[iancmceachern]

It's not that Digikey or mouser is taking those inexpensive overseas solenoids and marking them up.

The products on mouser and digikey are from reputable industrial component manufacturers. They have warranties and datasheets, support from the mfg, traceability and trustability, etc.

They're simply different products. You can't compare a quality made product from a quality supplier and manufacturer to cheap crap you buy on amazon

[thrtythreeforty]

It's both. The product on Digikey is quantifiably better in many regards. It's also got a price premium on top of the increased price from the OEM. You have to pay Digikey enough to make it worth their while to ship 1 of something to you.

[iancmceachern]

And if you value your wn time above even minimum wage it's a trade well worth taking.