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Unread 10/17/2012, 10:16 AM   #18
Landsailor
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Originally Posted by bhazard451 View Post
Mouser is double the cost of some other places.
On some stuff, yes, but they will price match.

All of the big component retailers share pricing information. I don't know if it's directly swapped or they just spider the competition's websites.

Case in point. A terminal we use in the shop requires a specific pin extractor. Our standard cheap one mangles it, so you have to use the right one. I used to buy ten a year or so at $80ish each.

Well, I went to order the yearly stock one year and the price had exploded to $231! I called our rep and asked what the heck happened. She did some research and found that they had raised their price because another supplier did. A few months and vicious cycles later and they cost almost four times as much as they should. She fixed it, then it was interesting to watch the prices lower across the web.


BTW, if you're looking for the cheapest price on components www.octopart.com is your friend.


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