so far I had great experience with goldmine, two orders and they arrive about a week after making the order and the prices are great. the good thing is that the parts are genuine whilst not the newest usually surplus given to them or places going out of business, but its great for hobbyists that want through-hole components since a lot of the newer stuff are SMD
I made an order through futurlec. but after three weeks of not shipping anything I emailed them and they said they are in the process of restocking. I did some research and they appear to have the habit of shipping stuff well over a month after making the order. for someone that ordered for them are the ICs/regulators from them genuine parts or not? because they don't seem to be selling old stock but rather in production parts and they ship from SEA so there is the off chance some of these parts are fakes or just low quality. can anyone chime in
the third one I'm looking at is smcelectronics, Haven't ordered anything yet but might give them a try.
anyway I did notice that some of the electronic part stores are simply selling stuff from alibaba simply more expensive, tayda to be specific.
which places do yall go for and have you had experience with these?