My choices in order of preference are :

1. Rapid Electronics - excellent to deal with, good prices and excellent
customer services.
2. Crownhill - actually joint first to be honest with you. Best prices for
PICs and A1 customer services.
3. RS Components - the Corby branch is fairly close to me (25 min drive) so
useful for emergencies. Prices a bit more than above but usually in stock
and easy to deal with.
4. Maplin - sometimes they will surprise you with cheaper parts than the
above (quite rare though) and good customer services. Open a business
account with them and they are prepared to haggle to get your business.
5. Farnell - every time I've tried to order they seem to be out of stock of
one item which usually leads me going to RS or Rapid. Not bad prices.

I've ordered a lot of stuff from Rapid and apart from a dodgy photo PCB
which they replaced after a bit of humming and ahrring any problems have
been quickly resolved. I'd say I've also had a 99.5%+ accuracy on the
picking and packing which is also reassuring.

Dom 

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Kev Pearce (kevp.com)
Sent: 01 June 2005 12:20
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE] Need good vendors in England

I agree. Rapid are my number one choice. If they don't do the part I need, I
change my design!

I use Maplin shops if I need something in a hurry and don't paying that bit
extra for it, but I've given up on there website.
Too many kids radio control cars on special offer, and not enough quality
'modern' components...

Cheers

Kev/. 


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