[0_____0]

If we lost Digikey, Mouser, and AVNET, it would be catastrophic. Entire US engineering divisions would leave for Shenzhen.

[nine-one-two]

What about farnell and arrow?

[joezydeco]

Be careful with Arrow. They like to ask what you're working on and if they discover an opportunity to bid on the same work they'll undercut you.

[elevation]

How would Arrow undercut you?

An R&D firm I know is constantly spinning low volume prototype designs with wildly different BOMs; they treat Arrow reps like North Korean spies.

But another crank-turning design firm I know trusts Arrow to do BOM reviews because of how many times they’ve come through with a reel of hard-to-find parts, making a design manufacturable in a pinch, unlocking sales.

The exact same Arrow rep serves both firms, I’ve never figured out why he is treated so differently.