Remember Olimex? They're Still Great AVR Boards...

[Ice-Tea]

There is not enough detail here.

Not enough detail? What do you want more???

I sell T&M stuff. It's sold to the same public that roams this place. No illiterates there. Also: I'm telling you UPS lost the package. I'm not sure why you think more information is required.

Also: of the 20 packages shipped with UPS over the last 12months, they lost 2. That's 10%.

None of this is relevant to Olimex not shipping < €200 to the UK.

It isn't? I'm consider not to ship to the UK anymore because it is loosing me money but you can't see the relevance to another company in the same situation?

As for orders to the US: zero lost packages, zero problems.

[peter-h]

of the 20 packages shipped with UPS over the last 12months, they lost 2. That's 10%.

I suspect your business model is selecting customers of a certain kind

You mention you sell on Ebay. Go figure One has to be very careful there. I looked at your Ebay store (in your sig) and can't see an obvious problem, so something else must be going on.

[Ice-Tea]

Or, you know, hear me out... Neither I nor my customers are idiots and things are the way I describe them.

[peter-h]

OK let me put it a different way.

If UPS lost 20% of packages, would they still be in business?

Even if they lost 20% going to the UK, only?

[Ice-Tea]

Did I claim they lose that many on average? Obviously not.

My experiences are what they are. The only point I tried to make is that if companies encounter UK trade related problems and decide it's not worth it there may be other reasons besides brexit punishment and incompetence.

I'm well aware my experience may not line up with yours or others. It's a level of empathy I can only recommend.

Having said that, I'm kinda done with this.

[Doctorandus_P]

I've been thinking about using the ubiquitous "transistor tester" as a general purpose development board. There are many variants, both with monochrome and with color dot matrix LCD's and also with the good old HD44780, and it has an atmega 8 (328?) (or clone). Similar for the DSO138 or DSO Nano. Higher resolution TFT LCD, and the kit is mass produced in China which keeps the price down.

And yes, I do remember Olimex. Right now I have a Lime 2 lying on my desk next to me.