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Digi-Key has changed and it is not very good

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chickenHeadKnob:

--- Quote from: james_s on January 10, 2021, 06:46:50 pm ---
That's unfortunate. I like the idea of a surplus section where all sorts of random slow movers are sold at rock bottom prices, say scrap value plus enough overhead to cover the expense of packing them up. Turning finished parts back into raw materials is a far less efficient form of recycling than getting them into the hands of people who could do something with them. A "surplus bin" would be a great draw to a section where all of that marketplace stuff could be offered alongside remnants and slow movers where it would not be so out of place. Engineers designing new products aren't going to want surplus parts and they're not likely to want marketplace stuff either but the hobbyists and "makers" looking for bargains are exactly the sort who might consider the marketplace stuff.

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I concur. Something weird  was up with the price of cypress PSOC5 parts on digikey. They are normally hella-$pensive but for a time in 2020 a few parts in the series could be had in the $2.50-$3.00 range "without warranty". I assumed it was because the shelf life had expired with respect to moisture content guaranty, no problem for the hobbyist. Digikey had good stock too like 4000 units. So I said to myself I'll come back later and buy 10 and have a lifetime supply. All gone now.

bombledmonk:

--- Quote from: floobydust on January 11, 2021, 02:46:46 am ---The New Product intros are nice, but there's nothing highlighting unique, cool parts or the lineup afterwards.

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The long dead paper catalog was one of the more useful ways to discover products, and that experience has doesn't really have a digital analog.  The amount of effort placed into curating such a beast had many benefits along with the overall density that paper gives you when browsing.  Highlighting cool or unique parts has always been a strong desire for the engineers and technical people internal to the company.  As a very genuine ask, if anyone has run across industries or companies that do this well, it would be great to see examples. 


--- Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on January 12, 2021, 02:36:40 am ---I concur. Something weird  was up with the price of cypress PSOC5 parts on digikey. They are normally hella-$pensive but for a time in 2020 a few parts in the series could be had in the $2.50-$3.00 range "without warranty". I assumed it was because the shelf life had expired with respect to moisture content guaranty, no problem for the hobbyist. Digikey had good stock too like 4000 units. So I said to myself I'll come back later and buy 10 and have a lifetime supply. All gone now.

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You found some stock that is being cleared out on behalf of Cypress.  There are other MCUs, but not a huge assortment.  There's other product categories also. 

tooki:
I couldn’t agree more. I LOVE perusing catalogs.

What amazes me is how few web shops use variants (i.e. one product with various styles/values) and instead just present endless lists of individual SKUs. Even the ones that have variants rarely present the series well. Catalogs tended to do this very well.

Ysjoelfir:
What the heck has happened here? The last times I was in the antenna section I didn't remember it being THAT shitty....

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: tooki on January 12, 2021, 10:49:16 am ---I couldn’t agree more. I LOVE perusing catalogs.

What amazes me is how few web shops use variants (i.e. one product with various styles/values) and instead just present endless lists of individual SKUs. Even the ones that have variants rarely present the series well. Catalogs tended to do this very well.

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It is actually a huge PITA to set up in most e-commerce software.  Easier to just fill it with SKUs...

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