The SMD is 2€ through the big parts distributor where he can get all the other parts, and pay for shipping just once. But he wants DIP, which he said they don'

The SMD is 2€ through the big parts distributor where he can get all the other parts, and pay for shipping just once. But he wants DIP, which he said they don't have in stock. So now he pays extra for DIP, extra for rarity, and again for shipping from another seller. It costs probably more like 10€ at this point. Why pay 5x when you can pay 0.5x? You don't want to waste money like that on multiple parts in each project, across multiple projects each year.