[Boatanchors] Capacitors

[Glen Zook]

My experiences differ.  I did order on-line several times and the order did NOT arrive the next business day.  Instead, it took at least 2 days and one time 3 days.  Therefore, I asked the salesperson the next time and was told of the delay.  Mouser may have made changes in the past couple of years.  However, I am not willing to take the chance of delay.

I do wish that Mouser would make improvements in their search function on the website.  Sometimes, when you go through the process of elimination (i.e. specific mfd of a capacitor and voltage rating), I have found that certain items don't show.  However, when I put the actual part number in the search box then it appears.  That is one reason why I use the hard copy catalog most of the time and then look up the part on-line.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


----- Original Message -----
From: lee <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Cc: 
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Capacitors

I order a lot of parts from Mouser on line and always get my parts the next 
day.  I order too many parts for this to be a rarity.   Since moving over 
from talking to someone, I find no extra delay.  I think what the clerk is 
saying is probably BS so she can keep her job.  I like ordering on line 
because I can see exactly what is in stock and what is not.  This allows me 
to pick an alternative part which has greatly reduced my backorder situation 
with them.  I also have less mistakes as I can see immediately if the 
correct part has been ordered.  (No more is it a zero or a letter O).  I'll 
never go back to reading my list to someone at Mouser on the phone.

At the Mouser web site you can also start working up an order, then save it 
to their computer and then retrieve it later to work on it some more.  I 
love this feature.  I can plug in an order I don't need right now, save it 
to their system and then add another order to it later on and then have the 
whole thing shipped to me in one shipment.  This saves a lot of small 
shipping fees.