Russell McMahon wrote:

>Farnell are superb here (New Zealand). They dispatch orders from Australia
>which is 2 or 3 hours behind us. I can order up to about 6 pm one day NZ
>time and the courier (usually) deposits the order on my front porch at about
>6:20 am NZ time next day. (12.5 hours later). The two countries have over
>1000 miles of ocean between them plus the notional need for customs
>clearance. Good service.
>
>

That is good. I always assumed NZ had a local Farnell warehouse.

Farnell and RS are expensive for most items but when you factor
in the fast delivery and the fact you can get a whole bunch of stuff
with only order (and shipping charge) it's quite reasonable. We do
buy all the bulk items elsewhere though. (Altronics for a lot of it)

I just ordered some wierd MOSFETs from Mouser the other day
so it will be interesting to see how my first order with them goes.
David...

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