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Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:59 pm
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com>
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I'd put off shipping for as long as possible when ordering parts off
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing.
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing.
You'll be finding parts getting harder to get as distributors reduce
their stock and manufacturers reduce output as the recession gets
deeper. We're finding many ICs going on allocation which means 3 month
lead times. If it gets as bad as the late 90s, common resistors and
capacitors will go on allocation.
D from BC
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Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:37 pm
In article <z9SdnQiJ9tH_WvDWnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d_at_earthlink.com>,
regor_at_midwest.net says...
Quote:
"D from BC" <myrealaddress_at_comic.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25d7639233cacff7989688_at_209.197.12.12...
I'd put off shipping for as long as possible when ordering parts off
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing. :P
--
D from BC
British Columbia
You're supposed to place the order before the items are obsolete! Did you
have many vacuum tubes on the list? :-)
RogerN
I ordered spearheads, stone axes and fire.
They had it in stock a month ago and now it's a 3 month lead time.
Dinosaurs are out of stock too.
Probably something to do with God not wanting to be Jesus to be fed to a
T-Rex eating machine.
Jesus's head sticking out of a T-Rex mouth would be a sadder church
statue than a guy nailed up on a cross.
Sure rotting bodies on crosses made for a dramatic statement (Don't mess
with Romans), but a chained up T-rex pooping piles of human bones might
be more frightening.
(btw..the bible should have had some word about the health hazards of
bodies on crosses.)
Maybe Jesus could have been resurrected by passing through the T-rex.
(And after 3 days of digestion, the lord did returnth.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism
John Larkin
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Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:06 pm
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:20:31 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com>
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In article <97rrm5p16vqq161shs77u234kkggii4kjf_at_4ax.com>,
speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat says...
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:11:05 -0800, the renowned John Larkin
jjlarkin_at_highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com
wrote:
I'd put off shipping for as long as possible when ordering parts off
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing. :P
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
John
If I place 5 orders for $40 each I'd pay $200 + $40 in shipping
(5 x $8 each). One order for $200 and it's free. Worth a bit of
consideration, IMO, particularly if it's just consolidating a week's
worth of stuff. A lot of stuff isn't needed overnight.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
That's the atitude I was using.
If the parts are not needed now, stall,stall stall... The savings is
supposed to add up but.... I'm discovering Digistock is too chaotic to
do that too long. Maybe just my bad luck with the parts I picked or
Digistock varies like the wind. Dunno.
Another reason I like stalling on shipments is:
It's happened many times where while waiting for my delivery, I would
improve and change my design to the point of making my ordered parts
useless. I'd receive a box of junk.. Fk.. And have to order again.
speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat says...
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:11:05 -0800, the renowned John Larkin
jjlarkin_at_highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com
wrote:
I'd put off shipping for as long as possible when ordering parts off
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing. :P
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
John
If I place 5 orders for $40 each I'd pay $200 + $40 in shipping
(5 x $8 each). One order for $200 and it's free. Worth a bit of
consideration, IMO, particularly if it's just consolidating a week's
worth of stuff. A lot of stuff isn't needed overnight.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
That's the atitude I was using.
If the parts are not needed now, stall,stall stall... The savings is
supposed to add up but.... I'm discovering Digistock is too chaotic to
do that too long. Maybe just my bad luck with the parts I picked or
Digistock varies like the wind. Dunno.
Another reason I like stalling on shipments is:
It's happened many times where while waiting for my delivery, I would
improve and change my design to the point of making my ordered parts
useless. I'd receive a box of junk.. Fk.. And have to order again.
The logical extension of that is to never finish a design.
John
D from BC
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Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:24 am
My designs have a designed design end.
If that makes sense...
Means that I have to make an end to the project otherwise I'll keep on
improving and altering for an unknown amount of time.
But sometimes I just have to tweeek, the BOM changes and then I have to
order more parts..
D from BC
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Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:43 am
In article <7ugtm55e9l72jgjfg5khb86u20jvd45q23_at_4ax.com>, spam_at_spam.com
says...
Quote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com
wrote:
I'd put off shipping for as long as possible when ordering parts off
Digikey.ca.
I'd add a part one week...add a part another week.. etc.
I was stalling on shipping for months. Order was over $140.
Then the pita started to build up.
Items were starting to be no longer available and/or long lead times.
There was an intolerable amount of missing stock at Digi that I have to
transfer my order to Mouser which has stock.
Lessons learned.
Ship asap before it disappears on Digikey.
Good thing I'm not doing a small production run. I'd be part starved by
Digikey.
Mouser wins this time.
Trust nothing. :P
How is Mouser for Canadian orders price wise on delivery. Do you get
dinged with a large delivery charge like brokerage, customs?
You might also try
http://canada.newark.com/
Twelve bucks flat rate over night shipping.No brokerage or other
customs BS fees.
I'm only now digging into Mouser shipping details.
By the looks of it, they can ship by USPS and I suppose when I get the
package I'll have to pay iirc $12.00 Canada Post brokerage.
Thanks.. Forgot about those Newark guys..
I'll test out my order to see if they have stock or at the least shorter
lead times than Digikey.
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D from BC
British Columbia
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