Re: gEDA-user: alarm clock update

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 9, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
>>    I find them to be the easiest to deal with, personally.  Who do
>> you call "normal" distributors?  I've done business with Allied,
>> Arrow, Avnet, and Newark,
>
> There is also NuHorizians, Shuster (sp?), Sager in this area as
> well.

   Thanks, I will check them out.

>   There was All American that went bell-up when they
> changed their ERP system, and no longer had any idea who
> ordered what or who they should pay.  They have been bought
> now, but all of the people that knew what was going on,
> left the company.

   Ahh, suitly software decisions that kill companies.  Gotta love  
that. :-(

>> and their pricing is almost always much
>> higher and they're usually more difficult to deal with.  If there's
>> anyone better, I'd love to hear about them.
>
> Can't say they are better, but for some things, like .1 uF SMT caps
> for example, we might buy over 100,000 a year, which to me
> Digikey is not the best for.

   Yay bypass caps! :-)

> As for Digikey pricing if you compare it to Mosuer over the last six
> months, Digikey prices have risen significantly.

   I've noticed that too.

           -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007





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