then it became two. Now it
stands at three. I don't even look at them any more, straight in the
bin.

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En el artículo , Theo theom+news
@chiark.greenend.org.uk escribió:

I have two accounts: one for Onecall and one for CPC. Pick whichever is
cheapest for the bits you want

Personal orders, paid for with my own card, still get transferred to
onecall as soon as they see the .ac.uk address. Idiots.

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On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:51:04 UTC+1, Andy Burns wrote:
whisky-dave wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Looks like Farnell is being sold...

Does that include onecall

I'd be surprised if it didn't, it's basically just a purchasing
framework between .ac.uk and farnell, isn't it?

Yes for cheaper purchases, so wondering if that will contnue.

In article ,
Theo writes:
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
I got really ****ed off trying to order small bits and bobs from CPC and
having the order declined, sometimes accepted then declined, and being
redirected to onecall.

I have two accounts: one for Onecall and one for CPC. Pick whichever is
cheapest for the bits you want (free postage at CPC, discount but minimum
order at Onecall). Part codes can be transferred from one to the other
(even the 'offer' CPC codes with an extra two digits on the end).

I did try putting a Farnell part number on a CPC order once, but
it wasn't accepted (even though it's the same website). Seems a
shame not to make that work (although I haven't tried recently).

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In article ,
Mike Tomlinson writes:
En el artículo , Adrian Caspersz
escribió:

Imagine the street availability of precision made goods rather than cr@p...

Multiple copies of the CPC catalogue thumping on the doormat filled to
the brim with deals on cuckoo clocks instead of cheap Chinese crap. Joy
unconfin'd.

I used to get one copy of the catalogue. Then it became two. Now it
stands at three. I don't even look at them any more, straight in the
bin.

I do use the catalogue. I wish the website search was good enough to
not need it, but it frequently fails to find things I know are in the
catalogue.

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 23:01:28 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Mike Tomlinson writes:
En el artÃ*culo , Adrian Caspersz
escribió:

Imagine the street availability of precision made goods rather than
cr@p...

Multiple copies of the CPC catalogue thumping on the doormat filled to
the brim with deals on cuckoo clocks instead of cheap Chinese crap.
Joy unconfin'd.

I used to get one copy of the catalogue. Then it became two. Now it
stands at three. I don't even look at them any more, straight in the
bin.

I do use the catalogue. I wish the website search was good enough to not
need it, but it frequently fails to find things I know are in the
catalogue.

At least you can view the actual catalogue online now.

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In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
I do use the catalogue. I wish the website search was good enough to not
need it, but it frequently fails to find things I know are in the
catalogue.

At least you can view the actual catalogue online now.

It could be just me, but none of these electronics suppliers seem to have
a decent website. My main complaint is grouping things in an area I'd not
expect. And not having a cross reference to things you'd likely want at
the same time.

One example - you buy the housing for a multi-pole connector which
obviously needs terminals etc too. But have to spend ages finding the
terminals. That sort of thing.

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En el artículo , pamela
escribió:

Isn't Farnell Onecall for public sector customers rather than
individuals?

Yes. I worked for a uni before taking early retirement.

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In article ,
pamela writes:
On 00:01 17 Jun 2016, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Mike Tomlinson writes:
En el artículo , Adrian
Caspersz escribió:

Imagine the street availability of precision made goods rather
than cr@p...

Multiple copies of the CPC catalogue thumping on the doormat
filled to the brim with deals on cuckoo clocks instead of cheap
Chinese crap. Joy unconfin'd.

I used to get one copy of the catalogue. Then it became two.
Now it stands at three. I don't even look at them any more,
straight in the bin.

I do use the catalogue. I wish the website search was good
enough to not need it, but it frequently fails to find things I
know are in the catalogue.

Do you get the full catalogue?

Yes, but I do spend a lot with them.
Last issue was 2015 (quite early in 2015 I suspect).
There's been a small supplementary catalogue of new
things issued more recently this year.

When I signed up and asked for a copy they were cagey and said it
wasn't available any more blah blah blah.

Pure guess, but at this point I doubt they'd want to do
a new print run of last year's catalogue, which probably means
they would only have limited stock for new larger customers.

That felt strange especially as CPC's online catalogue was shots of
pages (albeit in electronic form) laid out exactly like a hard copy
catalogue.

I spoke with the team which produced the RS catalogue some years
ago, and it is an enormous undertaking. They used the largest Sun
computer available at the time to assemble it (that was probably
an E15K or E25K - I can't recall exactly when it was), so I don't
underestimate the effort involved in generating a new issue.

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:59:07 -0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:

... (free postage at CPC, discount but minimum order at Onecall).
Part
codes can be transferred from one to the other (even the 'offer'
CPC
codes with an extra two digits on the end).

I did try putting a Farnell part number on a CPC order once, but
it wasn't accepted (even though it's the same website). Seems a
shame not to make that work (although I haven't tried recently).

CPC codes are two letters 6 digits sometimes plus 2 digits format.
Farnell are purely numeric.

Anyway it would make price checking between the two far to easy. My
last three orders of electronic bits and bobs have gone to Farnell as
they were cheaper. Sometimes the price difference is quite large,
think a fiver on something less than £20...

The CSS appears to be shared between the CPC and Farnell sites but
the database isn't, not just prices but stock levels as well.
Something with several hundred stock with say CPC can be out of stock
on Farnell and have a 3 month lead time!

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