Newark web site
Hammy
I placed an order with Newark everything showed in stock. Later during
the night I check whether it was shipped and they show my 10uf MLCC's
caps are on back order with a fifty day lead time.
This is the second time in a row this has happened. I've dealt with
Newark for three years now and never had this happen until the last
two orders it's getting to be a PITA.
What did they hire a new bean counter fresh out of school or
something.
mook johnson
"Hammy" <sp...@spam.com> wrote in message
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did the web site say it was out of stock as well. Ive seen some websites
say its in stock until you order then hope you'll wait.
anything to get the business in these hard times.
Hammy
wrote:
>did the web site say it was out of stock as well. Ive seen some websites
>say its in stock until you order then hope you'll wait.
Nope the site showed they had them. I dont buy anything unless they
have it in stock. I dont rember the exact quantity but it was at least
a couple hundred.
Jamie
--
Beware of businesses that claim to have stock..
They run you through the whole billing process just to
find out at E-mail confirmation time, they don't have half
of the stock available to ship and indicates a waiting time
beyond reality!.. And try to cancel the order! there are
lots of small time hole in the wall parts suppliers out there
pulling this stunt because they don't have the money to
stock themselves, but gamble on getting it somewhere else while
they have your money as an insurance of payment.
And normally, multiple shipping charges when the parts finally
arrive in segments.
mook johnson
I meant after you ordered and they toldyou they were out of stock. does the
web page still say they have it in stock.
Thats an OLD trick.
Hammy
wrote:
>
>"Hammy" <sp...@spam.com> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:39:20 -0600, "mook johnson" <mo...@mook.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>did the web site say it was out of stock as well. Ive seen some websites
>>>say its in stock until you order then hope you'll wait.
>>
>> Nope the site showed they had them. I dont buy anything unless they
>> have it in stock. I dont rember the exact quantity but it was at least
>> a couple hundred.
>>
>>>anything to get the business in these hard times.
>>>
>
>
>I meant after you ordered and they toldyou they were out of stock. does the
>web page still say they have it in stock.
>
>Thats an OLD trick.
>
Nope now its showing zero inventory.
http://canada.newark.com/taiyo-yuden/emk316bj106kl-t/ceramic-multilayer-capacitor/dp/18J2678
It happened before they admitted their error. I dont think a large
distro like Newark AKA farnell is going to do a scam. If they want you
to buy more they just send out Vouchers ;).
I think the inventory tracking software sucks. Which is why I'm now
leary of buying anything there that they show stock quantity under a
hundred.
The search engine paremetric features is pretty pathetic to it leaves
out half the stuff.
They added an error reporting feature to there web site which is a
good idea. I already reported a few things,and they corrected them
in about a week.
Michael A. Terrell
Have you looked at the Mouser website lately? Their online catalog is
now in MS Silverlight. What a pathetic pile of crap.
--
Greed is the root of all eBay.
Robert Baer
I saw that on the Mouser site as i buy a lot from them; did not fall
for it as it seemed to be flash-like garbage = = unusable as i am on
dial-up.
JeffM
>What he he.. is "Silverlight"? another M$ PileOfCrap?
>
Yup. Linux advocates call it "Silver-Lie"
as in "M$ promises it is compatible".
>it seemed to be flash-like garbage
>
Yup--except that it is
incompatible with all platforms other than M$'s latest crap.
> == unusable as i am on dial-up.
>
Yup. More wasted bandwidth.
There is a Fifth Column guy who claims he's a Linux advocate
who is pushing an "open" version of this proprietary crap.
http://google.com/search?q=Silverlight+Miguel
The problem is that it's the old M$ game of Extend and Extinguish
--after M$ gets the suckers to embrace it.
Mouser joins the other high-profile morons
who were already bought off by M$ and their proprietary scam.
http://google.com/search?q=intitle:Silverlight+Olympics+%22+Library.of.Congress%22+-Showcase+-Kiosk
Seen online:
"The Library of Congress will now be known as
The Library of The Blue Screen of Death."
Michael A. Terrell
Some of the online radio stations want you to use it, as well. I
tried it on two computers and it crippled both, just like I expected.
needless to say, it was yanked and all traces cleaned off both drives.
Of course, they pop up a screen insisting that I install Silverlight to
listen to WSM, before letting me use WMA W/Windows Media Player which
isn't as invasive, but why don't they just stream in a common format?
JeffM
>they pop up a screen insisting that I install Silverlight
>to listen to WSM,
>
>before letting me use WMA W/Windows Media Player
>which isn't as invasive,
>but why don't they just stream in a common format?
>
Amen. Traditional media companies are circling the bowl.
This shit just shows how out of touch they are
apparently not aware of the multitude of other places
folks can get content without the nonsense.
JosephKK
>Hammy wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:39:20 -0600, "mook johnson" <mo...@mook.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>did the web site say it was out of stock as well. Ive seen some websites
>>>say its in stock until you order then hope you'll wait.
>>
>>
>> Nope the site showed they had them. I dont buy anything unless they
>> have it in stock. I dont rember the exact quantity but it was at least
>> a couple hundred.
>>
>>
>>>anything to get the business in these hard times.
>>>
>--
Prunt! Don't like getting called?
>Beware of businesses that claim to have stock..
>
> They run you through the whole billing process just to
>find out at E-mail confirmation time, they don't have half
>of the stock available to ship and indicates a waiting time
>beyond reality!.. And try to cancel the order! there are
>lots of small time hole in the wall parts suppliers out there
>pulling this stunt because they don't have the money to
>stock themselves, but gamble on getting it somewhere else while
>they have your money as an insurance of payment.
Damn, we are talking Newark/Farnell here. Not your favorite
cheapie fly-by-night.
JosephKK
They may be giving their contract programmers a choice slice of hell of late.
JosephKK
You got it, more glitz instead of function. And pisses away bandwidth.
Eye heroin.
Hammy
"JosephKK"<quiett...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>You got it, more glitz instead of function. And pisses away bandwidth.
>Eye heroin.
I have a 15Mbs connection and when I use Newark's site since they
started using flash or whatever the hell it is it feels like I'm on
dial-up.Jerky as hell.
National uses flash as well it's also slow but at least they give the
option to use there non-flash site.
JosephKK
Sounds like it is time to start clog dancing on their pointy haired bosses
heads. I can just hear the excuses now, "But it runs just great, I'll show
you." while sitting on the internal gigabit LAN.
Michael A. Terrell
JeffM wrote:
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> >they pop up a screen insisting that I install Silverlight
> >to listen to WSM,
> >
> Gotta get your weekly Opry fix? 8-)
Opry? I stream WSM almost 24/7. I am now 100% disabled and at home
about 95% of the time. Local radio sucks. A dozen clear channel clones,
and a couple so called 'Modern Country' radio stations that don't even
know who Earnest Tubb, patsy Cline or Bob Wills are.
> >before letting me use WMA W/Windows Media Player
> >which isn't as invasive,
> >but why don't they just stream in a common format?
> >
> Amen. Traditional media companies are circling the bowl.
> This shit just shows how out of touch they are
> apparently not aware of the multitude of other places
> folks can get content without the nonsense.
WSM started streaming with Broadcast.com. They had a free dialup
stream, or a paid broadband stereo stream. Then 'Yahoo's bought it and
screwed it up. They went with another streaming media service that died.
The next was OK, but was bought out, and trashed. The current one is OK,
but isn't interested in providing streams for older software.
Jim Thompson
Seems to work OK with ordinary Windows Media Player.
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Michael A. Terrell
Yes, that's what I'm using, but they want you to jump through hoops
every time you use it. It tends to drop the conection a lot more with
WMP, as well.
If you use Silverlight it starts automatically.
I have found a workaround. Windows Media Player works with Firefox,
so I leave it open when I shut down the computer. Then I restart the
previous Firefox session when I fire it back up.
One of the streaming media boxes claims to handle WMP, but I don't
have the $200 to try it.
Jim Thompson
<mike.t...@earthlink.net> wrote:
I'll try it on my Roku Soundbridge.