In Canada we pay in Canadian dollars and the prices of the parts are suitably inflated past just the exchange rate. There is no minimum and shipping is a flat $8. I'm on Vancouver Island and FedEx delivers the Digikey stuff overnight unless there's been some sort of weather delay. There is no shipping charge if the order is over $200. The increased cost of the parts covers much of the shipping charge I think. Digikey also has a really good service that puts any quantity onto a reel for an extra charge; called a digi-reel. If I'm making 100 pieces a product and I need 3 of a particular capacitor I can order 320 devices on a reel instead of 3000 pieces. My Pick and Place supplier likes it. No screwing around with strips of 50 or 100 where the first 25 have to be discarded for the leader. I like it because there's less effort in manufacturing and I'm usually left with a few parts for the next prototype. John Dammeyer
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: January-31-16 7:33 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Well, thats the end of aliexpress.com for me > > > On 01/31/2016 05:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Both of the above have minimum orders for me that are quite costly for a > > 10 pak of anything in the transistor 10 cent to 5 dollar price range. > Hmmm, I guess I order enough stuff at a time that I totally > forgot there's a minimum order! > But, if you have to pay shipping, it doesn't make sense to > order just a couple small components in one order. > > > Digikey is slightly better, but not enough to spend > > hours wading thru the selections while still hiding the important data. > Digi-Key's parametric search engine seems to be the BEST out > there! They could improve it by having RANGES to match by, > but it really works well. > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
