sure about the eu warehouse? every order so far i or a friend did via digikey came from the states (5 orders so far), good thing is customs and shipping is already priced in, you only need to pay VAT on your orders so i don't really mind where they are shipping from, it's usually faster than ordering from tme, where i usually get my meanwells from, and they sit in poland
Strange! I've talked with a salesman 2 or 3 years ago(when Vero29gen.6 came out) and he told me they have a few warehouses around the world. Its easier for them and it avoids import taxes cause when sold from the EU for instance they only need to add VAT depending on your country. Its practical the same when I order my driver from tme europe. As soon as I set the website to my language or use digikey.de I only have to add VAT.
I've also ordered a few times from arrow.com, always shipped from the US. No VAT, but 22% custom fees and additional costs for customs clearing for each packgage for UPS or DHL. So around 30% compared to just 19% VAT. So from my POV you save around 10% with digikey.
Edit.
There is also no customs control when ordered from digikey! No one knows what you have ordered. For this reason I don't order growlights like the the FotoP boards from china. As I ordered the Agromax bulbs and because they were shipped by a friended rui member I had to pick them up personally from the custom station.
What a shit!
Because of the shitty term 'growlights' he asked me a 2nd hole in my butt. Told him they are for reptiles but he looked online and told me they are for MJ. No, no! They can also be used for reptiles...I swear!
Believe me, I almost shot out a shitbolt, lol! .. he looked out at least an inch... haha!
For weeks afterwards I expected to receive unwanted visitors!
I'm too old for such nonsense.