Any experience with Tayda shipping to UK? - Page 1
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author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:17:37 am
content: Need to order a veritable pile of stuff for a project (272 line items). Coming in at 1/3 the cost of Farnell and 1/4 the cost of RS and 1/2 the cost of Digikey with import duty etc considered.Does anyone have any experience with them shipping to UK? Any problems, carriers screwing you etc?

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:46:34 am
content: With any supplier outside EU, if it's been correctly declared you will pay 20% vat and a handling fee, the latter depends on the carrier, typically £7-15Apart from Mouser and Digikey, US suppliers often have fairly high shipping charges.For cheaper stuff in UK checkhttps://www.rapidonline.com/terrible website search but often cheap for jellybean parts. You can also get 4.4% cashback on Rapid ( and Farnell) viahttp://www.quidco.comwww.cpc.co.ukcan also be worth a look, they're part of Farnell but often have the same parts cheaper.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:48:44 am
content: I've ordered from them a few times, shipped here to Switzerland. They're not the cheapest on eBay, but they ship fast and everything has been as described so far. They do the same as the Chinese vendors and mark the packages with very low declared value.

author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:58:45 am
content: I was going to order direct rather than via eBay.Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on February 23, 2017, 10:46:34 amI did think about fracturing it into lots of small orders. If it's under £15 value at the time, you don't attract duty at all importing into the UK. Five separate orders from Tayda would cover it and you'd also not get shafted for the £8 or so handling charge on top to take the duty.I use Rapid quite regularly but again they have limited lines and the pricing is bad for low quantities plus if anything goes wrong they are boiled shit. Their web team are the main point of contact and they don't know what goes on in the warehouse.CPC are a regular for me but typically are out of stock of everything I need and they have just discontinued a huge amount of parts. I suspect they are downsizing to Maplin grade crap shifting.Edit: actually everything has gone to crap recently. Even RS has supply problems by the looks. So many lines out of stock and lead times of over a month.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 11:06:44 am
content: Quote from: SingedFingers on February 23, 2017, 10:58:45 amExcept you probably get hit for shipping charges on each order.

author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 11:13:00 am
content: Yeah it's just over $1 for surface mail per order (joy to China mail and very light weight parts). This isn't urgent. So that's ~$5.00 total.VAT would be £15 total and £8 handling potentially so total £22 VAT and handling. Take of the £4.05 shipping and that's probably worth it. That's a curry nightTo compare the prices:Tayda: £72.23Farnell: £221.10RS: £272.45It's crazy.

author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 05:13:48 pm
content: Thought screw it and chucked a £10 order through to start with for the first board build. Will judge them on that.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:03:46 pm
content: Quote from: SingedFingers on February 23, 2017, 11:13:00 amTayda isn't from China, but rather Thailand.Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on February 23, 2017, 11:06:44 amOrdering from Tayda via eBay has the advantage that shipping costs are rolled into the product cost, so you absolutely can do a bunch of tiny orders, and you have eBay's buyer protections.

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:09:24 pm
content: I have ordered from their website few odds and ends several times and never had any problems getting the package here in France. They are quite reputable seller.

author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2017, 10:10:43 pm
content: Excellent news all around. Ordered a measly 870 parts for £10. Same BOM was £91 on Farnell!

author: bibz
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2017, 03:48:53 am
content: Tayda is my preferred "chinese" supplier, have received packages from Thailand, Singapore, and even Germany!Didn't know they were on ebay, a nice option for those suspicious.

author: SingedFingers
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 06, 2017, 11:04:19 am
content: Well a whole bag of stuff arrived today.10 day turnaround. No problems with import duty or fees at all. All neatly labelled with an amusingly pre-printed envelope with "COMMERCIAL SAMPLES" and a value of $7. Good jobNice thick ziplock bags. None of those ones made of cling wrap. Fairchild branded parts.Got some of the standard "as seen in most Chinese stuff" Royal Ohm 1% resistors for testing as well to compare to the TE LR1F ones I've been buying (I don't need anywhere near 0.6W for this project).Big thumbs up. Genuinely no complaints