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mindentropy:
Hi,

I would like to know how do you people deal with electronics dealers. In my country generally the dealers are interested in selling higher volumes. For small quantities their response is not so well or are just silent sometimes. How do I handle such responses and move on to the next dealer without getting dejected? Do you people also face such difficulties or is it just me? Would love to hear your experiences and how do you get them interested to ship parts to you.
TimFox:
Please add details:
What country do you live in, and where do you do business?
Are you looking for components (resistors, ICs, etc.), equipment, finished products, etc?

In the US, the two easiest large dealers for components (and other things) are probably Mouser and DigiKey, both of which will sell small quantities to individuals.
Larger customers can get lower prices from other dealers, or in large quantities from these two.

Of course, any dealer will need to charge higher prices for low quantities to cover their expenses.
Benta:
Well, if you walk into a sweets shop and ask for a lollipop and the guy next to you asks for 100 lollipops, who'd be the most interesting to the proprietor?
Black Phoenix:

--- Quote from: Benta on March 10, 2023, 11:55:31 pm ---Well, if you walk into a sweets shop and ask for a lollipop and the guy next to you asks for 100 lollipops, who'd be the most interesting to the proprietor?

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Mate I'm OK with that. I'm OK if my parts are a little more expensive (per part) than the one who request an order of magnitude higher than mine.

I'm not OK about denying me selling the parts because I'm not going to buy a ton of it, if there was not previous indication that they only sell to the ones who want large orders.

I see the same type of approach when I go to the Shenzhen electronics markets and they get annoyed by my requests when I state that my order is small, in the range of 5 pieces for example.

I know they want to sell a ton more per order (specially now after years of lock down and low business returns, they look like pack wolfs around a prey when they see you are a foreigner, as if you have a neon sign on your head with $¥€£ on it), but if they don't want to deal with small orders just put a paper or a sigh on the shop door or counter saying such. If they don't have such I suppose that they will sell even one if needed by the buyer.
mindentropy:

--- Quote from: TimFox on March 10, 2023, 10:08:59 pm ---Please add details:
What country do you live in, and where do you do business?
Are you looking for components (resistors, ICs, etc.), equipment, finished products, etc?

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I live in India. I don't have a business.
I am looking for components and equipment.


--- Quote from: TimFox on March 10, 2023, 10:08:59 pm ---In the US, the two easiest large dealers for components (and other things) are probably Mouser and DigiKey, both of which will sell small quantities to individuals.
Larger customers can get lower prices from other dealers, or in large quantities from these two.

Of course, any dealer will need to charge higher prices for low quantities to cover their expenses.

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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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