Can you sort price by quantity on Mouser? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 06:19:57 pm
content: I'm trying to stock up on basic passives, discrete semiconductors, some op amps and stuff like that. I've been searching Digikey and Mouser, and overall it seems that Mouser is going to be cheaper, but it's such a pain in the butt to try to find the best price for a quantity other than 1. I want to buy 50 or 100 of each part. On Digikey, I can put my quantity of 100 in, and then I can sort for the best price for qty. 100.Can you do this on Mouser?

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 07:34:27 pm
content: Quote from: TimNJ on May 25, 2013, 06:19:57 pmNo! And if you think that's bad, you should check out Arrow, which has much lower pricing than either Digikey or Mouser, but a web site where you can't sort by price at all.You might also want to try findchips.com.Also, for passives, look at taydaelectronics.com (check Facebook for discount coupons).

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 08:58:03 pm
content: Well that sucks. Do you trust tayada? I see they have some shockingly cheap metal film resistors...Are they actually metal film?

author: Kremmen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 09:17:15 pm
content: Well, some time ago already i ordered from them 100 each of 0805 in every value of the E12 series. Didn't really check but they definitely look like your regular 0805 size metal films. I haven't planned to use them in anything mission critical, just as general shelf items for prototyping. So far no problems in vanilla digital circuits and non demanding analog amp circuits.Generally i have been satisfied with Tayda. The one incident i had was when i ordered a largish amount of strip terminal connectors and they didn't materialize. I created a ticket and they replied stating that the order had been apparently shipped but somehow misplaced. The payment was promptly refunded since they didn't have enough remaining stock to fulfill the order a second time.I have made several additional purchases from them since then, such as big 7 segment displays and tact switches in 100s lots and no problems whatever. So, maybe their stuff is not necessarily space/military quality but some/most of it sure is cheap. As always, caveat emptor.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 09:30:27 pm
content: Quote from: TimNJ on May 25, 2013, 08:58:03 pmSure, for simple stuff. Resistors are too cheap to be worth counterfeiting, and it's a hassle ordering them from US distributors. I probably wouldn't order ICs from them since they are almost always cheaper from Arrow.

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 09:38:13 pm
content: Well I meant, are they just carbon films painted blue? I would hope not.Well I think I might give them a shot.I wonder why Mouser and Digikey are so much more expensive with parts like resistors?

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 10:28:38 pm
content: Quote from: TimNJ on May 25, 2013, 09:38:13 pmMaybe it's the labour required to reel off a small quantity of parts that are very low in dollar value? Labour is a lot more expensive in USA than in Thailand I'm guessing.

author: TimNJ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2013, 10:41:01 pm
content: I didn't know Tayada shipped from Thailand. In which can you are probably right.