RS in countries other than the UK do two things that make them far more=20
expensive than on home soil - Farnell/Element14 also.

1. They fix an exchange rate that is more than generous to the GBP versus=20
the AU/NZ/SG $ so they are covered if the pound drops for the life of the=20
catalogue.

2. It appears there are some items they don't want to export/import. Back=20
in 2000 the AU copy of the RS catalogue charged over $300 (yes that is=20
correct) for BC108,9 in singles, which in the UK were only 8p each.

In Australia neither of them stock the whole range that they do in Europe=20
and the UK, and Newark stock different items again.

Colin

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