Farnell disappearing in Aus and NZ?

hey?

Look like West Australian Web Developers here:

was there a news report?

Cheers Don...

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Don McKenzie wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

I think that is a different crowd. Looks like Farnell in Aus are no more. We think that sales are now out of Asia to Aus. The only news I saw was the reular Farnell spam this morning.

Any help?

Metro......

Ok thanks Geoff. last farnell spam I got was the 22nd, and guess what?

I checked my email trash box, and of course I suppress graphics initially with my email program, and there it was in a graphic message, sitting in my trash box.

Now I guess I will get element14 spam. Must be time to unsubscribe. Next time I purchase I guess I will opt in again. It is just a bit too regular to be comfortable.

Cheers Don...

Don McKenzie wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:

Yeah, I hardly look at Farnell spam, only that the heading was marked 'important' or some such.

That software company element14 in WA maight have a case for trademark infringement!

Geoff

No, they are "rebranding" to "Element-14" which has been their (poorly designed IME) online blog/community name for some time now. They have been pushing that really hard. Content providers beware, like most other online engineering communities/forums they are fishing around for free blog content. Freebies to be had in exchange for providing content for their site etc.

RS "DesignSpark" and Farnell's "Element-14" are going to beat each other to a pulp to be the online engineering community of choice. Both now other free PCB designs tools.

Some d*****ad marketing/director person will get a big promotion for suggesting the branding change no doubt.

Dave.

After decades of getting their "brand" recognised they change it! Dickheads - hey maybe they hired the ex Microchip PicKit3 manager/eng.

Element14 sounds more like a game my kids would play, I've visited the element14 site a couple of times and left unimpressed. I needed to place a Farnell order, I'm going with RS instead.

I've bought stuff recently from Newark, who a couple of months ago reported being taken over by Farnell. However their website and ordering remain unchanged, and at the time I found that Farnell's prices on the items I wanted were around around double Newark's.

Newark will also ship USPS if you specifically request it which makes things cheaper.

Farnell has owned Newark for several years.

I checked when I noticed the similarities in branding.

yep, they used to offer a "buy in service". My Farnell rep bought in Newark catalogs for us to use.