| ??? 01/20/05 20:21 Read: times |
#85444 - Parts in Mexico Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Prahlad J. Purohit said:
If you are a serious potential buyer theres no problem with availability of components you can fetch almost all IC's. I am buying several components from RS at a cost atleast 8 times more than the distributors price because I cant buy in volumes of several thousands. There are parts availability issues in Mexico, too. Either the parts aren't available or they are severely overpriced. The problem is severe enough that I actually place orders from Digikey in the U.S. and pay for shipping to Mexico and pay import taxes... and the overall cost is still less than if I bought locally--if I even could find the parts locally. Of course, I have to consolidate orders. It doesn't make sense to go through the shipping and import tax hassle for $5 in parts, so I normally put together a large order and ship it all at once. Either that or I time it with a planned trip to the U.S. and have it shipped there so I can just drive back with the parts. It is a major hassle. I can't wait until I can move back to the U.S. A lot of things are going to be a lot easier--just one of them is parts availability and cost. Regards, Craig Steiner |
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