Is it just me or is the pricing at Digikey getting ridiculous?
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From: Hammy on 26 Mar 2010 07:12 I haven't placed an order there for a while but I need some HS drill bits and they are the only place that has them so I thought I'd look around and man I don't know how they stay in business!!! What is their mark-up? It's pretty bad when the mom and pop place where I get my ferric chloride beats Digikey in pricing on everything I compared from semi-conductors to PCB blanks. Newark just blows them out of the water on 90% of stuff. I don't spend tens of thousands a year on this stuff but I spend a couple grand a year and Digikey isn't getting too much of it after looking through their site.
From: MooseFET on 26 Mar 2010 09:47 On Mar 26, 4:12 am, Hammy <s...(a)spam.com> wrote: > I haven't placed an order there for a while but I need some HS drill > bits and they are the only place that has them so I thought I'd look > around and man I don't know how they stay in business!!! What is their > mark-up? Since I know I can find the parts I need on Digikey, I usually don't worry about what they charge. Prototypes cost far more in labor than the parts cost. I give the production folks the makers part numbers for the parts and also the Digikey numbers. The reason to give production the Digikey numbers is that it reduces to nearly zero how often I hear "we can't find the part". Some production parts get bought from Digikey just because they happen to be the ones who have them in stock. Digikey also gives a quick path to the maker's data sheets. This makes designing easier. You can check that the part can be obtained while also getting the datasheet.
From: Joerg on 26 Mar 2010 10:15 MooseFET wrote: > On Mar 26, 4:12 am, Hammy <s...(a)spam.com> wrote: >> I haven't placed an order there for a while but I need some HS drill >> bits and they are the only place that has them so I thought I'd look >> around and man I don't know how they stay in business!!! What is their >> mark-up? > > Since I know I can find the parts I need on Digikey, I usually don't > worry about what they charge. Prototypes cost far more in labor than > the parts cost. I give the production folks the makers part numbers > for the parts and also the Digikey numbers. > Exactamente. I have yet to find a company on this planet that has a search engine as good as Digikey. This is why I always default to them as well, and so do my clients in the US. I have the impression that 99% plus of the software guys in the database business do not understand how to program a proper search engine, only the guys who set up Digikey do. > The reason to give production the Digikey numbers is that it reduces > to nearly zero how often I hear "we can't find the part". Some > production parts get bought from Digikey just because they happen to > be the ones who have them in stock. > > > Digikey also gives a quick path to the maker's data sheets. This > makes designing easier. You can check that the part can be obtained > while also getting the datasheet. I found their prices to occasionally be higher than for example Mouser but not by much. Maybe 10-20% on some parts. But Hammy: It's not necessarily the place to buy tools from, that I never did. Digikey is for electronic parts. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Tim Wescott on 26 Mar 2010 10:28 Hammy wrote: > I haven't placed an order there for a while but I need some HS drill > bits and they are the only place that has them so I thought I'd look > around and man I don't know how they stay in business!!! What is their > mark-up? > > It's pretty bad when the mom and pop place where I get my ferric > chloride beats Digikey in pricing on everything I compared from > semi-conductors to PCB blanks. Newark just blows them out of the water > on 90% of stuff. > > I don't spend tens of thousands a year on this stuff but I spend a > couple grand a year and Digikey isn't getting too much of it after > looking through their site. http://www.mcmaster.com http://www.wttool.com http://www.use-enco.com http://www.micromark.com/ etc. -- Tim Wescott Control system and signal processing consulting www.wescottdesign.com
From: Spehro Pefhany on 26 Mar 2010 12:06
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:12:32 -0400, Hammy <spam(a)spam.com> wrote: >I haven't placed an order there for a while but I need some HS drill >bits and they are the only place that has them so I thought I'd look >around and man I don't know how they stay in business!!! What is their >mark-up? > >It's pretty bad when the mom and pop place where I get my ferric >chloride beats Digikey in pricing on everything I compared from >semi-conductors to PCB blanks. Newark just blows them out of the water >on 90% of stuff. > >I don't spend tens of thousands a year on this stuff but I spend a >couple grand a year and Digikey isn't getting too much of it after >looking through their site. What's your time worth? Digikey is a bit of a convenience store (more so for items that are not components). Getting the exact parts you want reliably next-day on a single P.O. with controlled and minimal shipping cost is worth something. The m&p places are great for students or hobbyists but our best local one is best reached by subway or on a weekend when traffic is lighter, and it wastes prime hours of the day, plus gas and parking costs, getting a few parts (and they never have everything I need except for the most simple of projects). I'd rather pay an extra $50 or $100 to Digikey in most cases. As to them not staying in business... they have over 2,000 employees and they've survived and prospered (they are currently hiring!) by providing a good service at a price where _they_ can make a profit. Good on them, I say. I really don't want to do business with companies that are just limping by. |