[kwlug-disc] OT: Mouser electronics experiences?

[CrankyOldBugger]

Hooray!  It's not just me!


On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:23 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Huh! Spoke too soon! I am now getting this trying to get past the login
> window.
> "https://www.digikey.ca/404"
> and when I go to the home page, I get three and can then navigate to other
> pages.
> Odd.
>
> Ron S.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:16 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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