Post by thread:[OT] RFM70 where to buy?

On 25/01/2012 00:24, V G wrote: > Hi all, does anyone know of a distributor for the RFM70 RF module? > > I know of only Futurlec and Mr. Van Ooijen's website. Futurlec tends to be > extremely slow. They took over two months to deliver both times I ordered > from them. Two months? Did they actually have any in stock when you ordered or was that the backorder time? Just curious in case I ever want to buy anything from them.. Vaguely relevant rant: It drives me nuts when companies advertise stuff as in stock (or give no details) when they don't have any in, and you only find out 2 weeks after they take your money. I've been caught with this a few times, worst was some french company (forget the name) who I bought some replacement transistors (for an old turntable) from. Placed order on card, waited - nothing arrived for weeks, no reply to e-mails etc. Finally traced the company on whois and phoned the owner at home. He casually replied to my asking about the delay: "Oh, we don't sell those any more, I'll refund you. Sorry". The killer was, they didn't even remove the transistor in question from the website! it was still there a couple of months later for some other poor sucker to order... :-)

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Oli Glaser <.....oli.glaserKILLspam@spam@talktalk.net> wrote: > On 25/01/2012 00:24, V G wrote: >> Hi all, does anyone know of a distributor for the RFM70 RF module? >> >> I know of only Futurlec and Mr. Van Ooijen's website. Futurlec tends to be >> extremely slow. They took over two months to deliver both times I ordered >> from them. > > Two months? > Did they actually have any in stock when you ordered or was that the > backorder time? > Just curious in case I ever want to buy anything from them.. They claimed to have everything in stock (if I can remember correctly) and when I inquired, they said that my order was shipped. But I suspect that a few parts may have been back-ordered. However, I did go with the cheapest shipping option. It would have been faster if I chose the more expensive option. {Quote hidden}> Vaguely relevant rant: > It drives me nuts when companies advertise stuff as in stock (or give no > details) when they don't have any in, and you only find out 2 weeks > after they take your money. > I've been caught with this a few times, worst was some french company > (forget the name) who I bought some replacement transistors (for an old > turntable) from. Placed order on card, waited - nothing arrived for > weeks, no reply to e-mails etc. > Finally traced the company on whois and phoned the owner at home. He > casually replied to my asking about the delay: "Oh, we don't sell those > any more, I'll refund you. Sorry". > The killer was, they didn't even remove the transistor in question from > the website! it was still there a couple of months later for some other > poor sucker to order... :-) Wow! That's absolutely horrible. What a scam. However, I don't think Futurlec is remotely as bad as that. They're just slow. Also, I wish they let me know if an item in my order is backordered or not. I emailed them and asked them how many RFM70 modules they had, and someone got back to me within the day with a response (100+). I love Mouser for these reasons. Unfortunately, they don't have the newest chips/modules in stock. I think Newark is pretty good as well

> Hi all, does anyone know of a distributor for the RFM70 RF module? > I know of only Futurlec and Mr. Van Ooijen's website. Last time I googled there were various distributors, including some unlikely ones like http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/MDU4OTgxOTk-/Bausaetze_Module/Module/Funkmodul_RFM70_Sende_Empfangsmodul.html FYI: my RFM70 library is available at http://www.voti.nl/rfm70 -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu C++ on uC blog: http://www.voti.nl/erblog

Here is one source (for RFM70, RFM12B, RFM22B modules): http://goews.com/rfm70 http://goews.com/rfm70 They also have code examples for all these modules to aid in getting started. Fast shipping, too! V G wrote: > > Hi all, does anyone know of a distributor for the RFM70 RF module? > > I know of only Futurlec and Mr. Van Ooijen's website. Futurlec tends to be > extremely slow. They took over two months to deliver both times I ordered > from them. > -

>> Hi all, does anyone know of a distributor for the RFM70 RF module? >> >> I know of only Futurlec and Mr. Van Ooijen's website. Futurlec tends to be >> extremely slow. They took over two months to deliver both times I ordered >> from them. I think I can improve on that by ~ 7 weeks, depending on your location. -- Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu C++ on uC blog: http://www.voti.nl/erblog