[sdiy] Digi-Key

[Erik Dower]

I can’t recall the reasoning, but I get hit with a 20€ brokerage fee when I receive a package from Digikey in Germany, in addition to any shipping fees. For this reason, I always buy from Mouser unless they don’t have the part I need.

epk

> On Aug 15, 2018, at 8:41 PM, MTG <grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> He may be referring to customs/brokerage and other sundry charges that seem loosely tied to the senders paperwork and/or the shipping method used.
> 
> On 8/15/2018 11:03 AM, Colin Hinz wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018, mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
>>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018, mark verbos wrote:
>>>> Why does anyone like Digikey? Is it a Canadian thing? I also hate their
>>>> search system.I use Mouser for almost everything. They usually have the best
>>>> price and the search engine is very usable. 
>>> 
>>> I rarely buy from Digi-Key because I don't like their overzealous efforts
>>> to enforce their interpretation of US export control laws.  However, I
>>> prefer their parametric search over anybody else's.  Mouser, for instance,
>>> has no data dictionary and badly needs one - e.g. some resistors recorded
>>> as "1/4 W" while others are "250 mW" (other examples of the problem are
>>> harder to deal with, but that's an easy one to describe), so that in
>>> general when doing a search you have to read the whole long list of
>>> options and flag all that might possibly be relevant.  Newark element14
>>> has too many wasted clicks and annoying pop-ups.  No major distributor's
>>> parametric search is really pleasant to use but I've had least annoyance
>>> with Digi-Key's.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Matthew Skala
>> US export control laws? I don't recall running into that whenever I
>> order from Digi-Key. Can you please elaborate?
>> - Colin (in Toronto)
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