Re: Digikey - UK.

Steve Sousa wrote:

> "PeteS" <ps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1115979080.129511.73450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > That's some of the best news I've had since I returned to the UK from
> > the states a year ago. Farnell and RS may be decent, but they've a long
> > way to go to match DigiKey.
> >
>
> Have you seen their terms of sale?
>
> 18? for shipping, farnell and rs charge 7,5?
> 13? for orders less than 100?, farnell and rs no minimun.
> Then there's all taxes and customs rights added to your invoice.
>
> I don't think it's cost-effective either for prototiping because of the
> minimuns, or for large orders where you can take advantage of the strong
> euro, and order directly from digikey US. Which is a shame really. Oh, and
> the catalog has only a fraction of the available products.

Farnell has free delivery for orders over £20.

I'm still curious though. How did you get the catalogue ?

Graham

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