This Dx store does look like an online edition of walmart to many local stores. It has cheap but good quality staff based on reviews here and its online feedback system. And it seems getting more and more popular. Funny N. Au Group Electronics, http://www.AuElectronics.com http://www.AuElectronics.com/products http://augroups.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Wouter van Ooijen To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:40:18 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: a cheap supplier that takes months to ship > My guess is that they might have many store houses in different places and > some parts can be found in one place, some other parts in the other place -- > so they just send those packeges straight away from different store houses. For the dealextreme order I was referring to there were 1 or 2 week gaps between the deliveries. If that is due to differences in postal handling time they have a funny postal system over there. (I have no idea where 'over there' is, it might well be spread all over the world.) -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu -- 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