to those who think this is just normal, here is a story about recent experience with Farnell:
to be fair to them - prior brexit they were simply fantastic, I could order something in the morning today and it will be delivered to my door the next day after noon, that is 500-2500km away, from either Finland or UK warehouses, US warehouse it was +couple days to a week max
post brexit:
I place an order of around 140EUR worth of parts on July 1st, all from UK/EU stock, everything was in stock, pack-and-ship, capacitors, sensors, nothing special, I receive UPS tracking number meaning that shipment is already handed over to UPS, and tracking shows it is stored at UPS facility
Few days go by, nothing has yet showed up, I check tracking number - says shipment held till confirmation from sender, I check Farnell website - sorry, new rules since July 1st, all shipments to EU will be delayed few extra days, ok fine...
Now around 10 days have gone by - still the same status on the tracking number, I decide to call Farnell and see whats what, I open up website, now there is a banner saying - minimum order 150EUR, service lady, after long waiting time, finally explains that I wasn't supposed to be able to place the 140EUR order on July 1st, and it will have to be canceled, everything reordered and shipped anew, since they can't apparently add items to my 140eur order for it to be above the 150 and be released for delivery from UPS, ok fine, weird, but ok fine...
I make a new order of 170EUR, 100EUR of the items from the past order, but some have since been sold and unavailable any more, including a special sensor that I couldn't find anywhere else... (now I'm starting to get a bit pissed), but fine, shit happens, oh, and the lady said that the canceled order will be issued as a credit for the new one, so I'll just have to pay the balance, new order finalized and placed, shipping info received, and got delivered 4 or 5 days later (no more next day delivery... even above 150EUR)
then the fun happens - I receive invoice with a credit note of just 40ish EUR, and partially my original shipment also shows up on my door... so now I have payed the 140eur original invoice(that was supposed to be canceled and refunded), 170eur the next one, and a credit note of those 40ish eur, so 310eur out of my pocked and a voucher for 40 towards next order....
this is BREXIT for you...
Farnell used to be my 1st choice for electronics and other small stuff, it was usually not cheapest, but service was great, now it is the last place I look for parts