Has anyone picked up counterfeit parts on Amazon? I found some with a price too good to be true, so I'm suspicious..
I've been checking Amazon first lately because with Prime I can have it in 2-days for free, cheaper and faster than Digikey, Mouser, etc.. for small orders. I'm shopping for beefy n-channel MOSFETs and I stumbled across these, IRF3205PBF 10-pieces for $3.29 with free shipping. At this quantity Digikey gets $1.97 /ea and Mouser gets $1.86/ea, plus shipping, so naturally I suspect the Amazon listing is counterfeit parts. I guess it's possible that someone ended up with a pile of devices with no use and is just dumping them, but somehow I suspect that's not the case.
I've been checking Amazon first lately because with Prime I can have it in 2-days for free, cheaper and faster than Digikey, Mouser, etc.. for small orders. I'm shopping for beefy n-channel MOSFETs and I stumbled across these, IRF3205PBF 10-pieces for $3.29 with free shipping. At this quantity Digikey gets $1.97 /ea and Mouser gets $1.86/ea, plus shipping, so naturally I suspect the Amazon listing is counterfeit parts. I guess it's possible that someone ended up with a pile of devices with no use and is just dumping them, but somehow I suspect that's not the case.