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Robert Baer
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:10 pm Post subject:
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Ol' Duffer wrote:
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Their pricing doth truly suck sometimes, but on the good
side they stock most of the stuff in their catalogs (and
then some), as opposed to some "other" distributors whose
catalogs might be characterized as vaporware.
I wonder sometimes how much they spend printing catalogs
every two months, which always seemed excessive to me.
I'd have thought twice a year would be plenty.
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If you noticed, each newer catalog has *more* parts; more brands, more
variety, more types, etc.
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject:
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"Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@trailing-edge.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | For the past several years I've irregularly posted my experiences
ordering over the web from several catalog houses/surplus suppliers
with online ordering.
My hope in doing this was not just to give pointers to other
small-timers like myself as to which ones are the best sites, but to
give feedback to the companies to get them to improve their
interfaces.
But since my first online order (1997 or so) one outfit has risen way
above the others: Digikey. Digikey's website leaves all the others in
the dust. Their search engine and selection forms for picking out
components is simply superb, and is getting better all the time. If I
want to know what X5R dielectric capacitors are available in 0402 form
factor, the answer is just a couple of clicks and a few seconds away.
This is simply amazing.
Semiconductor search is not quite so slick, but I cannot blame Digikey
for not trying. They do a good job, especially seeing as how 7
different vendors describe their similar parts with slightly different
wording. For product lines where categorization and selection menus
might be able to work well, they've coerced everything into selection
menus that are simply superb. And datasheets and sometimes photos are
always just a mouse click away for the real comparison.
Don't get me wrong: Newark, Mouser, Allied, Jameco, and a few others
that I order over the web from have pretty good web-order-entry
systems. They've all improved since they first began taking orders
over
the web. Many of them now have near-real-time stock and shipping
status. They let me do my hobby shopping at home at night without
having to call during the day. But they have pretty much zero search
and selection ability.
Digikey, keep doing it right!
Tim.
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Now, if their prices were only as low as Mouser's.. |
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject:
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"Eric Smith" <eric@brouhaha.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Tim Shoppa wrote:
But since my first online order (1997 or so) one outfit has risen
way
above the others: Digikey. Digikey's website leaves all the others
in
the dust.
Agreed. Digikey and Mouser are my main suppliers. As a rule of
thumb,
if you can't get it from Digikey or Mouser, it doesn't really exist.
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That's pure nonsense. I've tried to get specialized semi's from both,
and having failed that, I've found what I needed at other online
sources. One recent example comes to mind: Futurlec. www.futurlec.com
has a number of things much cheaper than D-K or M - and they're
international.
Another is ultrabright LEDs. D-K or M have nothing worthwhile. You
have to go to another supplier to get 'em.
And maybe the best example is the source(s) of many of our small qty
parts: Ebay. ;-)
But on Ebay, read *all* the info in the auction. I see shysters,
especially foreign shysters, who will sell you parts dirt cheap, and rip
you off with the shipping/handling. :-(
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:
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"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:421AE92D.6F121965@earthlink.net...
| Quote: | Ol' Duffer wrote:
Their pricing doth truly suck sometimes, but on the good
side they stock most of the stuff in their catalogs (and
then some), as opposed to some "other" distributors whose
catalogs might be characterized as vaporware.
I wonder sometimes how much they spend printing catalogs
every two months, which always seemed excessive to me.
I'd have thought twice a year would be plenty.
If you noticed, each newer catalog has *more* parts; more brands,
more
variety, more types, etc.
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.... Higher prices, less quantity price breaks, etc., etc. Oh, did I
mention, higher prices..
I just love wotking on the PCs in our Purchasing Dept. :-/ They have a
whole shelf full of janitorial supply catalogs. Just think, if we could
only gwt all these catalogs and paper towels recycled, we'd save a whole
continent of forests.. |
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Pig Bladder
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:23:55 -0800, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark
| Quote: | And maybe the best example is the source(s) of many of our small qty
parts: Ebay. ;-)
But on Ebay, read *all* the info in the auction. I see shysters,
especially foreign shysters, who will sell you parts dirt cheap, and rip
you off with the shipping/handling. :-(
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It is morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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The Pig Bladder From Uranus, Still Waiting for
Some Hot Babe to Ask What My Favorite Planet Is. |
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Bill M
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject:
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Robert Baer wrote:
| Quote: | Ol' Duffer wrote:
I wonder sometimes how much they spend printing catalogs
every two months, which always seemed excessive to me.
I'd have thought twice a year would be plenty.
If you noticed, each newer catalog has *more* parts; more brands, more
variety, more types, etc.
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I wonder how long Mouser can keep up the quarterly catalogs. They are
getting huge these days! About 3 times the size of what they were just
2-3 years ago.
I'm not griping mind you, but I'd hate to have to do all my daydreaming
and parts selections online.
-Bill |
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Spehro Pefhany
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject:
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:30:27 -0800, the renowned "Watson A.Name -
\"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
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"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:421AE92D.6F121965@earthlink.net...
Ol' Duffer wrote:
Their pricing doth truly suck sometimes, but on the good
side they stock most of the stuff in their catalogs (and
then some), as opposed to some "other" distributors whose
catalogs might be characterized as vaporware.
I wonder sometimes how much they spend printing catalogs
every two months, which always seemed excessive to me.
I'd have thought twice a year would be plenty.
If you noticed, each newer catalog has *more* parts; more brands,
more
variety, more types, etc.
... Higher prices, less quantity price breaks, etc., etc. Oh, did I
mention, higher prices..
I just love wotking on the PCs in our Purchasing Dept. :-/ They have a
whole shelf full of janitorial supply catalogs. Just think, if we could
only gwt all these catalogs and paper towels recycled, we'd save a whole
continent of forests..
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Those janitorial supply guys have *really* high prices. Between
telephone directories, Mouser, Digikey, trade rags, paper packing and
EEM, the recycling box is never hungry. A few printouts don't amount
to much, and the few newspapers tend to get used for packing, which is
lighter than that recycled paper packing that Digikey uses.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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Tim Shoppa
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | Have a look at the Farnell
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I spent some time playing around with the Farnell/Newark web selectors
and they actually are pretty decent. Just like Digikey, they sometime
get tripped up by obscure numbering (for example, Newark/Farnell
calling 0603 size SMT parts 603 in many instances) or other gotchas,
but in principle the two mechanisms seem to be approximately
equivalent.
So, attaboy Newark/Farnell! Maybe they'll get more than one order
every 5 years from me now :-)
Tim. |
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Daniel Haude
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject:
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["Followup-To:" header set to sci.electronics.design.]
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:33:16 -0000,
Leon Heller <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote
in Msg. <4219ff3d$0$2762$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com>
| Quote: | and selection ability.
Digikey, keep doing it right!
Have a look at the Farnell and RS websites (UK):
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You've got to be kidding. I find the RS website impossible to use. I
always refer to the printed catalog. Also they want me to register to
access data sheets etc.
Of course it's easy to just punch in a part number and get taken to the
appropriate result. But if you're searching a bit less specific -- say,
for a certain kind of connector you've seen somewhere, everything falls
apart because there's no such thing as a parametric search engine. Turning
tha pages of the paper catalog is much quicker.
--Daniel |
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RST Engineering
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:
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I remember Jerry Mouser in his claptrap pickup truck peddling "jappo crappo"
capacitors and resistors out of the bed of the truck at a lot of the
companies in San Diego in the late '60s.
Things have changed...
Jim
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Leon Heller
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Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:03 pm Post subject:
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"Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@trailing-edge.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Have a look at the Farnell
I spent some time playing around with the Farnell/Newark web selectors
and they actually are pretty decent. Just like Digikey, they sometime
get tripped up by obscure numbering (for example, Newark/Farnell
calling 0603 size SMT parts 603 in many instances) or other gotchas,
but in principle the two mechanisms seem to be approximately
equivalent.
So, attaboy Newark/Farnell! Maybe they'll get more than one order
every 5 years from me now :-)
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The nice thing about Farnell is that they don't charge for normal delivery
and I usually get what I order the following day. That's in the UK, of
course.
Leon |
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Robert Baer
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Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject:
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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
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"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:421AE92D.6F121965@earthlink.net...
Ol' Duffer wrote:
Their pricing doth truly suck sometimes, but on the good
side they stock most of the stuff in their catalogs (and
then some), as opposed to some "other" distributors whose
catalogs might be characterized as vaporware.
I wonder sometimes how much they spend printing catalogs
every two months, which always seemed excessive to me.
I'd have thought twice a year would be plenty.
If you noticed, each newer catalog has *more* parts; more brands,
more
variety, more types, etc.
... Higher prices, less quantity price breaks, etc., etc. Oh, did I
mention, higher prices..
I just love wotking on the PCs in our Purchasing Dept. :-/ They have a
whole shelf full of janitorial supply catalogs. Just think, if we could
only gwt all these catalogs and paper towels recycled, we'd save a whole
continent of forests..
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....and if all spam could be stopped, trillions of dollars per year would
be saved, as well as all of the power required to run all of the
involved computers. |
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Bill M
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Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:
Re: Digikey doth truly rule |
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Robert Baer wrote:
| Quote: | I just love wotking on the PCs in our Purchasing Dept. :-/ They have a
whole shelf full of janitorial supply catalogs. Just think, if we could
only gwt all these catalogs and paper towels recycled, we'd save a whole
continent of forests..
...and if all spam could be stopped, trillions of dollars per year would
be saved, as well as all of the power required to run all of the
involved computers.
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Think of the unemployment that would result.
:)
-Bill |
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Michael A. Terrell
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Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:
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Bill M wrote:
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Robert Baer wrote:
...and if all spam could be stopped, trillions of dollars per year would
be saved, as well as all of the power required to run all of the
involved computers.
Think of the unemployment that would result.
:)
-Bill
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Think about all the extra bandwidth on the net after the spam died!
So what if some sleaze balls stare to death? They should have had
honest jobs like cleaning toilets and digging ditches.
--
Beware of those who suffer from delusions of adequacy!
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida |
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Bill M
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Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject:
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
| Quote: | Bill M wrote:
Robert Baer wrote:
...and if all spam could be stopped, trillions of dollars per year would
be saved, as well as all of the power required to run all of the
involved computers.
Think of the unemployment that would result.
:)
-Bill
Think about all the extra bandwidth on the net after the spam died!
So what if some sleaze balls stare to death? They should have had
honest jobs like cleaning toilets and digging ditches.
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What about all the honest workers like power company employees who have
a job thanks to spam? Should they also "stare to death"?
:)
-Bill |
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