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It's funny, in Sweden I've been having the opposite experience. Local stores almost always specify if they have stock accurately and what the lead times are if

by xmodem 6y ago

It's funny, in Sweden I've been having the opposite experience. Local stores almost always specify if they have stock accurately and what the lead times are if not, and delivery is usually as quick as specified. Amazon usually comes in a bit cheaper but comes from Germany or the UK. Since brexit everything from the UK is taking weeks.

metafunctor 6y ago
Yeah, I like to order from Sweden. It's usually faster to ship stuff from Sweden to Finland than ordering from a Finnish faux "in stock" webshop :)
- stevekemp 6y ago
  I probably shouldn't comment, as I've never used any of these delivery services .. but that said I've always been pretty patient when it comes to online-ordering. There are a lot of things I could go to a store to buy if I needed them "immediately". If I can way a week or two then online ordering is just something I do because it is either very easy to do, or a lot cheaper. Right now I'm waiting on the delivery of some NE555 timer chips, so I can build a clock circuit to drive a Z80. Since I'm in no immediate rush I just ordered a bunch from aliexpress, I have no doubt they'll turn up in six weeks. (I did look at how much it would cost to buy a single 555 locally, and found a couple of online sites such as mouser.fi, and partco.fi, but they were quoting €10-20 for delivery which was just not something I was going to pay, even if the delivery would have been speedy.) Also last week I got nostalgic for when I used to have the complete collection of Discworld books, so I ordered half of them online, I was given a delivery estimate of a week which is perfectly fine, I've no shortage of books to read here in the meantime.
  - Zanfa 6y ago
    For what it’s worth Farnell is by far the most reliable place for electronics components I’ve found in the EU. Next business day delivery for 5 EUR from Western Europe to Estonia even if you order in the afternoon. Haven’t been disappointed yet.
    - stevekemp 6y ago
      That's a good tip, thanks! I got started with arduino/esp8266 devices a couple of years ago, and mostly then it would have been a case of ordering from China and waiting. It is only recently that I've started needing specific IC pieces to complete an ongoing project, and stalling for 4-8 weeks has become too much of a pain. So I'm not so familiar with component sources, beyond just quick searches!

by xmodem 6y ago

metafunctor 6y ago

Yeah, I like to order from Sweden. It's usually faster to ship stuff from Sweden to Finland than ordering from a Finnish faux "in stock" webshop :)

stevekemp 6y ago
I probably shouldn't comment, as I've never used any of these delivery services .. but that said I've always been pretty patient when it comes to online-ordering. There are a lot of things I could go to a store to buy if I needed them "immediately". If I can way a week or two then online ordering is just something I do because it is either very easy to do, or a lot cheaper. Right now I'm waiting on the delivery of some NE555 timer chips, so I can build a clock circuit to drive a Z80. Since I'm in no immediate rush I just ordered a bunch from aliexpress, I have no doubt they'll turn up in six weeks. (I did look at how much it would cost to buy a single 555 locally, and found a couple of online sites such as mouser.fi, and partco.fi, but they were quoting €10-20 for delivery which was just not something I was going to pay, even if the delivery would have been speedy.) Also last week I got nostalgic for when I used to have the complete collection of Discworld books, so I ordered half of them online, I was given a delivery estimate of a week which is perfectly fine, I've no shortage of books to read here in the meantime.
- Zanfa 6y ago
  For what it’s worth Farnell is by far the most reliable place for electronics components I’ve found in the EU. Next business day delivery for 5 EUR from Western Europe to Estonia even if you order in the afternoon. Haven’t been disappointed yet.
  - stevekemp 6y ago
    That's a good tip, thanks! I got started with arduino/esp8266 devices a couple of years ago, and mostly then it would have been a case of ordering from China and waiting. It is only recently that I've started needing specific IC pieces to complete an ongoing project, and stalling for 4-8 weeks has become too much of a pain. So I'm not so familiar with component sources, beyond just quick searches!