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Great Mouser story

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Posted on September 24, 2009 at 20:01:52
bevo
Audiophile

Posts: 307
Joined: December 27, 2004
No doubt most of us here have ordered from Mouser. I wanted to tell a positive story that happened to me earlier this week. I ordered a number of transistors from them, expecting that a few would be outside my desired tolerance. Quite normal. But one came in well below the manufacturer's minimum gain, and another was well below the others, although within manufacturer spec. One email to Mouser resulted in 2 new parts being sent to me free of charge. I offered to return the bad parts to them, but they felt there was no need for me to do that. That is true customer service.

Sometimes, ebay and other sites may offer what seems to be deals. But if you factor in potential counterfieting, factory seconds, failure rates and customer service, you may end up paying far more than what you would pay Mouser to get it right the first time. Or Mouser will make it right for you. As a side note, I placed another order with Mouser today. They will now be my #1 choice for buying parts.

I just wanted to pass on a positive experience since we only tend to hear about the bad ones these days.

RE: Great Mouser story, posted on October 27, 2009 at 19:57:55
llwhtt
Audiophile

Posts: 26
Location: SOCAL
Joined: October 28, 2008
DITTO on that!!!!!!!!!! Been using them since the catalog was about the size of magazine, it's now well over an inch thick closer to two inches as I look at it. It was really great when they added ON Semi to their list a few years back. They also have the Sprague TVA capacitors, great for tube gear. And Mr.Curcio's seems to be favorite Xicon! All of my old Curcio kits have Mouser #s. Never ever have had one problem that I didn't create (ordered wrong stuff) or they didn't fix, if and when it was their fault, can't remember any at the moment. No worries about fakes either.

Craig

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