Exactly in the same boat as you. Digikey have REALLY got their overseas order act together big time !! And for a VERY fair price. I used to wait app 2weeks,
but now it's down to 3-5 days !! The storeman must have run to the plane himself on the 3 day delivery item.
Mouser were 2-3 weeks and had terrible stock management / pricing ! One particular order, for app 20 items (all supposedly in stock) was split into 4-5
separate deliveries, each costing $60-$85 !! and ALL within 2-3 days ! I went to town on them over that, not even 1 kg of semis in total.
For a while I used a parcel forwarder, but that gets complicated, and adds delays. Mouser seem to have gotten their act together as well, but not as good
as Digikey IMO. The other issue with Mouser is, if you forget to trade in US$, they re-direct you to X-ON etc (local distributors) who add 20 - 25%.
And now we have Aus Post getting into parcel forwarding, can hardly wait to try them out.
And as for Farnell ... err Element 0 ... I still do a lot of small qty, many items type orders. If you carefully check pricing, the free shipping offsets the rest.