Sphere is nasty if you’re not in the US or Canada.
For one $5 tek IC they wanted to charge me $40 carriage with no insurance.
They were obliging when I asked them to cut corners to reduce shipping costs - at my time/risk, of course.
I didn't get graced with a response the last time. I ended up buying another scope for parts for less! ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif.pagespeed.ce._hfWAz_QHO.gif)
Yeah the other option would be to find a donor, but they are too expensive in the UK & usually in poor condition too, also no guarantee of finding the correct parts. There has been a few sold in the UK this year, no idea what happens too them as I never see any posts about restoring/repairing them afterwards.
I got shipping quotes (for a dozen boards) of $102 for express post & $68 for regular post from Sphere, I always go with regular post for stuff from either the US or Canada the premium post just isn't worth it, plus we get charged 20% tax on the shipping too. Been a very long time since I've had something lost with the regular post from the US.
USPS is stupid expensive for Priority International these days as it doesn't have a rate below 1lb, hence shit loads of US ePay listings with $60-70 post for tiny items.
David
P.S. I did ask if they had a few other boards for the HP counters, I got a fairly quick reply to say they only have the display boards.