you think the okanagan is the black hole..... hehe.
try 3 1/2 hours west of prince george....

i had a courier deliver something one time that had 'before 9am' marked on
the box..... it was about 11:30am.. gave him grief... he looked at me and
said 'It doesn't say what day, so consider this early for tomorrow'.

our version of fast dependable courier is greyhound. there is almost nothing
that stops the bus.

;-)

moose.

On February 27, 2002 02:40 pm, you wrote:
> At 02:09 PM 2/27/02 -0800, you wrote:
> >i haven't used newark, but i don't have anything bad to say about digikey.
>
> Other than the prices both of these are ok to deal with.
>
> >i can get parts faster from them (minnesota) than i can from vancouver ( i
> >live in northern BC)
>
> I love how the outlets in Vancouver tell you 4-6 weeks on stuff they claim
> to have had in stock. I live about 150 east in Kelowna which is the
> electronic black hole of the world. Trying to get parts here follows a few
> paths...
>
> "We don't have it in our catalog no-one in the world makes such a thing..."
> "but its just a resistor..."
> "I'm telling you no-one makes those"
>
> "Oh you don't want that, I've got something just as good in back, it's a
> little bit
> more but its worth it....just ignore the dust on it."
> "Hey this is a radio tube"
> "Yah so, same thing as a transistor..."
>
> I've been getting my bros in law in Phoenix pick up stuff locally and fire
> it up
> airmail. I can get almost any part in 4-6 days. I found one place called
> circuit
> specialists who told me they do about 90% of their business from Canada
> because of this. They are a lot cheaper than Digi or Newark but don't have
> quite the linecard as those two.
>
> >i mostly use their online system for ordering, but have used phone on
> >occasion. heck, they even sent me a hand signed christmas card. now that
> > is customer care!
>
> They are great to deal with on the phone too. Very helpful. I didn't get a
> xmas card tho
> just another catalog sniff sniff ;-]
>
> Dave
>
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