McMaster and Graingers have huge warehouses near Cleveland, Ohio (an 
hour drive from home). At McMaster, I can place order and wait for it. 
They are tight with catalogs. I ordered a catalog at the warehouse, and 
received it a month later UPS. At Graingers, I can order with phone, 
pick up an hour later at warehouse. Talking to the Cleveland store (very 
little stock), they suggested I stop by for the new catalog. Either one, 
place an online order by noon, and it gets delivered next day ground 
rates. Then in Atlanta, Graingers has a large super market type store 
with a huge warehouse attached.

Chris Smolinski wrote:
>>> Jameco's site, by comparison, is really horrible.
>>>       
>> Its web is really hard to use. But it's catalog seems well designed 
>> (but not as heavy as Mouser or Digikey).
>>     
>
> Yeah, having fewer products makes their catalog easier to wade 
> through, and they have a lot of esoteric stuff that the big guys 
> don't have, or charge too much for.
>
> DigiKey and Mouser seem to be in some sort of catalog arms race, each 
> trying to make a heavier catalog than the other.
>
> Speaking of that... McMaster Carr. I still have my ten or so year old 
> catalog from them. I've never been able to get them to send me 
> another, I guess I don't buy enough. But they also have a fantastic 
> website, very easy to find stuff. And their warehouse must have a 
> conveyer belt right into the UPS/FedEx hub, because I'll place an 
> order at 4 PM and the box is on my doorstep the next day.
>
>   
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