[sdiy] parts suppliers

[Peter Snow]

Hi Darren,

Scott Stites had done business with them and had to wait a while too.  So I guess I'll just bide my
time and wait it out. However I don't think I'll go with them again - specially when there are
places like Mouser, Smallbear and Electronic Goldmine who give much better service.  I'll keep ya
posted.

Regards,

Peter 


Shokwave wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Snow" <psnow at magma.ca>
> 
> > While we are on the subject of suppliers - has anyone bought anything
> online from Futurlec,
> > http://www.futurlec.com ?  I thought they were US based but I think they
> are in Australia becasue my
> > CC was debited in AUS $.  That was back in late Nov 2003 and I still have
> not received my order yet.
> 
> Huh. They have a NY office: try faxing them maybe? Too bad if these guys
> don't work out; their value packs look nice. Let us know what happens, but
> for now I'm not inclined to order from them.
> 
> Those extra chips you sent along are appreciated, Peter...the 4049's are a
> chip I plan on playing with right away! When I first opened the package, I
> had no clue what I'd do with them...then read the Anderton book and he
> pointed out that they can be configured as linear FET inverters
> (mwahahaha!). If you need any J201's or 2N5484's just ask, I'll be recieving
> some shortly.
> 
> Too bad the value packs at my local RS are all useless; as someone just
> starting to get serious about SDIY, I need inexpensive methods of filling up
> the component boxes with a large variety of the most commonly needed values.
> Any one recently bought a value pack of caps, or for that matter anything
> SDIY related, that they were very happy with?
> 
> -Darren