A bunch of good deals in unexpected places
Since I’ve recently started prototyping at home, I’ve felt constrainted by the tools and components I had available. However, I don’t have the money or purchase said components for my little home workshop. Some basic components I’ve been in need of as of late were resistors, capacitors and transistors.
I’ve been scouring digikey, jameco as well as local electronic stores such as sayal and nutech. However, I wasn’t getting a good deal for the amount I wanted, around 10-20 through hole componets for the standard value resistors and capacitors. Sayal and Nutech did not have the variety and digikey did not have the quantity. Plus the prices weren’t as cheap.
The best deal I saw was for a 520 assorted resistor kit for about 32 dollars with a cabinet. However with 20 dollars for shipping from Jameco, it was becoming a little too pricey for me.
Then I suddenly though to check on Ebay. I was able to get a 520 resistor kit, a 100 capacitor kit and a 25 NPN transitor kit for 20 dollars including shipping. And on a trip to Canadian Tire, I saw a 61 drawer cabinet for 15 bux!
Thats a total price of ~40 dollars for all the components I needed.
Moral: Shop around! Deals are available in the most unexpected places!