Digikey has always seemed good. I don't like how they trimmed their selecto r guide and how it excludes certain filers once the search is set. I still found it better than Mouser, but not by alot.
Both those companies are now operating under the Element 14 umbrella. So is Newark. I haven't dealt with them in a while. Maybe I should check them ou t again. Whatever.
Digikey should lower their shipping, at lest to here. I know how much it re ally costs and it looks like they put the man hours to pull the order into the shipping charge. Well they do ave a markup right ? Pay them out of that !
But you get that everywhere. It's like they charge a dollar for every stapl e they put in.
Years ago I heard something about Digikey. It was that if you snail mailed in an order with payment like a postal MO or something as strong, they woul d ship for free. I don't remember where I heard that so I just don't know a nd never tried it. Does anyone here know if that was EVER true ? Just curio us.