[sdiy] Digikey bags

[MTG]

I'd be curious how that works out. I suspect DigiKey is more 
Canada-aware being in North Dakota. Mouser is in Texas. Maybe people in 
Mexico get better service from Digikey? I haven't bought electronics in 
Canada since the Active Components days.

In the US I find that's Mouser's 2-day Fedex is pretty cheap and 
obviously fast. I don't know if there is a free Mouser shipping option 
and didn't know that DigiKey had one either.

As for the bags, I agree that the giant labels make them un-reusable for 
most things. Even if they placed the labels "higher up" it would help 
because then you could cut that segment of the bag off and still have a 
portion of usable bag left.

GB

On 5/27/2021 1:35 AM, David G Dixon via Synth-diy wrote:
> Mark, it's down to pure habit.  I found what I needed on Digikey and the
> delivery was hyperfast, and I love the free shipping for orders over $100,
> and they pay the duties and customs, etc, etc.  I suppose Mouser does all
> the same things, and maybe I'll try them next time, if the prices are
> better.
>
>   
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark verbos [mailto:markverbos at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 1:27 AM
> To: David G Dixon
> Cc: synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Digikey bags
>
> [CAUTION: Non-UBC Email]
>
> 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
> <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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