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D from BC
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Guest
Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:32 pm
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
RogerN
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Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:47 pm
"D from BC" <myrealaddress_at_comic.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25d7639233cacff7989688_at_209.197.12.12...
Quote:
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
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
John Larkin
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Guest
Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:11 pm
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com>
wrote:
Quote:
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.
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
John
D Yuniskis
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Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:57 pm
John Larkin wrote:
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
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
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?
Agreed. Digikey used to have a minimum order amount (that
*seems* to have disappeared). So, if I just needed a handful
of hi-temp caps, I'd wait and add it to a later order. (I think
the "small order surcharge" was ~$5... outrageous when you're
only looking to buy $3 worth of caps! OTOH, processing that
order costs them money so... :< )
I still like the ~$25 target for an order as otherwise I
have a hard time keeping track of what I have ordered and
what I have already received (and what has yet to be ordered),
etc. If I need something in a hurry, I'll pick it up locally
and pay the premium for the parts. Otherwise, it's easy to
come up with a $25 list of "piddly stuff" each month.
(pay in advance with a check to save the $5 postage)
Guest
Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:08 pm
On Feb 6, 2:32 pm, D from BC <myrealaddr...@comic.com> wrote:
Quote:
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
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
Um, duh?
Spehro Pefhany
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:32 am
On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:11:05 -0800, the renowned John Larkin
<jjlarkin_at_highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
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
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
John
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
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Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
TTman
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Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:46 am
"D from BC" <myrealaddress_at_comic.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.25d7639233cacff7989688_at_209.197.12.12...
Quote:
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
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
Save a cent, lose a dollar ?
D from BC
Guest
Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:17 am
In article <u4jrm51o7nnbrkodoojopfibnuvpr1eal6_at_4ax.com>,
jjlarkin_at_highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.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
Why go to that much trouble to save an amount that won't buy a decent
chocolate bar or draft beer?
John
Yeah.. I aimed to decrease shipping frequency to save money.
But...That wasn't the only thing at play.
I kept juggling my design and the BOM changed frequently.
Robert Baer
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:29 pm
D from BC wrote:
Quote:
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
Compare the paper catalogs; the Mouser catalog has nice stiff
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
Compare the paper catalogs; the Mouser catalog has nice stiff
dividers that additionally has a section directory: by section type and
then by manufacturer.
And almost always alphabetically sorted in each section type.
Almost faster to find something WRT the web on dial-up.
DigiKey catalog? fergeddit!
Robert Baer
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:30 pm
RogerN wrote:
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
Yes...6SN7s anyone?
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
Yes...6SN7s anyone?
((just kidding))
Robert Baer
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:33 pm
TTman wrote:
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
Save a cent, lose a dollar ?
Are you talking about the "replace a junker" program?
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
Save a cent, lose a dollar ?
Are you talking about the "replace a junker" program?
Hammy
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:47 pm
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:32:22 -0800, D from BC <myrealaddress_at_comic.com>
wrote:
Quote:
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.
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.
MooseFET
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Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:03 pm
On Feb 7, 4:30 am, Robert Baer <robertb...@localnet.com> wrote:
Quote:
RogerN wrote:
"D from BC" <myrealaddr...@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
Yes...6SN7s anyone?
((just kidding))
"D from BC" <myrealaddr...@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
Yes...6SN7s anyone?
((just kidding))
With a 6SN7 you can make a flip-flop.
I suspect that a compute made from them would draw more than a Pentium
does.
D from BC
Guest
Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:20 pm
In article <97rrm5p16vqq161shs77u234kkggii4kjf_at_4ax.com>,
speffSNIP_at_interlogDOTyou.knowwhat says...
Quote:
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 $200 and it's free. Worth a bit of
consideration, IMO, particularly if it's just consolidating a week's
worth of stuff. A lot of stuff isn't needed overnight.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
That's the atitude I was using.
If the parts are not needed now, stall,stall stall... The savings is
supposed to add up but.... I'm discovering Digistock is too chaotic to
do that too long. Maybe just my bad luck with the parts I picked or
Digistock varies like the wind. Dunno.
Another reason I like stalling on shipments is:
It's happened many times where while waiting for my delivery, I would
improve and change my design to the point of making my ordered parts
useless. I'd receive a box of junk.. Fk.. And have to order again.
--
D from BC
British Columbia
D from BC
Guest
Guest
Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:28 pm
In article <njmbn.216907$NW.210407_at_newsfe08.ams2>,
someone.pc_at_ntlworld.com 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
Save a cent, lose a dollar ?
Reminds me of the time....
I needed $1 to feed a parking meter at 5pm
The meter is free after 6pm
I only had a $2.00 coin.
For the area, I estimated it would take about 10 minutes to get change.
I popped in the $2.00 coin.
Wasted a dollar to save 10 minutes.
--
D from BC
British Columbia
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