Digikey is more geared towards corporate buyers, hence
discounts for parts bought in multiples of a thousand!
I actually have had very good experiences with them.
But then I never order less than $30 of stuff from
them. On the plus side, you can BS them for "samples"
sometimes. I gota bunch of different knobs this way
once, another time I got a couple of lengths of
resistors on tape reels(for machine insertion). Now
that Radio Shack is getting out of the electronic geek
market in favor of cell phones and tiny RC cars, ya
gotta go online. Markertek.com is another great source
of cables, adapters and such. Though some of the gear
is MSRP, most things like switchcraft and neutrik
plugs, are cheaper than anything you will find.
--- eric <
pauloakenfold666@...> wrote:
> I just had a bad expierence with Digi Key the
> makers of Battery
> Holders useful if your Poly's battery craps out.
>
> They wanted to charge me $.97 for the holder +
> $5.00 fee for orders
> under five dollars + $5.00 shipping. C'mon the thing
> weighs .11
> pounds if your gonna charge me a $5 fee don't jack
> me on the shipping
> as well.
> As soon as I questioned the lady on the phone about
> this, she became
> really short with her answers and tryed to get me
> off the phone in a
> rude manor. I told her I was going to shop around.
>
> This place is much less expensive.
> http://www.action-electronics.com/batcomp.htm#Holder
>
> They don't charge a fee and are willing to ship via
> USPS ground
>
> Sorry for the rant but that lady reallp pissed me
> off
>
>
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