Futurlec + IC's

[JERD]

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages' listing.

I am wanting four LM3909 IC's.

Apart from above, anyone have four they would like to sell me?

JERD

 

[Phil Allison]

"JERD"

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages'
listing.

** Futurlec Pty Ltd was de-registered in August 2005 and then re-registered
in June 2006.

The 2/136 Broadmeadow Road address is a home unit in Newcastle.

I am wanting four LM3909 IC's.

** Why on earth do you want those long obsolete ICs??

Never heard of " flashing leds " ??

Even DS sell a bunch of types.

BTW:

It is NOT encouraging to find that the pdf data sheet linked to LM3909 by
Futurlec is in fact for the LM301.



...... Phil

 

[David L. Jones]

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

Few problems with them apart from slow delivery and screwing up the
occasional order from what I've heard.
Plenty of opinions in usenet archives.

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages'
listing.

They have a local number:
http://futurlec.com/AboutUs.shtml

If you are worried about credit card security (you shouldn't be), you can
always stick to eBay and companies which accept PayPal.

I am wanting four LM3909 IC's.

This mob have them:
http://www.ledsales.com.au/cart.php?target=product&product_id=434

and Ebay too:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/LM3909-LED-F...QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0QQsalenotsupported

Dave.

 

[JERD]

Hi Phil,

I have very old PC cards with LM3909's on, hence the reason for straight
replacement.

 

[JERD]

Thanks Dave,

I tried eBay search just for 'LM3909' and returned nothing, apart for one
company with minimum order of $250!

Tnx yr reply

JERD

 

[David L. Jones]

Thanks Dave,

I tried eBay search just for 'LM3909' and returned nothing

Trap for young players. You've gotta check the magic "Worldwide" check box.

Dave.

 

[JERD]

Trap for young players. You've gotta check the magic "Worldwide" check
box.

Dave.

Thanks Dave,

Something else I learnt today!

JERD

 

[Ross Vumbaca]

Hi,

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages' listing.

I ordered some items from them, and unfortunately they didn't process my
order due to some sort of 'problem with my credit card', but once I
chased it up they shipped very quickly and everything was well packed.
Their prices aren't so bad IMO, and they answer their emails quickly, so
I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again..

Regards,

Ross..

 

[Andy Wood]

Thanks Dave,

Something else I learnt today!

I thought I might have learned something interesting too, but just
where is this check box????

I even tried searching for "worldwide check box" but that did not find
anything useful. Perhaps that is because I did not have it checked
when searching?

Andy Wood
[email protected]

 

[Don McKenzie]

I thought I might have learned something interesting too, but just
where is this check box????

I even tried searching for "worldwide check box" but that did not find
anything useful. Perhaps that is because I did not have it checked
when searching?

under advanced search, hidden near the bottom of the selections.

Then you only have 3 mouse operations to go:

Location
========
(*) Only show items:
(*) From preferred locations
(drop box) [World Wide.]

but it works

Cheers Don...



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[David L. Jones]

I thought I might have learned something interesting too, but just
where is this check box????

I even tried searching for "worldwide check box" but that did not find
anything useful. Perhaps that is because I did not have it checked
when searching?

Here it is:
http://www.alternatezone.com/images/ebayworldwide.png
You only get it after you do a search.
I'm not sure what Don's talking about, I only need a single click (and it
auto-refreshes the search). Although eBay does has different user interface
display options.

Also, the "Completed listings" box above it is the other magic button to
show you what things have actually sold for in the last 3 months.

Actually I've sometimes had to use ebay.com instead of ebay.com.au because
some items just don't show up in the Oz site even though the seller will
ship to Oz. Ebay can be temperamental sometimes.

Dave.

 

[news.uq.edu.au]

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages'
listing.

I am wanting four LM3909 IC's.

Apart from above, anyone have four they would like to sell me?

JERD

I've purchased from them quite a few times and have been impressed with
speed.
On one occasion there was a problem when my card had been renewed and they
emailed and said there was a problem. . could I provided correct details.
This involved 3 exchanges of emails that were very quick indeed and included
the name of the person with whom I was dealing.

HOWEVER, when I have had a 'technical' enquiry (like illegible/incorrect
datasheet or other detail wrong - maybe 4 occasions) I have never received a
reply despite addressing the email, serially, to up to three Futurlec
addresses. This disappointed me as I had been impressed with speed and
accuracy of service.
FWIW
Dave

 

[keithr]

Anyone have any dealings, good or bad, with Futurlec?

I am always wary of any company that does not have a 'White Pages' listing.

I am wanting four LM3909 IC's.

Apart from above, anyone have four they would like to sell me?

JERD

I bought a PIC development board from them without problem. It was
shipped from the manufacturer in Thailand rather than from Futurlec but
the delivery time was quite acceptable and the product is OK

 

[Don McKenzie]

Here it is:
http://www.alternatezone.com/images/ebayworldwide.png
You only get it after you do a search.
I'm not sure what Don's talking about, I only need a single click (and it
auto-refreshes the search). Although eBay does has different user interface
display options.

yep, that's easier than my method Dave, and gives you the option if the
OZ search doesn't produce results.

The menu you see is basically the same.

Don...




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