RAY, Good advice on Surplus Traders. I just bought 200 of the 13 VAC @ 800 Mils for $0.39 Ea. and they had some 20,000 more. Harry Krantz in NY is another good one. I have a small Co. that does from 10 to 5,000 unit of a kind and I get most parts from Surplus suppliers. I have been in business for over 50 years and there has always been a supply on the surplus market. One more I bought some 5,000 + 10 watt 30 ohm resistors from Hosfelt Electronics in Steubenville, OH. for $0.05 ea.. I also have bought large quantities of ICs and Passive parts on ebay, just know what you are doing when you bid. Derward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Newman" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: RE: [EE] : Component sourcing > If you live in Hong Kong there are a million shops that are supplied from mainland China. > Will blow your mind. > Each country has a number of "official" suppliers and some gray market suppliers. > > Like I purchase wall adapters from Surplus Traders in USA > U/L 12VA as cheap as $0.39. > Compare that to Digikey @ $9 each @ 100pcs. > > Ray > > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:28:25 +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > >> Thanks Xiaofan. I am particularly interested in small companies > >> because I am > >> from one. We have FAE contacts but I am wondering what other ways > >> are out there. SNIP > > > > When I need one or two pieces of a component, and/or I need them * > > quick* farnell will do the job, but their prices are often 2x ... > > 10x higher than my 'best buy'. > > > > Wouter van Ooijen > > > > > ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist