I am grateful to everyone on this reflector for suggesting Just Radios.com
for capacitors. What terrific service, fast turnaround and fair shipping
prices! Excessive shipping and so-called "handling" charges seem to be where
the bigger outfits stick it to you these days. Unfortunately Dave doesn't
sell resistors. So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors? Thanks to all for the help!

Smokey
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On 2-Mar-2006, "Smokey" wrote:

So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors?

Am I missing something? What is wrong with Digi-Key?

Jerry McCarty wrote:

On 2-Mar-2006, "Smokey" wrote:


So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors?


Am I missing something? What is wrong with Digi-Key?

Or Mouser? The modern carbon film resistors don't go nutty like the old
carbon composition ones. You can still get carbon comp at Mouser, and
pay a premium, if thats what you are asking.

-Bill

Smokey wrote:
I am grateful to everyone on this reflector for suggesting Just Radios.com
for capacitors. What terrific service, fast turnaround and fair shipping
prices! Excessive shipping and so-called "handling" charges seem to be where
the bigger outfits stick it to you these days. Unfortunately Dave doesn't
sell resistors. So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors? Thanks to all for the help!

Digi-Key is probably the place to go. Yes, they have a minimum order that
is pretty high, but their prices are excellent. Yageo 1/4W metal films
in 1% at $8/200. They have 1/2 W carbon films too if that's what you want.
They'll sell you five of one value, or five thousand.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Radio Daze, Victor,NY www.radiodaze.com 585-742-2020
Lots of choice restoration parts also.
'al'

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
Smokey wrote:
I am grateful to everyone on this reflector for suggesting Just Radios.com
for capacitors. What terrific service, fast turnaround and fair shipping
prices! Excessive shipping and so-called "handling" charges seem to be
where
the bigger outfits stick it to you these days. Unfortunately Dave doesn't
sell resistors. So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors? Thanks to all for the help!

Digi-Key is probably the place to go. Yes, they have a minimum order that
is pretty high, but their prices are excellent. Yageo 1/4W metal films
in 1% at $8/200. They have 1/2 W carbon films too if that's what you
want.
They'll sell you five of one value, or five thousand.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Thanks Al for a terrific recommendation! I also appreciated the other
responses, however, it felt like I might have trampled on some feelings by
daring pose my question on this newsgroup. Evidentally Digi-Key should have
been as instinctive to me as a cat licking its kittens.

Anyway, Radio Daze is perfect, has exactly what I need, fresh stock
and, just as important to me, does not seem to play all the games with
excessive minimum orders and bogus add on charges. In fact, they state
emphatically they charge only actual shipping cost.
I prefer to throw my business to companies like that as I have grown tired
of the corporate charlatans who feel we as customers have no choice but to
let them treat us in any way they can.

Thanks again, Al.

Smokey

"al goss" wrote in message
...
Radio Daze, Victor,NY www.radiodaze.com 585-742-2020
Lots of choice restoration parts also.
'al'

"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
...
Smokey wrote:
I am grateful to everyone on this reflector for suggesting Just
Radios.com
for capacitors. What terrific service, fast turnaround and fair shipping
prices! Excessive shipping and so-called "handling" charges seem to be
where
the bigger outfits stick it to you these days. Unfortunately Dave
doesn't
sell resistors. So does anyone know of a good source for fresh, fairly
priced resistors? Thanks to all for the help!

Digi-Key is probably the place to go. Yes, they have a minimum order
that
is pretty high, but their prices are excellent. Yageo 1/4W metal films
in 1% at $8/200. They have 1/2 W carbon films too if that's what you
want.
They'll sell you five of one value, or five thousand.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I second the Mouser recommendation. I have never been dissatisfied with
them. They have what you need at a very competitive price and your
order arrives very quickly. They also seem to appreciate orders, no
matter how large or small... same service.

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:58:23 -0500, K3HVG wrote:

I second the Mouser recommendation. I have never been dissatisfied with
them. They have what you need at a very competitive price and your
order arrives very quickly. They also seem to appreciate orders, no
matter how large or small... same service.

And if you order from them once, you'll receive their 1500 page parts
catalog every few months, forever.

bob
k5qwg

Makes me curious how much you have to buy from Mouser before they reach the
"break-even" point? It must cost them a few dollars to produce and ship
their catalog.

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:58:23 -0500, K3HVG wrote:

I second the Mouser recommendation. I have never been dissatisfied with
them. They have what you need at a very competitive price and your
order arrives very quickly. They also seem to appreciate orders, no
matter how large or small... same service.

And if you order from them once, you'll receive their 1500 page parts
catalog every few months, forever.

bob
k5qwg

Thanks Chuck for the info on Mouser. Years ago...late 1970s...I bought from
them but was dissatisfied with the transaction for some reasom (which I can
no longer remember why). I'll take you up on the recommendation. Yesterday I
drove 3 hours to what once was a great little electronics store in a town I
used to live. The store had been renovated and was now owned by Marsh
Electronics and was a big waste of a trip. I guess they all want us to throw
this wonderful vintage gear away and buy the cheap crap coming from China.
Anyway, onward to Mouser...
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
"Chuck Harris" wrote in message
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John, N9JG wrote:
Makes me curious how much you have to buy from Mouser before they reach
the
"break-even" point? It must cost them a few dollars to produce and ship
their catalog.

I don't think they are thinking the same way you are. By shipping their
catalog to anybody, and everybody that wants one, they are generating a
lot
of good will. Small buyers sometimes become big buyers (think students),
and
sometimes not. But happy customers always talk. I've been a happy
customer
of Mouser's for 20 years. I've turned a lot of my customers into Mouser
customers. For me, the other companies are only there to fill in the
occasional
hole in Mouser's stock.

-Chuck