Aside from the wording of the topic, I have not said a bad word of Mouser. I used the word "sneaky" but upon processing, that is not the right word. It is obvious that Mouser is not trying to hide the damage.
I am glad they sent this order out. I'm glad someone looked in the box (AFAIC) and sent it out, anyway. On time. I am going to be working with these half the night.
And no, I do not plan to waste Mouser's customer service time and payroll over this! My favorite customer is the one that orders stuff and pays the invoice. I don't care to talk, I don't care if I get a Christmas card. Don't call me unless there's a problem, lol.
Mouser is perfect, AFAIC. My favorite component distributor, bar none. I only use Digikey when Mouser doesn't have it. I've actually used Digikey's search engine to find parts then bought them at Mouser, lol (better parameters for connectors). Out of over a thousand orders, I have never been disappointed by Mouser, including this order. I posted this just because it was odd. I will hopefully not be ordering this component from Mouser again, anytime soon, but that's because I get it cheaper from the manufacturer, directly. They had a delay on this part and it was in stock at Mouser.
I just finished transferring these chips to a couple of the empties I have a ton of. I examined the ones at the bend under the microscope and they look ok, externally. It wasted only a few minutes of my time, which I would spend at least twice this long explaining to someone on the phone what a terrible pain this caused me and can I please get free shipping on my next order?
