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mindentropy:

--- Quote from: jonpaul on March 11, 2023, 04:56:27 pm ---As an American manufacturer a few points

We loose money on any order under a,few,hundreds

Export out of USA is more and more complicated due to VAT, tarriffs, required documentation ( new EORI number in EU, Brexit, etc)

Export to countries like India encounter huge barriers, tarrifs VAT, due to government policy.

So,  we no can longer sell to South East Asia, Africa, UK, or India. 

Advice the OP to get shipments sent outside of India and a friend or colleage to bring in.

Just my opinion

Jon

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Interesting. I am very interested in supply chain and how can someone secure it.

Generally how can I go about finding out the retail distributor for a product? Does the manufacturer have an idea of who their retailers are? If yes, can asking the manufacturers give me
more info on where to find their products?

Also I am curious as to why not quote at a higher cost and sell the product rather than not sell anything at all?

Asking a friend/colleague all the time is not always feasible. One off request is fine.
jonpaul:
hello again

1. Neither manufacturer nor distribution will respond to individuals or DIY.

2. we loose hours of time on small orders and government requirements for certain countries, regardless of cost charged.

3. Certain countries discouraged any imports to favor  local manufacturers.  India is particularly severe on any imports. 

4. Suggest that you  network with local DIY, amateur radio, or maker groupes in India for best resources.

Bon chance

Jon

ebastler:

--- Quote from: mindentropy on March 11, 2023, 03:16:41 am ---Mouser and Digikey are very costly due to high import taxes here. Element14 in India sells only for businesses and requires a business number called TAN. I still have no option for FPGAs, debuggers and other ICs and have to go through Mouser and Digikey. I want a better deal for capacitors, resistors, cables, connectors etc.

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I don't think it is the import taxes which make Mouser and Digikey expensive. (How would other vendors get those FPGAs or microcontrollers into India without paying import duties?) Rather, it is the fact that they both keep a very large inventory and run a labor-intensive operation to grab, package and mail parts, often in small quantities.

In Germany, I find myself in a similar situation as you describe. For "exotic" parts I do order from Mouser, since the only sources in Germany are distributors who cater to business customers and are not interested in selling small quantities. (And I don't think there is any point in trying to convince them otherwise.) So I bite the bullet and order enough stuff to meet Mouser's 50 Euro order minimum to at least qualify for free shipping.

But the more common parts are available from local dealers here, who have a limited inventory, sell to private customers, in small quantities, at relatively low prices. What I can get from them I buy locally; only what they don't offer gets ordered from Mouser. Reichelt (reichelt.de) is my low-cost favorite; TME (tme.eu) is somewhere halfway between Mouser and Reichelt, both regarding price and inventory choice.

Those company names won't be of much help for you in India, I'm afraid. But I would expect that you have similar companies in India? Google find quite a few, e.g. robu.in, evelta.com; but you don't want advice on this from someone in Germany...

I think you just have to be prepared to use different suppliers and "mix and match" your orders. Expecting a supplier with a complete inventory, selling small quantities to private customers, and at aggressive prices is unrealistic. How would they make money?
mendip_discovery:
The one that gets me is the companies that sell a specific part but they put in a expensive minimum order value and require bank details etc so they can setup and account. Which is annoying when you are testing out an idea and only just want a few parts they they specifically make.

Even at work we got annoyed when we wanted to order a service kit for a shadowgraph and its was a sensible £40 but they had a min order of £300. But we didn't need anything else from them.
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