Tony, I'm a US citizen, but I do know that the UK has a 20% VAT on each level of manufacture and/or distribution. That can add up quickly in the end purchase price. Or am I missing something here?
No VAT in the US....not yet anyway;-) On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies - my mistake - I wasn't paying sufficient attention when Google > decided that this was a perfect match when searching for 300SP-1-502: > > > http://uk.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?st=3400s&catalogId=15001&categoryId=700000005471&langId=44&storeId=10151 > > But £180.27 each whereas Newark, the US arm of Farnell only want $120 or > approx £80 for the same part! Are there really that many Brits who put up > with being ripped-off to these levels? > > Tony H > > > > On 26/09/2015 01:27, Charles Steinmetz wrote: > >> Charles wrote: >> >> I had to look it up. The company was Arrow (800 833 3557). The pots were >>>> manufactured by Bournes with a manufacturer part number of 300SP-1-502. >>>> Unit cost $7.73 in 2011. I bought 26 so my cost was about $200. I wanted a >>>> "Manufactured in America" part but can't remember if that was too pricey or >>>> not. >>>> >>> >> Tony wrote: >> >> They are now $92.55 from Arrow now and Farnell want over $200 each if you >>> buy 25 or more!!!! There don't seem to be any obvious cheap alternatives >>> for 10 turn 20ppm/C 5W pots. >>> >> >> The original pots were Bunker Ramo-Eltra (later, Bunker Ramo-Amphenol) >> P/N 3800P-502. These were 20-turn, 5k, 10%, 1W, +/-50 ppm/C wirewound >> parts in the 34b rectangular package. The Bourns 3005P-1-502 matches these >> specifications (I suspect "300SP" in Charles's message was a typo). I do >> not know if the pin layout is the same as the 3800P-502. Verical has the >> lowest price on the 3005P-1-502 that I could find in a quick search, $7.68 >> each. Others charge from $9 to $14. >> >> Tony -- what part number were you quoting specs and prices for? I found >> nothing searching for "300SP-1-502." >> >> Best regards, >> >> Charles >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
