Friggin Mouser.

Paul.Ruby

Paul.Ruby

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This is what I got back from mouser for an ordinary order of parts. And will be my last mouser order. I don't even understand what this means. Changing all my BOMs to digikey...

The following products are cancelled.

Shipments of this product must be direct to an END CUSTOMER from an AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR only. Your customer must order this product directly from Mouser or another authorized distributor.

1N4733A
1N4735A
MMBFJ177LT1G
2SK208-R(TE85L,F)
MMBFJ113
 
Do they think you’re a reseller (distributor) and not the end user for those particular parts to satisfy supply chain requirements addressing counterfeits maybe? I’ve seen people on forums be flagged as distributors themselves based on quantities ordered of certain items.
 
It probably has something to do with this: (using TI as an example)

On behalf of my Company, I acknowledge and agree that any transfer, sale, re-sale, export or re-export of any products, equipment, materials, software, technical data and technology received from Texas Instruments (“TI Items”) will comply with all applicable export control laws and regulations, including those of the United States.

Unless my Company has notified TI in advance and ensured the proper governmental authorization has been obtained, I further certify to the following for TI Items:

  • Company will screen all parties to any onward transaction against the U.S. Consolidated Screening List and/or any other applicable restricted or prohibited parties lists, and Company will comply with any restrictions related to any such parties.
  • Company will not provide TI Items for end uses or to end users tied to nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, or missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles capable of a range of at least 300 kilometers (or when such range is unknown).
  • Company will not provide TI Items to, or provide TI Items for ultimate end use in, Belarus or Russia, or temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine and covered regions of Ukraine.
  • Company will not provide TI Items to, or provide TI Items for end uses in or to end users enabling or acting as proxies for the benefit of any country subject to U.S. comprehensive sanctions including Iran.
  • Company will not support or facilitate the activities or functions of, the military, national armed services, national guard, or national police, or a government or armed forces intelligence or reconnaissance organization in, but not limited to, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, China, Nicaragua, or Venezuela as prohibited under applicable law.
  • All third parties receiving TI Items will be informed of and shall abide by the foregoing obligations.
I certify that I am an authorized representative of Company, and that my Company will notify TI’s Global Trade Compliance immediately in writing should there be any change to the information provided or to the certifications made above.

This EUC was originally drafted in the English language and may be translated into other languages. In the event of any inconsistency between the versions, you agree that the English version of this EUC shall prevail.
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Paul.Ruby said:
Shipments of this product must be direct to an END CUSTOMER from an AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR only. Your customer must order this product directly from Mouser or another authorized distributor.
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Mouser? WTF.
I am an “end customer,” and you are an “authorized distributor.” So what's the @!#?@! problem?

I'm guessing a lobbyist is protecting a market for a military contractor or somethin? They oughta know that no jfets are used in drone warfare.
 
Here in Australia we now have "Mouser Australia" which is supposedly based in Melbourne (still 3500km away) instead of everything coming from Hong Kong. So now If I query the availability of something I get my question sent to someone in India who doesn't know anything about electronics. AND there are some items which are of "Limited availability", which invariably means they can't be bothered sending it to Australia. But they do have some in stock somewhere.

When everything came through HK it was actually pretty good and shipping was generally "free" (ie paid for by their high margins). But now that it's "more convenient" I can't get half the stuff I used to be able to get from Mouser.
 
xefned said:
I'm guessing a lobbyist is protecting a market for a military contractor or somethin? They oughta know that no jfets are used in drone warfare.
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It's something like that:

You certify that TI items will NOT be used for:
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Chemical or biological weapons
  • Missiles or UAVs with ≥300 km range (or unknown range)
  • Military or intelligence support in certain countries (e.g., Russia, China, etc.)
  • Proxies acting for sanctioned countries (like Iran)
This is standard U.S. EAR/OFAC language, especially post-2022 sanctions expansions.
 
HamishR said:
Here in Australia we now have "Mouser Australia" which is supposedly based in Melbourne (still 3500km away) instead of everything coming from Hong Kong. So now If I query the availability of something I get my question sent to someone in India who doesn't know anything about electronics. AND there are some items which are of "Limited availability", which invariably means they can't be bothered sending it to Australia. But they do have some in stock somewhere.

When everything came through HK it was actually pretty good and shipping was generally "free" (ie paid for by their high margins). But now that it's "more convenient" I can't get half the stuff I used to be able to get from Mouser.
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i’m curious about this, cos i’ve noticed zero change in what i can or cant get from mouser since they opened an office in australia.
regardless, every order has always been picked and packed from mouser at mansfield, tx, usa and gets here very quickly (less than 7 days), so i guess i just haven’t seen how being an australian customer makes any difference to stock availability.

i guess there’s always element14 and digikey when mouser doesn’t cut it
 
There is also a pending lawsuit against Mouser and others over selling “tech” to Russia that ended up in drones.

This article mentions FGPAs, which themselves are pretty non-drone-specific:
b4ukraine.org

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Ukrainians killed and injured by Russian missile strikes using US-made technology

The lawsuits were filed on behalf of dozens of Ukrainian civilians by Mikal Watts and prominent law firm Baker & Hostetler
b4ukraine.org b4ukraine.org
So designating diodes as a ‘restricted item’ seems even more far-fetched, but who knows 🤷‍♀️

Again, I’d see what Mouser has to say about it before going down any speculative rabbit holes.
 
It's worth calling them to find out. I had a situation where my entire order was cancelled for no apparent reason - turns out it was because it was being shipped to a different address than the previous order. 🤦‍♂️Cleared it up right away once we determined what the problem was.
 
owlexifry said:
i’m curious about this, cos i’ve noticed zero change in what i can or cant get from mouser since they opened an office in australia.
regardless, every order has always been picked and packed from mouser at mansfield, tx, usa and gets here very quickly (less than 7 days), so i guess i just haven’t seen how being an australian customer makes any difference to stock availability.

i guess there’s always element14 and digikey when mouser doesn’t cut it
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Must just be the obscure transistors I've been looking for? But I used to get my C25K Alpha pots from Mouser and last time I just couldn't find them. Checked the help button and the guy in India had no cue what I was talking about. Kept sending me links to 25mm B250K pots and crap like that. So I'd say no, I don't need a 25mm pot, I need a 16mm pot. His reply? There are no pots with 16mm shaft. So I said 16mm diameter pot - It's even in the Alpha part number! Gave up. Found some in Melbourne online.
 
pricklyrobot said:
There is also a pending lawsuit against Mouser and others over selling “tech” to Russia that ended up in drones.

This article mentions FGPAs, which themselves are pretty non-drone-specific:
b4ukraine.org

Lawsuit filed on behalf of Ukrainians killed and injured by Russian missile strikes using US-made technology

The lawsuits were filed on behalf of dozens of Ukrainian civilians by Mikal Watts and prominent law firm Baker & Hostetler
b4ukraine.org b4ukraine.org
So designating diodes as a ‘restricted item’ seems even more far-fetched, but who knows 🤷‍♀️

Again, I’d see what Mouser has to say about it before going down any speculative rabbit holes.
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Mouser will not tell me why. The only answer so far is "cancelled due to Supplier Restriction." I don't understand this.
 
Paul.Ruby said:
I'm able to order all these things from Digi-key and will switch to buying everything possible from them now.
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FWIW, I’ve had a similar experience with certain products from Digikey too. One or the them was able to send me a release form, can’t remember which one it was though. This was for a simple toggle switch made in the US by C&K, I was furious but jumped through the same hoops twice, because I really needed that very specific part.
 
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