In message <200307181529.11933.picdude@narwani.org>
          Picdude <picdude@NARWANI.ORG> wrote:

> Newark! Ack!!!  Not just unreasonable shipping, but fraud!
You want to try RS some time - =A37.95 postage for a =A315 SO28 IC?!?!

I can't fault Farnell though - =A310 minimum order (pretty tame in compar=
ison
to most other suppliers), free postage in the UK, free catalogue CDs (the=
y
used to do free paper catalogues, but ISTR they stopped doing that in an
attempt to reduce costs). They've never fouled up an order I've sent in a=
nd
I've probably caused them considerable annoyance by calling the Trade Cou=
nter
and asking to have my order ready for collection within the hour :)
The only thing I don't like is the lousy search engine on the website. Yo=
u
*need* a partnumber or you can't find anything. IOW, give them a ring and=
 ask
them to send you the catalogue CD. It's all in PDF format, so you can eve=
n
use it on Linux if you want (I use it on RISC OS, but then again, I'm a b=
it
mad).

Later.
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