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author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2013, 10:23:01 pm
content: Hi all,I've asked this question over in Test Equipment with no response, but seeing how the traffic is highest here in General Chat...Has anyone dealt with megadepot.com? I can't find any reasonable feedback info on the interweb.- Rob.

author: JohnnyGringo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2013, 10:46:50 pm
content: From their website:"Government OrdersWe are an authorized CCR Supplier to the United States Government. Our Dun & Bradstreet number is 557544090; CAGE/NCAGE number 5UNF5 and our Tax ID number is 20-0575421."Not guaranteed, but usually a good sign that it's a legitimate organization.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2013, 11:03:02 pm
content: Quote from: aargee on October 29, 2013, 10:23:01 pmIf you look at the office location on Google maps, it's not going to fill you with confidence. This is not a company that actually stocks things and sells them, this is a guy in an office collecting commissions on orders he sends elsewhere. You might as well cut out the middleman.(And maybe that's giving him too much credit, it may just be a maildrop.)

author: JohnnyGringo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2013, 11:10:47 pm
content: Quote from: edavid on October 29, 2013, 11:03:02 pmTrue, but isn't that true for most dealers these days? Who ties up capital in inventory anymore? Serious inquiry....not a bust on your post.EDIT: Looks like a lot of esoteric brands/stuff. And tequipment has better prices.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2013, 11:18:18 pm
content: Quote from: JohnnyGringo on October 29, 2013, 11:10:47 pmI don't think it's true for test equipment dealers.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 02:27:16 am
content: Quote from: edavid on October 29, 2013, 11:18:18 pmI suspect it's a combination, such as keeping stock on things they can move rather quickly, but the rare/expensive stuff gets drop shipped from the manufacturer's warehouse. Size of the distributor (seller) would also likely play a part in what they carry (amount of warehouse space and capital able to be tied up in inventory).

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 08:44:48 am
content: Quote from: nanofrog on October 30, 2013, 02:27:16 amQuite a lot of the big general distrubutors, including Farnell, drop ship a part of their catalog. Last year I ordered solder, new bits and flux and had three different couriers arrive the next day to deliver them.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 04:28:12 pm
content: Quote from: nanofrog on October 30, 2013, 02:27:16 amMy point is that "megadepot" doesn't stock anything, not that another dealer stocks everything.

author: JohnnyGringo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 04:41:12 pm
content: From megaD's website:"Availability: Typically In Stock "They just don't specify who's stock and where the stockyard is. <grin>

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 07:27:49 pm
content: Quote from: JohnnyGringo on October 29, 2013, 10:46:50 pmI worked at a small computer store that set themselves up as a government supplier. Meaning they made sure to pass all the qualifications, yet never sold a thing the entire time they had it.

author: JohnnyGringo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 07:42:39 pm
content: I was really referring to their B&D listing:http://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/unitedtechnologytradecorp-newyork-ny-11759787.htmlAgain, not a guaranteed resource, but at least they made the effort to get listed.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2013, 10:47:57 pm
content: Quote from: KJDS on October 30, 2013, 08:44:48 amI wouldn't be surprised.I've had a similar situation recently where that happened (multiple shipments for one order), yet all of it was in stock from the company I ordered it from (tequipment.net FWIW). Just in different warehouses, which wasn't indicated on their website.

author: Orpheus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2013, 12:16:39 am
content: The remark about stockyards [where cattle are taken to slaughter] skewed my thinking.I wonder if "Typically in stock" (as opposed to a simple declarative "In stock") means "This statement is normally found inside a bull"