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Bit of a Mouser rant
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james_s:
Yeah that's the issue, if they're going to ration then they should have an inverted price structure so the cost increases for buying larger quantities, not just lie about the quantity in stock.
Siwastaja:

--- Quote from: MikeK on May 13, 2022, 06:18:28 pm ---I can understand the rationing, but if he's ordering 2500 across three days how is that any different than 2500 at once?

--- End quote ---

It's different because most do not do this, because they don't know about the mechanism. OP found about it by coincidence. Most customers either do not order at all, seeing they can't get the amount they need, or then they just order 870pcs and forget about it. Maybe they look back after a month and order 870 more then. Perfectly feasible way of rationing, and it works best when you don't disclose what's happening to your customers. Yeah, of course it sucks.

Distributors probably won't make any extra profit from this. Number of small orders, just barely above free shipping, increases. More work, more shipping costs. Besides, actual cost of shipping has skyrocketed.
Geoff-AU:
I've had similar with Coilcraft direct.  8 transformers in stock? I wanted 10, but I can live with 8.  Buy them, stock available goes down to zero.  Next day, back up at 8 again.

Not quite sure what the answer is.  There probably isn't an answer that keeps everyone happy.

Perceived shortage means people try and stockpile (guilty!) to mitigate project risk - nothing worse than having a design and being ready to fill a board and then you can't get several of the components for it.  Some things can be multi-sourced, other things (like transformers) are kinda niche and the rest of your design hangs off 4-5 parts that aren't easily replaceable without significant gnashing of teeth.

I would be happy to know what the lead time is for the distributor getting stock refresh.  Digikey does this, an ETA on their orders.  I'm happy with that, at least I can see if it's 52 days or 52 weeks and that removes the urgency factor.

boB:

Did you try to call them on the phone ?

You might get a real person ?

boB 🌜
Jeff eelcr:
Order all 2500 and tell them to ship when compleat.
You get your price when they want to ship.
Jeff
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