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Title: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: T0110100101101101K on December 13, 2009, 11:30:32 PM

SoR members, we have a great opportunity to score some free NEW electronic parts.  There are 2 great ways on Twitter to do this right now!
1)Follow http://twitter.com/digikey (http://twitter.com/digikey) on Mondays and Thursdays.  There are prizes for solving really simple puzzles.

2)Tweet your wish list of part numbers valued up to $100, and you can win your list for Christmas.  A new entry each day increases your chances.http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/PH/mkt/digiwish.html (http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/PH/mkt/digiwish.html)

Come back to the SoR forum to share what you win!

Also, a quick insider not to get free shipping on your Digi-Key orders...

The Digi-Key website http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/Terms.html#Shipchg (http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/mkt/Terms.html#Shipchg) tells how to get free shipping, "When a check or money order accompanies your order, Digi-Key pays all shipping and insurance (our choice for method of shipping) to all addresses in the USA and Canada. Shipments of excessive weight or size may require additional charges. Digi-Key will notify you prior to shipment if these conditions exist." 

Mailing in your payment may take longer, but your shipping is free.  What's the rush, really?

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: Razor Concepts on December 23, 2009, 04:18:11 PM

I just won a $70 STM32 Primer2 because of this!!! Thanks!!

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: SmAsH on December 23, 2009, 04:35:22 PM

Congrats man, i really should've tried out for that!

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: T0110100101101101K on December 03, 2010, 10:03:35 PM

Digi-Key is doing it again...
http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/PH/mkt/digiwish/digiwish.html (http://dkc1.digikey.com/us/en/PH/mkt/digiwish/digiwish.html)

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: madsci1016 on December 04, 2010, 12:25:01 PM

Well, shucks. I swore I would never have a Twitter account, but now this has forced my hand.

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: Razor Concepts on December 23, 2010, 03:32:00 PM

Sweet, got it this year. Dunno what I won though, I guess it'll be a surprise  ;D

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: T0110100101101101K on December 24, 2010, 05:18:46 PM

2 years in a row!?!  Congrats! 

I don't know how you can be suprised with what you'll get.  Oh, you must have written a program to randomly select parts that are less than the limit and submit tweets for you, right?  ;D 

Title: Re: How to get some free parts from Digi-Key!
Post by: Razor Concepts on December 24, 2010, 08:09:48 PM

Of course not  ;)

Actually, every day I entered I chose from whatever i felt like wanting.. so its going to be a parallax propeller, fluke IR gun, an IR touchscreen, STK500, or a fiber optic dev kit. Should be fun waiting to see which one it is  :D