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Digi-Key has changed and it is not very good
james_s:
--- Quote from: floobydust on June 16, 2021, 07:28:10 am ---They fixed problems I had with the Applied Filters, which is nice but they worked a while back so how do they break that and not notice it in test?
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Simple, there is nobody testing it. They probably have at most one QA person on the team and releases come far too quickly for a proper test pass, that person is probably not a hardware engineer and is totally clueless about the specific parameters an engineer will use to select a part. The rest of the testing will rely on automated tests which of course will only confirm the specific things the person writing the test script thought to check.
thm_w:
--- Quote from: james_s on June 16, 2021, 02:52:52 am --- :palm:
And you STILL have to click the stupid thing to show more parameters, and the stupid checkbox to exclude marketplace items EVERY SINGLE TIME too. |O
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Marketplace is useful to me, I've bought from it once, but I also don't understand at all why its not off by default (and then add a hint to turn it on if nothing is in stock).
Look at this listing, why would I buy from Digikey when marketplace is cheaper?
james_s:
--- Quote from: thm_w on June 16, 2021, 09:37:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on June 16, 2021, 02:52:52 am --- :palm:
And you STILL have to click the stupid thing to show more parameters, and the stupid checkbox to exclude marketplace items EVERY SINGLE TIME too. |O
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Marketplace is useful to me, I've bought from it once, but I also don't understand at all why its not off by default (and then add a hint to turn it on if nothing is in stock).
Look at this listing, why would I buy from Digikey when marketplace is cheaper?
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Maybe because you want your whole order shipped from the DigiKey warehouse in a single shipment? Maybe because you want a single source for customer service? Maybe because you want parts that are fully vetted and come from a known supply chain, not some random seller offering them on the DK website?
It's fine to offer a marketplace, but the setting should be simple to disable and it should STAY set however you set it. I don't want to set it every single time.
cortex_m0:
Thm_w: That diode is only cheaper from Rochester because they are showing you a price for a 4,000 piece minimum order. The same part, sold by DigiKey and made by ONSemi, is 3.7 cents when you use comparable quantity.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/on-semiconductor/BAV199LT1G/918322
thm_w:
--- Quote from: james_s on June 16, 2021, 10:44:29 pm ---Maybe because you want your whole order shipped from the DigiKey warehouse in a single shipment? Maybe because you want a single source for customer service? Maybe because you want parts that are fully vetted and come from a known supply chain, not some random seller offering them on the DK website?
It's fine to offer a marketplace, but the setting should be simple to disable and it should STAY set however you set it. I don't want to set it every single time.
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yep, thats what I said.
--- Quote from: cortex_m0 on June 16, 2021, 11:23:43 pm ---Thm_w: That diode is only cheaper from Rochester because they are showing you a price for a 4,000 piece minimum order. The same part, sold by DigiKey and made by ONSemi, is 3.7 cents when you use comparable quantity.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/on-semiconductor/BAV199LT1G/918322
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Yes missed that, it won't even let me order it if I wanted to as well..
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