christofire wrote:

Who could forget CPC/Farnell? Deal with them once and they'll keep your
letter box well fed for the rest of your life!

Yeah, but they are trade.

You can deal as an individual but on small quantities you pay postage,
don't get free technical support etc.. Basically 2nd class treatment and
they make you feel that. Attempts at getting trade registration for my
credit worthy limited company failed at Farnell without an explanation
why :-(

It takes a bit longer, but I find eBay works for me. If it's urgent,
then Maplin, Cricklewood Electronics or me turning up at an RS trade
counter with my VAT registration certificate (yes really).

BTW Radio Shack pulled out years ago. Now that was a toy shop...

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Adrian C