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Digikey ROCKS!!!!

MicksterMickster Posts: 2,610
in Propeller 2

Received notification, early afternoon Monday, UK time that my P2 order was being processed in MN, USA. First thing this morning (Wednesday), a Digikey box was sitting in front of my monitor....outstanding B)

Thanks, Parallax; I am stunned by the quality of these products. I ran around the shop to show everyone but these are welders and machine-shop guys...they told me to "get a life" :lol:

Comments

  • __deets____deets__ Posts: 193

    I have to concur with both your assessments. DigiKey has crazy good logistics & parallax products are superbly designed. Kudos are well justified.

  • JRoarkJRoark Posts: 1,215

    They will never know the thrill of small packages, the crinkle of anti-stat bags, or the glimmer of fresh solder mask. Theirs is a limited world indeed, but Parallax, bless their hearts, tries hard to make this experience available even to the knuckle-dragging masses. If only they would take that first step and buy a FLIP module! What a wonderful world awaits them! :)

  • ScroungreScroungre Posts: 161

    Digikey isn't the cheapest. But you get what you pay for. S.

  • RaymanRayman Posts: 13,861

    I like the labels they print on the bags. I cut them out and tape them to the bins that hold the parts...

  • VonSzarvasVonSzarvas Posts: 3,278

    Yeah, much better labels than the cheap thermal ones some other suppliers use, that fade to invisible after a few months.

  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069

    @VonSzarvas said:
    Yeah, much better labels than the cheap thermal ones some other suppliers use, that fade to invisible after a few months.

    ???
    I haven’t seen Mouser, Future Electronics, Element 14 or LCSC labels fade.

  • ScroungreScroungre Posts: 161
    edited 2021-08-27 04:48

    @Rayman said:
    I like the labels they print on the bags. I cut them out and tape them to the bins that hold the parts...

    Some of my bins do have Digikey labels on them, but they're miserably small fonts. I have lousy eyes, and I like to scan over several from some distance away. Even on the bags in the chip tube drawers I like to add labels with bigger text on them. S.

    PS - a Sharpie on masking tape is by no means perfect, but it goes a long way.

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