Hey John, That parts wall reminds me of how Radio Shack use to look. I recent years (at least 10, maybe 20) they keep most of their parts in metal cabinets. Only a small percentage of their parts, is still stocked on the wall.
On Sunday, November 17, 2013 8:26:47 PM UTC-8, jrehwin wrote: > > > ...however, I go to my local Radio Shack. Which is *very* local - the one > in the town where I used to live went out of business and I bought most of > their carded stock on the cheap, and hung it up on pegboard in my back > room: > > http://www.vitriol.com/images/house/partswall.jpg > > If I need a common part at three in the morning, there's nothing like > being able to just grab one without even having to leave my house! > > - John > I can't really add to much more to this discussion, other than I personally, buy from all them (Mouser, Digikey, Newark, and Jameco). Never knew about the haggling part though. Newark, though, does run sales on certain parts. On my last buy from them, I bought small capacitors for ~1.5 cents each, for any quantity. At Mouser, this part usually runs ~5 cents, in quantities of 100. And for being a pack rat, and stores that closed: <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yLUaror0RD8/UopLwtkvnpI/AAAAAAAAMIw/9GJYZz1zX9I/s1600/Xfmrss.jpg> I bought that transformer, while the Olson chain was still in Business. They closed ~1980, or so. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0e02567c-3a6e-40f9-aff0-8c25b59b5d54%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
