Phil,

I seem to have misread your original, which makes my earlier comments inc=
orrect and irrelevant - sorry!

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:48:35 GMT, Philip Pemberton wrote:

>...<
> Only 10 minutes' drive? Whereabouts in the UK are you, anyway? (I'm in =
Leeds, about the same distance away).

I live in St.Albans - see below.

>...<
> With regards to the "No business account, no sale" restrictions, that s=
ounds a lot like RS.=20

Got it in one!  You wrote "Farnell" and I read "RS" - all that I said rel=
ated to them - sorry! :-#

> I tried to order some stuff off them a while ago and they wanted =A36.7=
5 for postage (for about a dozen ICs),=20

It's gone up then - I believe the last time I ordered from them it was =A3=
4.95 - but that was a while ago.

> then they wanted a UK VAT registration number and a company registratio=
n number. I politely told them where=20
to shove their restrictions

Last I checked these aren't needed for mail-order, but they want you to b=
e a legitimate (?) business to pick=20
up preordered stuff from the "Trade Counter", or to buy over the counter.=
  If not, you have to pay the postage=20
and wait.  I have no idea why!

> ordered the same stuff from Farnell and picked my order up from the tra=
de counter about an hour later. No=20
trouble at all.

Where are they?  I may drop in on the way back South (I'll be in Edinburg=
h) after the holidays.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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