Has anyone here tried www.tme.eu? They seem to have excellent prices and offer very cheap shipment to Europe, even for heavy packages.
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Regarding TME.eu, I have purchased from them multiple times. They ship from Poland, and since that's near Austria I get my stuff within 3 working days. I normally pay about 8-10 euros shipping for 1Kg (2 pounds) of stuff delivered. Packaging is not as good as Mouser or DigiKey, but it is adequate (e.g. glass fuses are always bubble-wrapped and ESD sensitive stuff is always packed in "silver" baggies.) The selection is not huge, but they have all the common parts (regulators, 74 or 40 series logic, fuses, mechanical stuff, resistors, capacitors...). Here is a summary:
1. Very few rarely-used parts. If you are looking for a fast 8 channel 24bit ADC, you are probably not going to find it
2. Ships really fast in Europe
3. Prices better than mouser/digikey by about 20% on average
4. Be careful, Poland has a 23% VAT which they will slap on to the final price
5. Shipping is 8-10 Euros in Europe, so, not free
6. Documentation provided is amazing. You get receipt in a nice format delivered separately to your address. Lots of details for each part supplied.
7. They website is crap for searches. It is slow, and the cart is messy, but I eventually figured it out after a few purchases.
as an example: I recently put together an order for mouser of about 200 Euros (general stuff, nothing special). Mouser wanted 40 Euros VAT for Austria and had free shipping. They send UPS from the US and it arrives in 5 days max. Made the same order on TME, paid 152 after 23% VAT and 9.50 shipping, same or similar parts and they delivered in 3 days.