I've used Farnell here in Aust several times - shipping's free. Goods which are not in stock in Au show as more expensive, but there are no surprises on checkout, and you can go thru the whole checkout process to check shipping (sometimes they do say "shipping TBA").
As I live in Sydney, it's ∗insane∗: free shipping and sometimes the stuff comes the same day I ordered it - and that's on my piddly $10 orders.
Of course, YMMV in other countries
PG
On 04/04/2010, at 5:56 AM, Leon Heller wrote:
> On 03/04/2010 20:09, John McCormick wrote:
> > I need to order some parts and the only place that has them in stock is Farnell in the UK. Otherwise I need to wait 4 months. Anyone in the USA ever order from them? Did they rape you on the shipping?
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> Have you tried Newark? They are part of Farnell.
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> I use Farnell a lot (from the UK), and they provide an excellent service.
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> Leon
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> Leon Heller
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