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by joezydeco 91 days ago
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.
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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.