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The electronics suppliers are not used to this kind of traffic. I remember Ti's website grounding to a halt when I was first in college when they released a new
by X-Istence 15y ago
The electronics suppliers are not used to this kind of traffic. I remember Ti's website grounding to a halt when I was first in college when they released a new kit for free, and in the past when they have done coupons for half off certain high value items. Interesting side note, Ti for its free samples uses Digikey to process them (same address, same exact boxes, packaging and onetime when I ordered a free sample I got Digikey note rather than a Ti note :P)
The traffic for those websites generally is very low, I can't imagine that they are ready for anything to what they are seeing right now.
I do wish they had also launched with Digikey my favourite electronic parts distributor. Their shipping is always top notch and their service is absolutely fantastic.
- yardie 15y agoThat wasn't the case for my last order from TI. I ordered there EZ430 launchpad kits and according to the shipping label it came from a TI office in malaysia. I was originally going to go through Digikey but they wanted 5x ($20 instead of $4) the price.
- X-Istence 15y agoYou purchased them from TI. I was referring to their samples. All the stuff I've purchased from TI has indeed been shipped directly from TI itself and not through Digikey.
- ssmall 15y agoIf I remember right, last time I got samples from TI they shipped from them and not from digikey. Its been a little bit. Location might play in to it some, I live about 15 min away from their headquarters.
- X-Istence 15y agoThat is entirely possible, but with over 20+ sample shipments over a year while living in Phoenix I only received samples shipped from Digikeys facilities.