[sdiy] Digikey bags

[Jean-Pierre Desrochers]

Using Mouser, if you want a fast 1-2 days delivery time you need to pay $20 for FedEx.

If you want to pay no more than $8.00 for shipping then it's USPS shipping with 1-2 WEEKS..
Very annoying.

I'm located in Canada.

Mouser helps buyers with big orders often exceeding $100..
No shipping cost and better prices.
Digikey has higher prices but with very small orders and 1-2day FedEx delivery at $8.00CAD
I prefer that..

 

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De : Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] De la part de mark verbos via Synth-diy
Envoyé : 27 mai 2021 04:27
À : David G Dixon
Cc : synth-diy at synth-diy.org
Objet : Re: [sdiy] Digikey bags

 

Now is as good a time as any to ignite the Synth-Diy equivalent of Mac vs. PC…..

Why would anyone choose DigiKey over Mouser? Is this a Canadian thing? The search engine sucks and the prices are higher! ( not that it matters if nothing is in stock until July 2022)

 

Mouser also gives its customers a ludicrous amount of packaging, especially bags. 

 

Mark

 

 

 

> On May 27, 2021, at 9:01 AM, David G Dixon via Synth-diy < <mailto:synth-diy at synth-diy.org> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> 

> Hey SDIY Team,

>  

> Sorry to interrupt all the Monty Python riffing, but I've got a fairly unconventional question, which I would guess many of you have also pondered:

>  

> What do you do with all of your Digikey bags?

>  

> I just ordered 100 each of about 54 different values of 1% resistors for my two Dome filter designs, and I transferred the resistors from the bags they came in to the bags I already had brightly labelled in red Sharpie ink.  Somehow, I seem to be left with what looks like about 2000 empty bags.  Some of the resistors were packed in 10 bags of 10 inside a bigger bag.  Some were in 4 bags of 25 in a bigger bag.  Quite a few were in a small bag of 100 placed inside a bigger bag with an identical label.

>  

> I can imagine blue Digikey bags flowing out of my doors and windows like so much flood water if I make too many more Digikey orders.  I've already got shoeboxes of the damn things stored all over my garage.  I hate just dumping them in the recycling bin, or (heaven forfend) the trash.

>  

> Cheers,

> Dave Dixon

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