Unfortunately, Rapid no longer are.... When they were taken over by Conrad a lot of people were very negative about the future. I kept my fingers crossed but unfortunately the doom-mongers have been proved correct... OK, so they have more stock but most of the new lines are way over-priced and a lot come from Germany on 5-7 day deliveries so not much use if you need things in any sort of a hurry. A lot of the lines they were very good on have been cut and while previously you wouldn't even bother comparing them on price to Farnell, now they are often more expensive or the same price but with a higher small order charge. But, the main thing. Speed. Or lack thereof. They say any orders placed by 7pm will go the same day. I would say a rude word but I'd best not. I've just placed an order before 3pm - still 'Waiting'. My previous order was 1:30pm, again didn't go until the following day. None of my recent orders have been shipped the same day so what used to be a reliable source of parts has now become a lottery, especially at this time of year when post is unlikely to be next day. It's looking like an order placed early Thursday afternoon will now not be received until Tuesday at the earliest - anyone in manufacturing knows that those sort of delays are unacceptable.