Cookies on the element14 Community website We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use the site without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the site. You can find out more about cookies and how to manage your cookie settings at any time by clicking here . Continue My Lists: You have to be logged in to view the content of My Lists. Please Login or Register . Well, cookiemonster, it seems the situation with Farnell Spain/Portugal orders is different. Everyone who has ordered trough them has been asked for a bank transfer payment to "unlock" their orders. coder27, I don't want to belive it, but this deliberate decision from Farnell Spain is not an error. It was made deliberately with an unknown reason (I can only think in money as a priority here, with the only interest to maximize benefits and reduce the first inversion but I still don't know). In this case it would be great to know if they are gonna change the way the take orders in the future and what are they doing with all the orders (I bet there are some thousands paid this way) that were incorrectly charged in advance. That thirty days rule can be also used here when buying on the internet and a buyer could ask for twice the price he has paid if the goods are not delivered in those