Will they honour these prices, I wonder

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Looking for small metric taps … I happened upon this listing at Farnell: **LINK**

https://uk.farnell.com/w/c/tools-production-supplies/tools-hand-workholding/taps/sets?CMP=KNC-GUK-GEN-SHOPPING-SMART-PMAX-Medium_ROAS-Test958&product-range=multicomp-pro-thread-cutting-tools

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Small Taps …

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Probably it will just go straight through, though it does look like an error.
I was going to try it out on the M2 ones, the M3 are normal price, and I've just bought some M4 Presto ones off Tony5Cats on ebay.
Unfortunately the postage is a tenner, so not cost effective even at that price.

Bill

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

Looks like a entry error but knowing Farnell they will honour it if you place an order. If you can make up a big enough order postage is free .

[Dennis RParticipant @dennisr]

Selected all three sets of M2,M3 and M4, clicked on basket and total charge came to £21.30 which included £9.95 handling charge and £3.55 Vat. Didn't buy.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Black Friday week, there's some nice buys to be had but you've got to be quick

Just trawl the usual suspects if you've time

Edited By Ady1 on 21/11/2022 23:09:51

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

Decimal place error in the pricing. They will honour it, the online system won't even notice.

I'd lay odds that all the big "thousands of items in the catalogue" firms have at least a couple of similar lurking somewhere in the list. When you stop to think creating these catalogues is a major, major undertaking.

As Dennis found you have to watch the handling charge when dealing with CPC Farnell for small quantities. Tends to turn a stonking deal into "meh, average".

As I was reminded the other day when buying an old style printer cable. At £11 it wasn't worth messing around searching t'net to save a couple of £. Especially as it was for a mate, not me, so I'll gte paid.

Even so its rare to see anything that doesn't work out at least reasonable.

As Robert says the trick is to pad out the order up to the free shipping limit, £20 I think.

Lets face it a "Maybe, I might use it, possibly item." is still more for your money than postage charges. Even if it does sit for 20 years before you use it or, as with my last effort, get traded away for something I did need.

Best one I had from them ,was a box of 24 LED bulbs with PIR sensors for less than the price of 3 from everywhere else. I needed 2!

Clive

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Clive, CPC is free shipping with an order over £20.00 before VAT is added, this probably for UK mainland addresses.

Regards Nick.

[samuel heywoodParticipant @samuelheywood23031]

Made in China?

Having struggled with typical retail bought taps in my pre machine tool days… i'd say buy the best quality taps you can afford.

With a hobby you have to skimp somewhere, but i won't skimp on drill bits or taps….I can't exactly afford Dormer, but they're reasonably decent quality.

Try a branded spiral point tap, you'll not look back.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by samuel heywood on 22/11/2022 13:51:50:

Made in China?

Having struggled with typical retail bought taps in my pre machine tool days… i'd say buy the best quality taps you can afford.

With a hobby you have to skimp somewhere, but i won't skimp on drill bits or taps….I can't exactly afford Dormer, but they're reasonably decent quality.

Try a branded spiral point tap, you'll not look back.

 

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Have you seen the price of small Dormer taps these days ?

MichaelG.

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https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/hand-tools/threading-tools/threading-taps/?applied-dimensions=4294966553,4294369870,4294855866,4294855863,4294369869,4294369868,4294865802,4294369867

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 22/11/2022 16:30:18

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

Farnell used to list Dilithium crystals in the online catalog (back when the still gave you a paper catalog). They never had stock though.
Scotty was disappointed.

I once ordered a 2 channel 500 MHz Lrcroy 'scope for work. They sent a 4 channel 1 GHz model. I told them and the said "oh just keep it" ! If I could have afforded the 500MHz model I'd have bought one myself and swapped with the one the sent work and got myself a 1GHz 4 channel.

For those who don't know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilithium_(Star_Trek)
The entry was removed several years ago.

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

Well a couple of weeks on and I was placing an order with Farnell for electronic parts. The taps are still listed at the same price so I added all three sets of M2, M3 and M4.
They arrived today. Not Draper, but perfectly good taps. and cheap as I was buying enough other parts for free shipping.

Robert G8RPI.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Hermes Santa is still hanging on to one of my items, nearly 2 weeks now

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Posted by samuel heywood on 22/11/2022 13:51:50:

Try a branded spiral point tap, you'll not look back.

 

I would suggest that a spiral flute tap would be the best buy for all threading. Swarf comes out of the hole towards you, much better than a spiral point if the hole is blind.

Edited By KWIL on 06/12/2022 16:30:25

[Martin 100Participant @martin100]

Posted by Clive Foster on 22/11/2022 09:27:10:

Decimal place error in the pricing. They will honour it, the online system won't even notice.

I'd lay odds that all the big "thousands of items in the catalogue" firms have at least a couple of similar lurking somewhere in the list. When you stop to think creating these catalogues is a major, major undertaking.

There is one item in the Farnell catalogue, stumbled on it by mistake around seven years ago, probably bought in the 1000’s since, regularly restocked and still priced at around £5…which is just 25% of the very best wholesale price.

I would hazard a guess someone sells this item on eBay for a healthy markup.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

It's always worth looking at CPC. CPC often has a lower minimum order quantity and the price per unit is sometimes cheaper. In the past, it's paid to split an order beyween Farnell and CPC!

Note: Farnell prices reflect being able to access traceability/QA certificates etc. required for critical applications etc. which are not required for domestic/hobby use.

Neil

[AdrianRParticipant @adrianr18614]

A coincidence? Today I am waiting for a delivery from Farnell. Just by chance while googling yesterday morning I noticed Farnell had an item for sale at a very competitive 90% off. Which immediately got the nod from the boss.

Before bed I looked to see if it had been any update on the order, there had not but I noticed the item was now marked as no longer a stock item. I fully expected today the order would have been cancelled but to my surprise, it is on its way.

It looks like Farnell has had some decimal point issues, and it looks like they will honour the orders which is a surprise as they don't have to.

Someone at Farnell must have big britches to make the decision to put customer satisfaction over profit.

[Stuart Smith 5Participant @stuartsmith5]

I live about 10 minutes drive from CPC so tend to buy from there. As Neil said they are part of Farnell and sell a lot of the same items.

I know CPC will sometimes reduce items considerably. They seem to do this with items they are discontinuing when they only have a few left. They call it ‘Bargain Corner’. I must admit I have bought a few things because they might come in handy one day which have never been used!

Stuart

Edited By Stuart Smith 5 on 07/12/2022 15:06:36

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Well my order arrived, very quickly!

I had a few of the tap sets, a large quantity of left hand drills (very very cheap) and various other bits and bobs.

Every single order line has the message that once stock is gone they won't be restocked.

Overall I could not be happier with my purchases.

Jim

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Update on this one.

A mate came round and was admiring some of the tools I had from Farnell, he just could not believe the quality of a set of mini pliers that were £1.79 for a set of 5! I did get quite a haul of tools including a few sets of the cheap taps and a good quantity of left hand drills (some of which were only 2p each!).

Parting words were, "I'll have a look later"

Had a phone call later from him, the prices have all increased by 4 to 10 times on the items I purchased!

 

Thank you Michael for the heads up on this one.

 

Jim

Edited By jimmy b on 18/12/2022 07:18:54

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Thanks for the feedback, Jim … Glad you got some bargains

… I may regret not purchasing a load of those taps, but they were not the size I was looking-for at the time.

MichaelG.

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