Yes, sadly we've seen a considerable uptick of incorrectly labeled parts
from Digikey over the last 12 months.  They always make good at no cost, but
it is a pain when it is discovered during assembly.  The whole line is
stopped for 24 hours until the proper parts arrive.  Just be thankful that
the wrong parts are clearly the wrong parts based on package size or type of
devices.  We've had cases where the package size was correct, but the part
VALUE was incorrect.  100pf ceramics don't work where you expect 1uF, and
ceramic smd aren't labeled for value. 

Overall, they are still our preferred vender for quick turn, small to medium
size builds.  Their huge inventory and superb customer service go a long way
and the new digi-reel service has been great.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Marcel Duchamp
> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:44 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: [EE] Odd Digikey problem
> 
> Working at a small company, Digikey's service has worked well for us.
> My estimate of wrong parts shipped is something like once in 10 years
> out of more than 1,000's of orders.
> 
> Recently, that changed.  In less than one month, they have shipped
> wrong
> parts 3 times.
> 
> Ordered:		Received:
> 2512 resistors 5mOhm	0402 resistors 4MOhm
> 5MHz resonator		1206 ceramic caps
> connectors		0402 ceramic caps
> 
> They're making it good of course.  But two of these were found on the
> smd lines at the assembly houses.  Correct labels, wrong parts.
> 
> It is possible to be just coincidence... but I don't usually believe in
> coincidences like this.
> 
> Has anyone else had any similar issues lately with Digikey?
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