This is a heads up to anyone that buys electronic parts, stay the fuck away from these assholes:
http://futurlec.com/
I needed to restock the MIDI parts and found this Futurlec site and it looked good and had good prices ( the hook) and seemed to be very well stocked so i placed a $160 order IN DECEMBER. Now considering the company is in Australia i knew it would take approx 15 to twenty days to get here so i wasn't too worried i guess. Well when 30 days went by i started wondering what was going on so i sent them an e-mail and got this reply:
Dear Peter
20 74HC574
20 80C31
10 27C64-150
20 93C46
1 LEDPACK
1 ELEPACK
1 RES14WPACK
2 ICSPACK
Your order is complete, except for these above items.
A new shipment will arrive at our warehouse in 1-2 weeks when your order is shipped.
Should you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact us
Best Regards
Amp
Futurlec
http://www.futurlec.com
So after a month 99% of the order wasn't even filled and they were waiting for the parts to arrive?
This pissed me off. For one thing there was no indication on their site that they were engaging in drop shipping ( i believe i bitched about this in an other thread). Secondly there was no indication on the site that they DON'T stock the parts.
I sent them another e-mail today but i am not holding my breath anymore, i am basically writing this off as a scam which i got burned on. Looking on the web i see many other people had problems with these assholes, though some did get their orders filled it took forever. Also their contact info page only lists fax numbers, no phone numbers at all.
I also requested in my first e-mail to them that if they couldn't fill the order and ship immediately to refund my money, and what do you think i get? Dick.
DON'T do business with these guys. Take my word for it.