Re: Arrow Electronics

On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:55:04 -0700, Richard Henry wrote:
On Mar 24, 8:57 am, David Lesher <wb8...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

The distributors.
I have not come across a more useless bunch of wankers in the
distribution business.
Me: Hi, do you have this part xxxx?
Them: Do you have an account?
Me: No, but if you have the part we will open an account to purchase.
Them: You need an account.
Me: I just need to know whether you stock the item.
Them: You need an account.

I used to have to spec parts from "Hamilton Have-Not"....

Salesdroid: "Oh yes, we have 128 of those in stock."
Moi: "Great; I'll be over to pick up 30..."
Salesdroid: "They're not here...they're in Dallas.."
Moi: "No problem; ship 30 here & I'll come pick them up - Tuesday?"
Salesdroid: "Err....."

By the time I left that assignment; even the procurement folks were
using my version of their name...

I remember the good old days (81-3) when distributors really
distibuted things. There was one small disty (Kierrulf, I think) who
shared our parking lot. And they had a will-call window. And we had
an engineering account. Typical response time: get the Chief
Engineer's secretary (the account was in his and her names) to call to
confirm availablilty and place the order, then walk across the parking
lot and pick up the parts.

And on the other side, there was a little beer, pool and burger joint
where I got lunch several times a week for under $5: Little Red
special w/ cheese (1/4 lb burger with fries), plate of nachos and
pitcher of beer (the nachos and beer split with a coworker). We went
there so often that the waitress would just point at us, we would nod,
and the pitcher and nachos would be right up.

Oh, the good ol' days! <Rich wipes away a small tear )-; > I once had
an AMP rep hand me a $250.00 or so crimper, just because he had it.
Another time, I was teching at a place where they were using bleeding-
edge ADCs and DACs, and there was a Burr-Brown rep there, and he handed
me a couple of 12-bit ADCs, at a time when new ones were about $25.

And you could call reps and ask about a part, and they'd say, "Want some
samples?" and they'd show up the next day by priority mail or FedEx.

Sigh.

Thanks,
Rich

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