ORIGINAL: Artisan
Metric nuts and bolts are still a PITA to find over here, Dar. Even in this day and age. Then, when you do find them, they want some highly inflated price for them.
Ed,
If you try Microfasteners and RTL, you will see the availability of metric fasteners is not very different from that of Imperial sizes.
The prices are not very different either.
Maybe some local suppliers in your area don't hold a big supply of metric sizes.
...A pita in may country is a flat, pocket like bread, in which you can put falafel balls, potato fries, tkhina and salad...
Or you can wipe Humus off your plate and eat...<GGG>