Been on Ebay and trying to locate various components. Unbelievable!!! China has the best price around. Yes, I know it is possible to get knock off parts, but name brand stuff that is small and inexpensive is pretty unlikely to fall into that arena. So I have been looking for stuff to refill my experimenters box and maybe add a few things along the way. I have stumbled on a vendor that has free shipping, great prices and puts everything in little "tackle box" type trays for ease of selecting a part. 200 3904/3906 NPN/PNP transistors in a box for like 5 bucks. All the little boxes are the same outside dimension so labeling the ends of the boxes makes finding exactly what you are looking for a snap. So far it's been Diodes, Transistors, Electrolitic, Polymers, zeners, leds and IC's. Less than a hundred bucks all told, and a plethora of values and basic parts at my fingertips. Ship time is about the only issue, and since it is for stock expansion that isn't even an issue. My search was "Electronics Component assortment" and had over 8000 hits. Happy shopping!!!!!!
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