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No.Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and Farnell
sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in receiving emails
from these guys.
Farnell are now trying to compete with Digikey and Mouser.Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and Farnell
sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in receiving emails
from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email addressWell, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent suppliers. RS
sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and Farnell sent me one at
2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in receiving emails from these guys.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
**The freight cost is minimal, when dealing with mission-critical jobs.Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent suppliers.
RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and Farnell sent me one at
2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address since
I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their minimum
shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from Ł20 toSylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar, but
for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Farnell Oz have a minimum order of only $10, but that's for credit card"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0X6gm.53662$sC1.44473@newsfe17.iad...
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from
Ł20 to Ł35.
You also have to watch out for items marked "US stock" as these parts
incur a one off shipping charge of around Ł16.
I've heard some extra info in that only some components have been "priceTrevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and Farnell
sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in receiving emails
from these guys.
Farnell are now trying to compete with Digikey and Mouser.
Have already lowered their prices on tons of stuff, and have just
given us special web based "contract" pricing which appears on the
website in a different column, tied to my login name. Their intention
is to match Digikey in pricing for about 80,000 items. Haven't
checked out the comparisons yet, but it's good to know they want our
business. Presumably they will give the same deal to most people if you
ask, I
think it just came online last week.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their account - it wasSylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar, but for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
**I don't see that happening in real life. Most Electus prices areOn Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com
wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar, but
for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their account - it
was
cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than through the
wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to the cattledog price.
I haven't really found that.On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones"
altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their account
- it was cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than
through the wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to the
cattledog price.
Mouser I have put through several reasonable sized orders over theian field wrote:
"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0X6gm.53662$sC1.44473@newsfe17.iad...
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from
Ł20 to Ł35.
You also have to watch out for items marked "US stock" as these parts
incur a one off shipping charge of around Ł16.
Farnell Oz have a minimum order of only $10, but that's for credit card
payment only (common with many companies who take credit card). You can turn
up to the trade counter and buy a single 5 cent resistor with cash if you
want. And AFAIK we don't pay any extra for US, UK, or Singapore stocked
items, they just take a few extra days to get here.
Farnell are quickly losing all their business to Mouser and Digikey thanks
to their bigger stock range, lower prices and (reasonably) cheap postage to
Oz. So they are doing their best to win back customers.
Dave.
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Not here they aren't! Some prices I looked up last week have jumpedian field wrote:
"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from
Ł20 to Ł35.
You also have to watch out for items marked "US stock" as these parts
incur a one off shipping charge of around Ł16.
Farnell Oz have a minimum order of only $10, but that's for credit card
payment only (common with many companies who take credit card). You can
turn up to the trade counter and buy a single 5 cent resistor with cash if
you want. And AFAIK we don't pay any extra for US, UK, or Singapore
stocked items, they just take a few extra days to get here.
Farnell are quickly losing all their business to Mouser and Digikey thanks
to their bigger stock range, lower prices and (reasonably) cheap postage
to Oz. So they are doing their best to win back customers.
Try 25 off HB-5970"rebel" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:mqd485dq1jnqiqrc6fu1joce7kp6mhp8tn@4ax.com...
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com
wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar, but
for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their account - it
was
cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than through the
wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to the cattledog price.
**I don't see that happening in real life. Most Electus prices are
significantly discounted over the Jaycar ones. Particularly the stuff
imported by Jaycar. However, feel free to provide your parts list.
with mouser, make sure you select US pricing. Aus pricing is loaded"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:6Elgm.130284$qx1.51715@newsfe04.iad...
ian field wrote:
"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0X6gm.53662$sC1.44473@newsfe17.iad...
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from
Ł20 to Ł35.
You also have to watch out for items marked "US stock" as these parts
incur a one off shipping charge of around Ł16.
Farnell Oz have a minimum order of only $10, but that's for credit card
payment only (common with many companies who take credit card). You can
turn up to the trade counter and buy a single 5 cent resistor with cash if
you want. And AFAIK we don't pay any extra for US, UK, or Singapore
stocked items, they just take a few extra days to get here.
Farnell are quickly losing all their business to Mouser and Digikey thanks
to their bigger stock range, lower prices and (reasonably) cheap postage
to Oz. So they are doing their best to win back customers.
Not here they aren't! Some prices I looked up last week have jumped
alarmingly in the time its taken to finalize the list and double check
everything before placing the order.
Just another sign of rip off Britain I suppose.
That's a good example due to the high qty wholesale price break (100+) andOn Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:15 +1000, "Trevor Wilson"
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote:
"rebel" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones"
altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email
address since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do,
because their minimum shipping cost makes single items very
expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from
Jaycar, but for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their
account - it was
cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than
through the wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to
the cattledog price.
**I don't see that happening in real life. Most Electus prices are
significantly discounted over the Jaycar ones. Particularly the stuff
imported by Jaycar. However, feel free to provide your parts list.
Try 25 off HB-5970
That's a real example. And Altronics (H0472) is even cheaper. Their trade cardrebel wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:15 +1000, "Trevor Wilson"
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote:
"rebel" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones"
altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email
address since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do,
because their minimum shipping cost makes single items very
expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from
Jaycar, but for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their
account - it was
cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than
through the wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to
the cattledog price.
**I don't see that happening in real life. Most Electus prices are
significantly discounted over the Jaycar ones. Particularly the stuff
imported by Jaycar. However, feel free to provide your parts list.
Try 25 off HB-5970
That's a good example due to the high qty wholesale price break (100+) and
low qty retail price break (10+).
$6.95ea retail ($173.75)
$6.30ea whole inc GST ($157.50 + $15 postage = $172.50)
I'm out and about often enough, pickup at either is no drama.So essentially the same price to buy wholesale, except you get free delivery
and you save your time going to the store where they might not have that
many in stock.
It seriously depends on which items, what quantity, and whether the saving onStill no reason to give Electus the flick IMO, that example is mostly the
exception than the rule. I find I save quite a lot of money by buying
wholesale.
Sure, but like I said Electus has always been cheaper than Jaycar for meOn Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:45:21 +1000, "David L. Jones"
altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
rebel wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:15 +1000, "Trevor Wilson"
trevor@SPAMBLOCKrageaudio.com.au> wrote:
"rebel" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:mqd485dq1jnqiqrc6fu1joce7kp6mhp8tn@4ax.com...
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:01:44 +1000, "David L. Jones"
altzone@gmail.com> wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email
address since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do,
because their minimum shipping cost makes single items very
expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from
Jaycar, but for
most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
Indeed they do. I recently told Electus where to stick their
account - it was
cheaper to buy $150 retail of stuff at the local Jaycar than
through the wholesale end, by the time I added GST and freight to
the cattledog price.
**I don't see that happening in real life. Most Electus prices are
significantly discounted over the Jaycar ones. Particularly the
stuff imported by Jaycar. However, feel free to provide your parts
list.
Try 25 off HB-5970
That's a good example due to the high qty wholesale price break
(100+) and low qty retail price break (10+).
$6.95ea retail ($173.75)
$6.30ea whole inc GST ($157.50 + $15 postage = $172.50)
That's a real example. And Altronics (H0472) is even cheaper. Their
trade card doesn't enter the equation, as it only provides the 10+
price split. Jaycar's card is similar - no benefit on that example
purchase.
So essentially the same price to buy wholesale, except you get free
delivery and you save your time going to the store where they might
not have that many in stock.
I'm out and about often enough, pickup at either is no drama.
Still no reason to give Electus the flick IMO, that example is
mostly the exception than the rule. I find I save quite a lot of
money by buying wholesale.
It seriously depends on which items, what quantity, and whether the
saving on the order value outweighs the shipping cost.
Sure, but that's a different point. For idential parts available fromAnd for most stuff I order, X-on are far cheaper than Electus could ever
dream of.
tied in with Mouser (you can even use the Mouser part number to orderOn Aug 12, 7:45 am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:
ian field wrote:
"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:0X6gm.53662$sC1.44473@newsfe17.iad...
Sylvia Else wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote:
Well, things must be hotting up between these two, excellent
suppliers. RS sent me a promotional email at 2:05PM today and
Farnell sent me one at 2:15PM. Presumably, I am not alone in
receiving emails from these guys.
I haven't heard from them - but maybe I've changed my email address
since I last bought anything from them. I rarely do, because their
minimum shipping cost makes single items very expensive.
Farnell charge a paltry fixed $10 for same/next day courier.
Maybe a tad expensive for a single $2 part you can get from Jaycar,
but for most other things it's really quite good value.
Electus charge more than that.
In the UK farnell have just increased the minimum order charge from
Ł20 to Ł35.
You also have to watch out for items marked "US stock" as these parts
incur a one off shipping charge of around Ł16.
Farnell Oz have a minimum order of only $10, but that's for credit card
payment only (common with many companies who take credit card). You can turn
up to the trade counter and buy a single 5 cent resistor with cash if you
want. And AFAIK we don't pay any extra for US, UK, or Singapore stocked
items, they just take a few extra days to get here.
Farnell are quickly losing all their business to Mouser and Digikey thanks
to their bigger stock range, lower prices and (reasonably) cheap postage to
Oz. So they are doing their best to win back customers.
Dave.
--
Mouser I have put through several reasonable sized orders over the
last couple of years, had the stuff
on my doorstep in under a week, and in the cases of the particular
items I was buying, the savings were enormous by comparison to
Farnell.
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