Digikey New Zealand

[CDB-3]

 I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
office)?

Just trying to work out if it is cheaper to order a small amount from
Microchip or from elsewhere. Farnell of course stock all the 24F parts
except the one I'm looking for.

Freight costs of course are normally the killer.

Thanks

Colin
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[Brent Brown]

On 8 Nov 2009 at 19:19, cdb wrote:

>  I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
> or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
> office)?
>
> Just trying to work out if it is cheaper to order a small amount from
> Microchip or from elsewhere. Farnell of course stock all the 24F parts
> except the one I'm looking for.
>
> Freight costs of course are normally the killer.

Not sure they actually have an office here in NZ, I've only used them once or twice
(web order, credit card) and freight came direct from the United States in America.
Freight cost was around NZD39. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a way to order into
Australia direct from Digikey.

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[peter green-2]

cdb wrote:
>  I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
> or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
> office)?
>
>  
I don't think they have offices anywhere other than the US even though
they have country specific websites

Digikey have the following to say about countries without country
specific websites


    Countries without dedicated Web sites:

All countries not represented in the table above are required to do
business through the US Web site <http://www.digikey.com> in US dollars
(USD). Terms and options are country specific. Please use the contact
information below to request information from one of our international
sales representatives. Digi-Key will be adding new International Web
sites in the future. Periodically, review flag selection for changes in
your region.

Sales Associates are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year. Again, the contact information listed below is in English with
transactions in USD.

In compliance with US Export Law, Digi-Key requires necessary company /
individual information
<http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/CompanyInfo.html> when submitting an
order.

/Note: Calls may be recorded or monitored for quality and training
purposes./

*Phone: * 1-218-681-6674
 
*Fax:* 1-218-681-3380
 
*Email:* International Sales Inquiry
<http://dkc1.digikey.com/scripts/us/commcenter.cgi?action=salesinquiry>
 
*Internet: * Internet Contact Forms
<http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/Contact.html> (Customer Service)
 
*Registration: * For customers purchasing in US dollars (USD),
registration offers you the advantage of expanded online services.
/*Registration is not required* to place an online order or use the Web
site/.   Why register? <http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/regx2.html> |
Registration Form
<https://ordering.digikey.com/RegisteredUser/Register.aspx?site=US>
 
*Quotes:* Quote Request <http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/Quote.html>



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[Russell McMahon-4]

> I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
> or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
> office)?


I was/am of the impression that the "NZ" office is a virtual one and that
orders are fulfilled directly from Thief River.(Great name for a place to
run a business one.) This is also true of their Chinese website, which
starts off with Chinse URLs but AFAIR reverts to US obes as one proceeds
through the system.

Digikey offer free freight to NZ for orders over $100. AFAIR that's $NZ100
and not $US100 - although the two are reasonably similar at present - in the
not too distant past they were almost 2:1.

Combining orders with other antipodeans may be doable.

An alternative is to acquire a US contact who will forward for you using a
lower cost service than Digikey offer. I'm not sure if Digikey offer Global
Priority Express - AFAIR it costs $US9 to send an A4 x 100 page or so stout
enevlope by that service with delivery times of about 1 week - faster than
DHL manages sometimes with their brain dead arrangement with local couriers
here or when sending my cameras to Singapore. (DHL appear to me to be
looking for creative ways to destroy their business, although the reason
theymight wish to do so is not apparent).

If you determine that Digikey have a real NZ office please advise - it would
be useful.

         Russell

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[Roger Weichert]

I have bought parts from Digikey in the US (into Australia) ...  and in my
case the parts cost approx $2.50 each (for 5 x DIL 8 pin ic's)  ...  but the
freight cost $80 !!!

They were not negotiable on freight or freight options  ...  if I wanted the
bits, I had to pay the freight.

At the time my only other alternative was to buy a replacement pcb for the
device I was repairing  ...  and that was around $500.

There might be something in their location name after all.

Regards,  Roger


----- Original Message -----
From: "Apptech" <apptechnz@...>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@...>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]Digikey New Zealand

>> I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
>> or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
>> office)?
>
>
> I was/am of the impression that the "NZ" office is a virtual one and that
> orders are fulfilled directly from Thief River.(Great name for a place to
> run a business one.) This is also true of their Chinese website, which
> starts off with Chinse URLs but AFAIR reverts to US obes as one proceeds
> through the system.
>
> Digikey offer free freight to NZ for orders over $100. AFAIR that's $NZ100
> and not $US100 - although the two are reasonably similar at present - in
> the
> not too distant past they were almost 2:1.
>
> Combining orders with other antipodeans may be doable.
>
> An alternative is to acquire a US contact who will forward for you using a
> lower cost service than Digikey offer. I'm not sure if Digikey offer
> Global
> Priority Express - AFAIR it costs $US9 to send an A4 x 100 page or so
> stout
> enevlope by that service with delivery times of about 1 week - faster than
> DHL manages sometimes with their brain dead arrangement with local
> couriers
> here or when sending my cameras to Singapore. (DHL appear to me to be
> looking for creative ways to destroy their business, although the reason
> theymight wish to do so is not apparent).
>
> If you determine that Digikey have a real NZ office please advise - it
> would
> be useful.
>
>         Russell

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[Mark Rages]

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 3:19 AM, cdb <colin@...> wrote:

>  I see Digikey have a NZ office but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
> or Aus person know if they will export to Australia (from the NZ
> office)?
>
> Just trying to work out if it is cheaper to order a small amount from
> Microchip or from elsewhere. Farnell of course stock all the 24F parts
> except the one I'm looking for.
>
> Freight costs of course are normally the killer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
> --
> cdb,  on 11/8/2009
>

When I've ordered parts from microchipdirect.com they have shipped
direct from the factory in Thailand for about $20.

Common sense would expect freight to be cheaper to Australia than
halfway around the world to my door.  But shipping prices often don't
obey common sense.

Regards,
Mark
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[John Chung]

I did ask them about shipping to Malaysia too *the beagleboard*. They recommended I take one of the shipping methods with tracking*Cannot rmb the service*.... Cost about USD 40.00


John



--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Apptech <apptechnz@...> wrote:

> From: Apptech <apptechnz@...>
> Subject: Re: [PIC]Digikey New Zealand
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@...>
> Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 1:08 PM
> > I see Digikey have a NZ office
> but no Australian one. Does any Nz'er
> > or Aus person know if they will export to Australia
> (from the NZ
> > office)?
>
>
> I was/am of the impression that the "NZ" office is a
> virtual one and that
> orders are fulfilled directly from Thief River.(Great name
> for a place to
> run a business one.) This is also true of their Chinese
> website, which
> starts off with Chinse URLs but AFAIR reverts to US obes as
> one proceeds
> through the system.
>
> Digikey offer free freight to NZ for orders over $100.
> AFAIR that's $NZ100
> and not $US100 - although the two are reasonably similar at
> present - in the
> not too distant past they were almost 2:1.
>
> Combining orders with other antipodeans may be doable.
>
> An alternative is to acquire a US contact who will forward
> for you using a
> lower cost service than Digikey offer. I'm not sure if
> Digikey offer Global
> Priority Express - AFAIR it costs $US9 to send an A4 x 100
> page or so stout
> enevlope by that service with delivery times of about 1
> week - faster than
> DHL manages sometimes with their brain dead arrangement
> with local couriers
> here or when sending my cameras to Singapore. (DHL appear
> to me to be
> looking for creative ways to destroy their business,
> although the reason
> theymight wish to do so is not apparent).
>
> If you determine that Digikey have a real NZ office please
> advise - it would
> be useful.
>
>          Russell
>
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[Sean Breheny]

Hi all,

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Apptech <apptechnz@...> wrote:
> I was/am of the impression that the "NZ" office is a virtual one and that
> orders are fulfilled directly from Thief River.(Great name for a place to
> run a business one.) This is also true of their Chinese website, which
> starts off with Chinse URLs but AFAIR reverts to US obes as one proceeds
> through the system.

A couple of years ago I did a little research on Thief River Falls,
Minnesota. The place is quite dependent on two large employers:
Digikey and Arctic Cat. About 1/3rd of the people work for Digikey,
1/3rd for Arctic Cat, and the other 1/3rd work for small
service-oriented businesses which serve the other 2/3rds :)

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thief_River_Falls,_Minnesota   (tells you
that the population is 8400 people)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Key   (1900 employees)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Cat  (1630 employees)
Typically, the workforce is about 75% of the population. That's 6300
people in TRF's case. 30% of those work for DK. 26% for Arctic Cat.
44% for other businesses.

Sean
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[CDB-3]

Much to my amazement, I've just discovered that RS have the Pic in
stock (well in England actually) and they are actually CHEAPER than
buying it direct from Microchip after freight is included.

Taking an aspirin and having a lie down now, the shock is too much.  
:)

Colin
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