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Diabolical Artificer · 19th May 2020, 5:45 am

"Many years ago I opened trade accounts with both RS and Farnell" Do you have to buy X amount of bits per year Craig? I've bought the odd few bits from RS but find the site hard to use, the search option is just plain weird. Also they often don't have the bits your after.

Used to use CPC but got fed up with only getting the full order sometimes months later and excessive packaging , like individually packaged resistors. That said got an order from Farnell the other day which arrived in 3 separate packages, but all in one day. One dip 8 IC was in a one of those toobs, but the toob was 8" long in a 10" long anti static bag, had to smile. Maybe the bloke who wrapped individual R's for CPC now works at Farnell.

Andy.

19th May 2020, 5:45 am	#4
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,670	Re: RS Website "Many years ago I opened trade accounts with both RS and Farnell" Do you have to buy X amount of bits per year Craig? I've bought the odd few bits from RS but find the site hard to use, the search option is just plain weird. Also they often don't have the bits your after. Used to use CPC but got fed up with only getting the full order sometimes months later and excessive packaging , like individually packaged resistors. That said got an order from Farnell the other day which arrived in 3 separate packages, but all in one day. One dip 8 IC was in a one of those toobs, but the toob was 8" long in a 10" long anti static bag, had to smile. Maybe the bloke who wrapped individual R's for CPC now works at Farnell. Andy. __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.