Aware of Mouser Electronics ? 4536 32 cents, in ones and two-zees. 23.6 cents, 25 pieces or more. 4538 (really MC14538) 25 cents, in single quantity. 74HCT245 31 cents in single quantity.
http://www.mouser.com/ Digikey and Mouser have similar roots. They started providing parts to small users. Mostly school science labs, but exploded due to both a shift in the electronics part market in the US, and the Internet. They, along with Allied & Newark, issued catalogs. In the late 70's, the Mouser catalog was the size of your weekly news magazine, while the Digi-key catalog was the size of paperback novel. By the early 90's, both where the size of telephone directories. Futurelec seems to be in the same class as Jameco. Both occupy the middle world. They aren't in the scale of Mouser or Digikey, but are bigger, than your hobby suppliers, like All Electronics or Goldmine. Even though Mouser and Digikey, now compete, and even beat, the biz-2-biz electronics distributors, like Avnet, and Arrow. Newark (Farnell) is also in this pile. On Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:26:04 PM UTC-8, Chuck wrote: > > Well Futurlec looks to have some pretty decent > prices on a few items I have been looking for. > 4536 is 36 cents each for (25) or more. > Digi-Key's best price for 4536 is 41.32 cents each. > > 74HCT245 costs 29 cents each at Futurlec, where as > Digi-Key's best price is around 37 cents. > > 4538 costs 40 cents each at Futurlec. Those pop up > at various other places for anywhere from 50 cents to a buck > each! > > Futurlec also has some nice 5 volt DPDT relays that have > 2 amp contacts and have the standard 16-pin DIP pinout. > Those cost around 80 cents each. Best price for them > elsewhere is $1.49 each. > > Futurlec also has some very reasonable shipping costs. > They do NOT charge sales tax, either.... > > That is one thing I find very annoying about Digi-Key > any more. Ever since they started charging sales tax > unless one has a tax number I find myself feeling like > I got ripped off every time I order from them. > > Digi-Key is fast and they package the stuff very professionally. > For what they charge for everything including tax and shipping > they darn well ought to be professional! > > Maybe I will give Futurlec a try. > Sounds like there is at least a fighting chance of > actually receiving the goods. > > Thanks everybody for your insights about this. > > Hey while I am at it, anyone know where to get > XR2206? Jameco lists them at $6.49 each!! > > Ebay is much cheaper for XR2206, down around $2 each, > but there one must deal with most dubious sources from > Taiwan and China. Anybody know where a stash of cheap > XR2206 ics might be hiding? > > Chuck > > > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: [email protected] <javascript:> > >To: [email protected] <javascript:> > >Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Futurlec? > >Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:23:44 -0500 > > > >>On 13-02-24 03:07 AM, chuck richards wrote: > >>> Anyone here have any experience ordering from Futurlec? > >>> Looks like they have some good prices, but how's their > >>> delivery time? > >> > >>It has been a while.. but I have ordered from them in the past. > >They > >>seem to take a couple of weeks to Process the order, then they > >airmail > >>it from Some place like Thailand. Don't know if that is actually > >their > >>headquarters or not. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario > >>[email protected] <javascript:> Just Beyond the Fringe > >>http://Charles.MacDonald.org/tubes > >>No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. > >> > >>-- > >>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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > >>To post to this group, send an email to > >>[email protected]<javascript:>. > > >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> > >> > > > > $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. > 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See > http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/qFZaBB1QJSQJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
