[kwlug-disc] OT: Mouser electronics experiences?

[Ron Singh]

Works for me,got the home page quickly, but getting the login window did
take about 8-9 seconds.
My Digikey cookies were cleared since the last time I used this laptop(3
days ago).

Ron S.



On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 8:57 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Did I pick a bad time to check out https://www.digikey.ca ?  I keep
> getting 403 errors.
>
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:36 PM R. Brent Clements <rbclemen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have purchased 3 or 4 times from Mouser in the last 5 years.  It has
>> been more than a decade since I purchased from Digikey.  Never had any
>> problems with either.  I admit that I did choose Mouser initially when I
>> saw they had a local office, and was surprised when it shipped from Texas
>> (I think), but it was reasonably timely.
>>
>> Brent
>>
>> On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 19:25, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I also have good results shopping at Future Electronics.
>>> (https://www.futureelectronics.com/)
>>> Weirdly, I have had 2 recent purchases for BJTs, FETs and other
>>> discretes coming in at a lower price than my usual go-to, Mouser.
>>> Yep, the holy trinity, Digi-Key, Mouser and Future.
>>> Now, does anyone have a decent lead on best-priced-place to get Vishay
>>> caps?
>>> Them things are pretty dear:-(
>>>
>>> Ron S.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:53 PM Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)
>>> via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On May 9, 2023, at 6:35 PM, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I was looking at buying some electronics parts and noticed Sayal
>>>> > didn't have what I needed, but found mouser.ca and noticed they're in
>>>> > Kitchener. Has anyone been there, do they have a physical store you
>>>> > can walk in, or is this a warehouse you just order online from?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Good evening, Charles,
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately no. The Kitchener location is only sales/support offices.
>>>> They ship out of the US, just like Digi-Key. That said, both of these
>>>> companies are very, very good. I find Mouser’s prices to be slightly
>>>> cheaper in general, but Digi-Key’s search and site are much, much better. I
>>>> often end up using Digi-Key’s site to find what I’m after, then
>>>> spot-checking Mouser’s prices and if the price difference is great enough
>>>> (and I get both carts over the free shipping thresholds) I’ll often buy
>>>> from Mouser.
>>>>
>>>> -A.
>>>>
>>>>
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