I have ordered from them several times. It takes about 9 days for the order to get to me in rural southeast US. Their prices are about 60% of other sources. Their price of less than $5 each has made the 18F4520 my first choice. Postage is about $6. John Ferrell W8CCW "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "solarwind" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [OT] I'll take that, and that and a few of those... > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Tony Smith wrote: >> They are slow, but consistently so. Everything I've ordered always takes >> 3 >> weeks. Packing is a bit haphazard, try not to order transformers with >> delicate stuff. Maybe they've improved that. > > They have improved packing last time I ordered. They sent in 2 layers > of bubble wrap in a cardboard box. > >> Some of their components are fakes (eg the ZIF sockets), but they still >> work. > > What do you mean fake? > >> Tony > > -- > solarwind > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist