Heads-up Farnell now offer free delivery on all web orders, regardless of the value or weight:
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So presumably you can order a single 10 cent resistor and they will courier to your door for free.
Also, they have a new "premium" pricing system coming online soon that will match all Digikey qty prices on 400,000 line items. A few hiccups in the system at present, but should be onlinse soon I'm told. You have to ask get your account activiated to get this special pricing though.
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**Nice. Up yours Electus. $17.33 for overnight freight! What a joke! Much as I like supporting Australian companies, when they gouge customers like Electus does, I'll go with the Poms.
Good to hear. Many items from Farnell are outrageously priced in the first place, and they need to do something about it, especially going into bad economic times where the penny-pinching will become more commonplace in companies that plan to survive.
On the other side of it - Mouser have this "free freight" with items that are "Australian priced". Note that the "Australian pricing" is substantially loaded compared to the US pricing, making the "offer" - (like most "offers") a joke.
If Farnell are going to be matching any similar "bodgy"pricing structure like this, then the whole deal is likely a total waste of time.
:Heads-up :Farnell now offer free delivery on all web orders, regardless of the value :or weight: :
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: :So presumably you can order a single 10 cent resistor and they will courier :to your door for free. : :Also, they have a new "premium" pricing system coming online soon that will :match all Digikey qty prices on 400,000 line items. A few hiccups in the :system at present, but should be onlinse soon I'm told. You have to ask get :your account activiated to get this special pricing though. : :Dave.
The website does say "regardless of value or weight of order".
I figure they would have done their sums in that the $10 they are absorbing on each order will be more than made up for in extra sales and people "upsizing" their order (who has the will-power to just order just a single low value part? :->). The number of people ordering one dollar parts etc where the free postage significantly impacts the sale profit is probably insignificantly small in the scheme of things. Smart move on their part.
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The free postage is only for orders that total over AU$200. X-ON offer the same service when sourcing from Mouser.
Better to just order in $US I've found.
Farnell are claiming they will price match almost every Digikey item "after conversion". So it remains to be seen whether the rate will be competitive and update frequently enough with the exchange rate. Even if they are still a bit more expensive, the local stock, quicker delivery, and free postage could be a winner in many cases.
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I find myself holding off ordering from Farnell (or any) if I just want a few (non urgent) parts, simply because of the possibility of multiple freight charges, as well as making sure there is nothing I have overlooked. If I then have to put in an order elsewhere, and the price is reasonable I will just add those parts to that order instead. In this way, it is a great idea, and will win them more sales.
The other situation is if I have a small order and there isnt a huge price difference, and RS or Farnell have ALL the parts I need (where the other doesnt have all) I will give the supplier with ALL the entire order. Also saves having to deal with receiving multiple shipments, and having to make sure I (or someone) is around on that day to sign for them, and not out on a job
This will win me, but I wouldn't waste my time putting in an order for a single low cost item unless there was a very good reason to do so.
Blatantly abusing the system will end up just getting it pulled out from under you
I received an email from Farnell regarding this, and have just received one from RS too - a copy of their blurb is below. It seems like they are "stepping up to the plate" also.
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