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Benjamin Bromilow wrote:
> Carphone Whorehouses  Where I live in Nottingham, Maplins are right
> next to PC World. It appears Maplins is slowly turning into it's
> neighbour. If you want a new mouse of some CD-Rs, no problems.
[snip]
There are advantages to living near the Farnell Electronics trade counter.
#5 minimum order for cash sales, #10 for credit cards IIRC. And they haven't
adopted the RS (RadioSpares - http://rswww.com) "You NEED a trade account to
order" philosophy. Yet. I actually tried to order a few oddball parts from
RS not too long ago - STV5730s IIRC. RS: "That'll be #34.19"
Me: "WHAT???"
RS: "#34.19. #21.20 for the parts, #12.99 P&P"
Me: "Uh, I think I'll cancel that order. Thanks anyway."

Despite what they say, it DOES NOT cost #12.99 to send a Jiffy bag with two
components in a Corstat box via Royal Mail 1st Class. I've had stuff sent by
Farnell via Securicor Omega and it hasn't cost that much!

Later.
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