On 2020-11-25 11:11 a.m., Tom Phillips wrote:
Dave,
Regarding your question "How are places like Mouser and Digikey with small time onsie-twosie buyers..."
I have found that they are amazingly cooperative with small orders. I have been refurbishing many of my personal test equipment units each of which need a variety of replacement electrolytic caps. I end up ordering "kits" of parts after spending a significant amount of time using the search engines on the supplier's web site to find high quality replacements of suitable size and value. I choose only "in stock" parts because the stated manufacturers lead time for non stocked parts is just an estimate and usually requires a substantial minimum order quantity. I also want my "kit" to arrive complete so I can get on with the project. During my last order I found that Mouser didn't quite have all the parts I needed but Newark did and the Newark pricing was better. Digikey is a good supplier too. I just haven't needed to use them recently.
+1. I use Digikey constantly, they will ship a single part just as
efficiently as 10,000. I've had (free) deliveries of tiny orders within
11 hours of ordering.
Just a happy customer.
--T
Tom
