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Yep and unless you spend hours researching the sellers, 100% of those NiMH batteries and servo motors will be absolute crap. The batteries will have fake UL logos, fake Samsung or whomever logos, etc. etc.

At this point, I would rather order my socks from Target and my electronics from Mouser. At least i know they have long standing relationships with distributors and I wont be getting fake products.

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Thanks for mentioning Mouser... not familiar with it, but it feels like Newegg (my prior goto) is chasing Amazon down the quality black hole.

You may also want to checkout Digikey. It’s more focused on discreet components, but they have a huge catalog of electronics that’s worth searching through, and pretty reasonable shipping.

Yeah, I've used Digikey for a few odds and ends too. I wish Amazon would just deal with their seller issues. Per-seller labels to at least track which seller's goods are counterfeit and/or problematic would be a good start. A big fat warning when refunds/returns aren't handled by Amazon would be another.

True enough, batteries are a really bad example - although companies like Panasonic have started signing on to the 'fulfilled by Amazon' program with good prices - but it is genuinely useful for a wide variety of small parts and electronics that aren't carried in any local stores and which often require high shipping fees from specialty retailers.

For the specific parts I mentioned, I'd probably go to Pololu, but you get the idea.

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