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| rdl:
Since not everything sold by Mouser (or Digi-key, etc.) is shipped in ESD protective packaging, there must be some procedure in place to determine when it is used and what type. I wonder how that is determined. Do the distributors take a "best guess"? I doubt it. Seems to me they would be following manufacturer recommendations. Something seems to have gone wrong in this case. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: exe on March 07, 2020, 08:07:25 pm ---It's funny how little it takes to annoy people and make them ranting all over the Internet. Everyone presumes that "I'm not that stupid, I'd never do a mistake like this, so the person/company/whoever who made this mistake must be $%%^^". Many problems seem to be trivial aftermath, but hard to foresee without knowing all the details. Once people know about the problem, they think that people who don't know yet are idiots and "need to be educated". Of course in a very straight and offensive way. That's how justice warriors are born. PS Just think what your plumber, or car mechanic thinks of you. --- End quote --- I'm not going around ranting all over the internet, I posted once here in the chat section of this forum mostly curious if others had the same experience. I'm not saying don't buy from Mouser and I'm not going to stop buying from them myself. It's not *that* big of a deal, I don't want anyone fired, I'm not asking for their head on a stake, I'm not advocating for new laws, I'm not demanding compensation for wasted time or the fact that I'm unable to deliver to the customer on time, I mean whatever, stuff happens. I was just annoyed and so I posted something to vent my frustration, it's as simple as that. Yes I was a bit annoyed, I think if you went to a business twice within a month or two and twice they made the same dumb mistake you'd probably be annoyed too. I know very well what my plumber and car mechanic think of me because they are me. Yes like anyone I make mistakes, however it's rare that I make the same mistake twice. |
| mcovington:
Exactly. You were pointing out something that can go wrong, which managers need to know about. I wonder if the manufacturer of the vulnerable device needs to clue in the distributors. |
| floobydust:
Could Maxim/Dallas be to blame? The PowerCap datasheet has no packaging information, no formal name, it's not the "PCM". Digikey says it comes in a tube of 19 pcs. So how would the fulfillment workers know what to do? Usually you cut a tube to size- if you have extra. |
| Munich:
I normally purchase a full tube and can confirm that they come in a clear plastic tube. However, the date code is still important - I don't see any mention of this but these batteries do have a shelf life, and there was a batch, maybe five years ago, I purchased several tubes and ended up replacing a good number of those less than 2 years later. Never looked further into this, but it did not seem right. I didn't look at the date code before/after as I didn't realize how short lived they were until the end of the year. Math said they should have been good for more than five years in the application. |
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