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Re:Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In by nuane on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:38PM (#14111892)
With RadioShack going under, AliExpress is my goto for basic electronic components, but it can be painful when you need to wait 3 weeks for a new part to arrive.

But I don't like how Amazon because of how they treat their workers. Maybe the engineering positions are awesome, but warehouse workers and deliverers seem to be worse off than a Wal-Mart employee 10 years ago

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Re:Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In by JCharante on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:53PM (#14111955)
> Maybe the engineering positions are awesome

I've read only some teams are awesome while the rest are in an infinite loop waiting for more stock to vest.

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Re:Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In by eagletusk on Thursday April 13, 2017 @09:55PM (#14112214)
3 weeks for electronic components, you have extreme patience, I would have mostly given up on the project if that much time elapsed.
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Re:Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday April 14, 2017 @01:30PM (#14115749)
It's a temporary hit. I get around that problem by purchasing 10x what I need. Prices are so low that it's not an issue.

And realistically, I may not have gotten back to the project in 3 weeks even if the parts were already on hand.

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Re:Amazon Said to Mull Whole Foods Bid Before Jana Stepped In by grogenaut on Thursday April 13, 2017 @09:54PM (#14112211)
why not digikey?
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