Earlier this month I wrote about the incoming changes to the Royal Mail parcel/packet services . I mentioned that I was writing to my MP and Ofcom, and I have had replies from both. The one organisation I wrote to about this that did not bother responding was, wait for it…Royal Mail. I complained about […]
EDIT>>I consider this method to be obsolete now – a much simpler, cleaner and non-destructive method is to use sleeves around the bush. You can find the write-up here. Here is a quick guide for an easy way to fix oversized tuner holes so push in bushes fit nice and snug. I would suggest doing […]
The new Mighty Mite shipment is on the way. It was supposed to ship Friday but due to UPS leaving out some pertinent information when setting up my account it was delayed until yesterday when I instructed my usual carrier DHL to collect. Projected arrival is Friday. There are unfortunately a few things that Mighty […]
In October 2012 SBE (Sprague Barre Electronics) sold the Orange Drop capacitor line to Cornell Dubilier. http://www.sbelectronics.com/2012/10…-dubilier-cde/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb9965785.htm For the time being production stays at the SBE plant but in time will move to “other CDE manufacturing locations.” Brief SBE history “SB Electronics is a former Sprague Electric manufacturing plant. In 1986 SBE purchased the […]
Last year Royal Mail had a very extreme shake up of their services. The headlines focused on the increase in price of First and Second Class letters, however in all honesty those increases were not unreasonable. What was totally overlooked by the media was the removal of all weight bands below 750g for small parcels. […]
I will be posting about each new product individually over the coming week, but here is an overview of the new products we have received in this shipment. First a note that Wilkinson Deluxe Kluson style Machine Heads are back in stock in chrome. Now on to the new stuff. Staying with machine heads, we […]
A list of last recommended posting dates can be found on the Royal Mail Website In summary we are recommending the following last order dates for customers : UK Wednesday 19 December : 1st Class and Recorded Signed For Monday 17 December : Courier orders International Sunday 9 December : Canada, Eastern Europe and USA […]
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I assume that the blog has become a target for spambots due to the La Cabronita S1 switch alternate wiring post being linked on a few forums/blogs. This is great, as I am obviously getting some traffic from actual human beings from the links. It’s not so great that I’m getting 100+ spam comments a […]
Public Service Announcement: Pending regulatory changes, Royal Mail may soon be opting every household in the UK in to the “Delivery To Neighbour” scheme. If you do not want your private and confidential mail, and Recorded Delivery items, left with a neighbour, make sure you use the “Opt Out” form linked on the page. FAQs […]
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