Problem is I'm in the UK.

I only live about 20 miles drive (35-40 minutes) from the main RS Components
who although pricey tend to have just about anything you want in stock.

My only other source is Maplin Electronics who are a bit like Radioshack in
the US (I used to work for Tandy - when Radioshack owned them). Maplins are
a bit better than Radioshack for components but sadly seem to be going the
way Tandy did in the uk and are concentrating more on toys than components
:-(

Dom

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
phil B
Sent: 19 May 2005 16:20
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT]: Samples Rant

I've found Mouser to be really good for small orders. 
No minimum order requirements.  If you take their USPS First Class Mail
option for shipping, it costs no more than about $6 for shipping and takes a
couple of days.
  My last order for resistors, relays, caps and about 10 chips was $3.85 for
shipping.  I ordered it on monday, got it wednesday. 

What's really amazing, for most parts, Mouser is cheaper than almost every
other outfit.  Some times dramatically cheaper. 

phil

--- "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >I am now redesigning my circuit to use the Exar
> devices - I get them
> cheaper
> >than the NSC equivalent so the only people who have
> lost out by not sending
> >out samples are NSC themselves this time.
> 
> Well, what they did was cause you to look for second sources ;))
> 
> >The issue I had was that I only needed a couple of
> these units - I could
> >have ordered them from my distributors but because
> of minimum orders and
> >postage charges it made them relatively expensive.
> 
> yeah, I appreciated that, and the attitude at a lot of development 
> outfits would be "so what" and just order them from RS or Farnell. For 
> us "little guys" the costs do throw things somewhat, which is why guys 
> on this list talk of having heaps of "jellybean" parts in stock.
> I don't know if you
> considered these particular parts to be in that category.
> 
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