Arrow electronics makes me surprise

schmitt trigger said:

Right now, it is a seller’s market.

You think that 200% is outrageous?
A friend who services medical electronics, found that his distributor which he has used for years, had increased its prices 180%. He decided to look elsewhere, but no reputable distributors had any stock. So he came back next day to the original distributor only to find absolutely all stock gone and a 9 month backlog.
Thus he had to go thru brokers, to find the part anywhere from 250 to 400% what he had been paying for.
Since this was for medical equipment, on top of that he had to pay $1500 to an external lab to test and decap some samples to ensure they were not counterfeit.

On top of all that, pay additional expedited shipping from Hong Kong. And I am sure that is not even the worst incident out there.

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schmitt trigger said:

Your original statement was double, not twice double.

Listen, all we are attempting to tell you is that absolutely everyone involved in electronics has been feeling a lot of pain. Is not only you.
Companies, specifically smaller ones have fared terribly.
The worst part is when a company goes bankrupt, leaving many heads of households without an income.

Personally, my company forced me to take an early retirement.

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technofreak said:

Did you try Digikey / Mouser ?

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monica8086 said:

as we know, arrow electronics is a famous franchised distributor in the world.

but last time, i planed to buy a part from their online shop, and i negotiated with customer service for a better price, but they refused it as they said the price is decided by original mgr.

the most funniest is that, the next day the price has been doubled.

it changed a lot, it makes me surprise a lot.

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