What usa company offers Agilent U1242B with shipping world wide? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: implor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 08:01:45 pm
content: I'm interested in buying Agilent U1242B but i can't find a usa site that ships to sweden/worldwide, do anyone know of one?.you may wounder why i don't just buy one here? because they cost $550 in sweden!Agilent recomended price is $220 and that is pretty much my budget.

author: tnt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 08:10:18 pm
content: Farnell carries them at 200 EUR (excl tax).Price in europe are always slightly above. (in this case 200eur ~ 280USD)Also, you often need to add your local VAT (which is never included in US recommanded price) if you're not a business.

author: implor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 08:13:32 pm
content: can't buy from farnell unless you have a company witch I don't. But thank for the quick response!any more suggestions?

author: dimlow
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 09:08:11 pm
content: Anyone can buy from Farnell.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 10:08:53 pm
content: Quote from: dimlow on April 03, 2011, 09:08:11 pmNo. In some countries Farnell refuses to sell to non-businesses.

author: squeezee
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2011, 10:27:33 pm
content: Might tryhttp://www.futureelectronics.com/, although shipping will be around $40-50.

author: dimlow
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 12:49:30 am
content: Quote from: BoredAtWork on April 03, 2011, 10:08:53 pmReally ? Oh OK. then "Anyone can buy from Farnell in the UK"You live and learnI don't suppose it applies to to this thread then.

author: insurgent
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 04:33:34 am
content: You could use an escrow service and have someone in the US buy it for you. Though I'm not sure how the warranty coverage would work in that case.Just a thought...

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 05:58:50 am
content: Quote from: dimlow on April 04, 2011, 12:49:30 amNo. If you try to buy from outside the UK from Farnell in the UK then Farnell UK refuses to sell to you and point you to the local Farnell branch. There they might or might not sell to non-businesses.Farnell here has a rather bad name among hobbyists and amateurs because of this. Many people feel outright insulted when they started their Element 14 bullshit to attract more professionals and hobbyists alike. First they attract you, then they refuse to sell to you. RS, by the way, does the same bullshit.

author: dimlow
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 06:05:01 am
content: I didn't mean t that farnell would ship to anyone in the world, just the UK. I agree with RS, i used to use them a lot, they changed there billing methods a few years back and i never used them since. I can think what was wrong but I didn't like it.

author: implor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 06:41:23 am
content: So my Agilent U1242B is on its way. I didn't find a US supplyer but I found a swedish one that *only* wanted $390 (including tax and shipping).But this farnell discussion is a bit interesting,I don't really get why they won't sell stuff to hobbist. It only give them a bad reputation, and may lose custermers because if you can't buy stuff as a hobbist you may not buy from them in you job. About the same logic (but in reverse) the manufacturers have when they send you free samples.

author: gobblegobble
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 06:56:54 am
content: Quote from: implor on April 04, 2011, 06:41:23 amIsn'tTHISaround $290 and local as well?The reason you can't find a reseller openly claiming to ship to you is that because if they'd do it, they wouldn't be resellers shortly after.

author: implor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 12:15:32 pm
content: QuoteYes! that's the place i finally did buy it from, but VAT in sweden is 25% so end price will be (with shipping) ~$390

author: shadewind
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 12:21:55 pm
content: It's a pity that Farnell won't deal with non-business customers in Sweden because they're really nice to deal with. Since I have a business myself I haven't had to this but there is a compnay which acts as some kind of distributor for everything in the Farnell site:http://www.microkit.se/Farnell themselves recommends buying through them if you're not a business.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2011, 05:33:38 pm
content: Quote from: implor on April 04, 2011, 06:41:23 amI am such a case. To me as a person they don't want to sell. But to my employer they of course do. And I of course try as hard as possible to interfere with my employer buying from Farnell (or RS), whenever I have the opportunity. As a person I am not good enough for them as a customer? Ok, fine. They aren't good enough as a supplier for me in my job.Over the years I have received a bunch of excuses why they don't sell to non-businesses. The most popular ones areIt is not economic to sell to non-businesses, because they only buy so few parts. Which is bullshit. They have no problem to ship one single resistor a year to a small shop, as long as it is a business. And they do sell to non-businesses in other countries.The other common excuse is that consumer protection laws make it impossible for them to sell to non-businesses. Which is bullshit, too. Consumer protection is harmonized in the EU. The directive is from 1997. It is the same everywhere in the EU. But they sell in some EU countries to non-businesses. And, they sell to non-businesses in the US. The country where they not only have really strong consumer protection, but insane civil lawsuits if you get hurt for some reason.