Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2020-01-01 Thread Aaron Taylor via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 02:43:59PM -0800, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > > > I ordered two from Mouser this week. > > > > alan > > And paid in much in S (if not more) to buy the two from Mouser then it > would have cost to get 50 from China... ;) FWIW, Digikey ships small items like capacitors for

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2020-01-01 Thread Boris Gimbarzevsky via cctalk
At 14:15 31-12-19, you wrote: > On Dec 31, 2019, at 13:32, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > I hate having to order 50 capacitors from China every time I need one > I ordered two from Mouser this week. alan One of the things I miss most is no longer having any local electronic

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 12/31/19 3:03 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: And what would I do with 50 when I need 2? Save them for the next project? My garage is full of stuff saved for the next project. At some point one runs out of space. Or recollection that one bought 48 extra capacitors years ago. I paid $8

RE: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Does Fry's have any capacitors? > > Or do we need to time travel back 40 years? No idea Fred, but if they don't, they should put some on the shelves. With all the competition gone I would think a store catering to such needs locally would do well in the right areas. Until of course Amazon

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
On 12/31/19 2:53 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: And paid in much in S (if not more) to buy the two from Mouser then it would have cost to get 50 from China... ;) On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: And what would I do with 50 when I need 2? I paid $8 shipping. I’d pay close

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
And paid in much in S (if not more) to buy the two from Mouser then it would have cost to get 50 from China... ;) On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: And what would I do with 50 when I need 2? I paid $8 shipping. I’d pay close to that in gas to drive to the local Fry’s. Does

Re: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Dec 31, 2019, at 14:44, Ali wrote: > >  >> >> >> I ordered two from Mouser this week. >> >> alan > > And paid in much in S (if not more) to buy the two from Mouser then it > would have cost to get 50 from China... ;) And what would I do with 50 when I need 2? I paid $8 shipping.

RE: Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Ali via cctalk
> > I ordered two from Mouser this week. > > alan And paid in much in S (if not more) to buy the two from Mouser then it would have cost to get 50 from China... ;) Honestly, if this is your livelihood and it has to be here fast Mouser (or digikeys or any of the other guys) works. Or if you

Ordering parts onesie twosie (was: One of Bay Area's last Fry's Electronics stores closes)

2019-12-31 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
> On Dec 31, 2019, at 13:32, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > I hate having to order 50 capacitors from China every time I need one > I ordered two from Mouser this week. alan