Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx37.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,sci.electronics.components Subject: Re: Looking for links and order info for PARTS References: <3s0j1eh0v5rl8791pboa3dv6vdhsrtvrio@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) From: dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) Originator: dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) Message-ID: Lines: 29 X-Complaints-To: http://abuse.usenetxs.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:28:37 UTC Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:26:53 -0800 X-Received-Bytes: 2028 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1275711511 Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:526466 sci.electronics.components:6400 In article <3s0j1eh0v5rl8791pboa3dv6vdhsrtvrio@4ax.com>, Martin Riddle wrote: >The minimum order limits are long gone too, I don't think the big guys >have minimums anymore. Neither Mouser nor Digi-Key has a minimum order these days. However, minimum _shipping_ cost is an issue... even the cheapest method (usually first-class parcel) costs enought that ordering just a half-dozen resistors doesn't make sense. Digi-Key does still offer a "mail-order" method with a benefit: if you send in your order by mail, and include a check for payment in full, they'll ship the order to you (their choice of methods) at no charge. I haven't discovered whether there's a way for you to "pre-fill" an order on-line (and then either submit it for processing, or print it out in a mailable format) - lacking that I suppose the thing to do is fill it out in a spreadsheet, with all of the proper part numbers, and print that. There are plenty of vendors on eBay and elsewhere who sell various parts assortments - kits of resistors and capacitors. Most of these are probably generic Chinese-made parts, and I can't swear to the quality of them, but they're probably a reasonable way to stock up on noncritical parts at a modest cost.