Got to admit I have never had any problems with Maplin even with= international post. I do think though, their electronic component offerings have gone= drastically downhill since they changed hands. colin -- cdb, bodgy1@optusnet.com.au on 02/08/2002 -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.