Arrow electronics makes me surprise

[schmitt trigger]

Right now, it is a seller’s market.

You think that 200% is outrageous?
A friend who services medical electronics, found that his distributor which he has used for years, had increased its prices 180%. He decided to look elsewhere, but no reputable distributors had any stock. So he came back next day to the original distributor only to find absolutely all stock gone and a 9 month backlog.
Thus he had to go thru brokers, to find the part anywhere from 250 to 400% what he had been paying for.
Since this was for medical equipment, on top of that he had to pay $1500 to an external lab to test and decap some samples to ensure they were not counterfeit.

On top of all that, pay additional expedited shipping from Hong Kong. And I am sure that is not even the worst incident out there.

 

[Lightium]

Yikes!

 

[monica8086]

Right now, it is a seller’s market.

You think that 200% is outrageous?
A friend who services medical electronics, found that his distributor which he has used for years, had increased its prices 180%. He decided to look elsewhere, but no reputable distributors had any stock. So he came back next day to the original distributor only to find absolutely all stock gone and a 9 month backlog.
Thus he had to go thru brokers, to find the part anywhere from 250 to 400% what he had been paying for.
Since this was for medical equipment, on top of that he had to pay $1500 to an external lab to test and decap some samples to ensure they were not counterfeit.

On top of all that, pay additional expedited shipping from Hong Kong. And I am sure that is not even the worst incident out there.

twice double means over 400% of my case.

 

[schmitt trigger]

Your original statement was double, not twice double.

Listen, all we are attempting to tell you is that absolutely everyone involved in electronics has been feeling a lot of pain. Is not only you.
Companies, specifically smaller ones have fared terribly.
The worst part is when a company goes bankrupt, leaving many heads of households without an income.

Personally, my company forced me to take an early retirement.