Ordering components in Europe, digikey and import tax

[Stefan Payne]

RS components send stuff from Germany and UK warehouses as well.

Yes, but not always deliver to end users, depending on region and so on....

Here in Germany they only do B2B stuff, sadly...

[Watth]

RS components send stuff from Germany and UK warehouses as well.

Yes, but not always deliver to end users, depending on region and so on....

Here in Germany they only do B2B stuff, sadly...

Hallo Stefan,
have you checked http://www.rs-online-privat.de/?
It seems that it's like in France: nerfed-downed site for individuals, so you'd better make your selection on the pro site and copy-paste order numbers on the Privat site.

[b_force]

Maybe it's time for a sticky with a list of alternatives?

[Watth]

Maybe a board dedicated to sellers, and have threads dedicated to each country, listing sellers and average opinions about the sellers.

[rob77]

Indeed. I just ordered 11 line items items from RS and they sent 5x 10n polybox caps in a separate consignment... they're all crap!

Replying to myself here. They weren't polybox - different order but they sell these in multiples of 5 min. This is what turns up, in a separate consignment WITH the main one this morning.



Baaaarghghghg!

maybe they're just employing some disabled people (e.g. because of tax benefits) and your order happened to be packaged by a mentally disabled one ? 

[Watth]

Do some of you know how orders are managed by the seller in practice?

I imagine they have some automated device that takes tapes of ammo packages or reels, and the warehouse worker punches the number of parts, and then the machine cuts the number of comp, seals them in the small plastic baggies and prints its references.
So I guess  if the machine is not set up correctly, it would deliver 10 baggies of 1 comp, instead of one baggy of 10 comps.

But(!) I might be talking out of my chair interface, here.

[rob77]

Do some of you know how orders are managed by the seller in practice?

I imagine they have some automated device that takes tapes of ammo packages or reels, and the warehouse worker punches the number of parts, and then the machine cuts the number of comp, seals them in the small plastic baggies and prints its references.
So I guess  if the machine is not set up correctly, it would deliver 10 baggies of 1 comp, instead of one baggy of 10 comps.

But(!) I might be talking out of my chair interface, here.

i'm almost 100% sure it's a manual job... considering the packages i'm receiving. e.g. 2 soic8 packages in cut tube with plugs at the ends and then sealed in a bag would be kind of impossible using any machine...

[Watth]

Do some of you know how orders are managed by the seller in practice?

I imagine they have some automated device that takes tapes of ammo packages or reels, and the warehouse worker punches the number of parts, and then the machine cuts the number of comp, seals them in the small plastic baggies and prints its references.
So I guess  if the machine is not set up correctly, it would deliver 10 baggies of 1 comp, instead of one baggy of 10 comps.

But(!) I might be talking out of my chair interface, here.

i'm almost 100% sure it's a manual job... considering the packages i'm receiving. e.g. 2 soic8 packages in cut tube with plugs at the ends and then sealed in a bag would be kind of impossible using any machine...

Well, I was referring to reels and ammo tapes.