DigiKey never ceases to amaze me - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Janne
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 06:10:39 pm
content: A couple of days ago I received my order from digikey. There was two packages, one of the "normal" size and another, really long one.Hmm I don't remember ordering anything that long. What the heck it could be...??Of course! The heat shring tube I ordered!For the defence of the DigiKey packaging section, it does actually say "do not bend" on the package of the heat shrink. So points go to them for following instructions to the letter.ps. Does the captcha go away after a certain amount of posts? It's really annoying.

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 07:32:42 pm
content: Wasn't this on here weeks ago?

author: Chet T16
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 07:36:37 pm
content: Same thing, different person!https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4172.msg55134#msg55134

author: Computeruser
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 07:49:59 pm
content: If you log out of the forum, it comes back the next time you log in (at least it did/does for me). If you remain logged in, it does not come back. For a little while at least, I logged in with the Forever setting. ... C

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 09:28:48 pm
content: This is actually pretty funny, but I guarentee you bending it would have been fine, Digikey.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2011, 10:06:09 pm
content: Quote from: Chet T16 on August 31, 2011, 07:36:37 pmYeahQuote from: FenderBender on August 31, 2011, 09:28:48 pmna, cutting into shorter lengths would have been fine, bending tends to cause a bit of damage at the fold.

author: dumpystig
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2011, 12:28:15 am
content: I doubt bendig it would do any harm as such. But that amount of packaging is totally absurd - Digikey must be razing a shit load of the Amazon all by themselves.

author: Zad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2011, 12:36:35 am
content: I think they are all as bad, this was my flux pen from Farnell, which came in it's own packaging:Full marks for the "this way up" sticker though. Needless to say, it wasn't delivered that way up. Incidentally, it was cheaper for me to buy heatshrink in (5x1.22m) cut lengths than it was in one 5m length. I wonder if they would have tried to deliver it in a huge 5m long cylinder

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 01, 2011, 12:48:07 am
content: Quote from: Janne on August 31, 2011, 06:10:39 pmThis forum only has a captcha on registration. Where/when are you seeing it?Dave.

author: Computeruser
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2011, 12:55:31 am
content: >>> This forum only has a captcha on registration. Where/when are you seeing it?After I registered, when I entered a post, I got a captcha (several times for several posts). I don't log out any more and I no longer get the captchas. That seemed to be the cause and effect, so I never posted about it otherwise. ... C

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2011, 01:43:16 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 01, 2011, 12:48:07 amI got a captcha on every post for a certain number of posts after registration. After a while it went away.