Buying computer bits

Dabs have been claiming for the last couple of weeks that one of the items in my order was expected to come into stock in 1-2 days. So I've cancelled the order; after that long it's not uncertain lead times any more, it's just lying to customers.

So where do people buy their computer bits from currently?

(In the light of some of the comments below I should add that I don't have a corporate account, and don't buy in the kind of volume that persuades account managers to sit up and beg.)

Operation Bayonet

“The collateral damage assessment included: one KGB officer, four PLO security men, one free lance assassin, and two team members”. Mostly the article is about why unregulated death squads are more effective, but the account of what they did is an interesting read nonetheless.

The BBC program on the subject the other night (which I only just watched) was interesting too, though the reports that suggest it revealed the role of Erika Chambers for the first time can't have Googled for her.