[sdiy] Anyone need 1/4" jacks?

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 29 June 2008 15:13, Finlay Shakespeare wrote:
> Hey,
> Just letting everyone know that Rapid have a load of non-RoHS 1/4" jack
> sockets going extremely cheap (1.2p each inc. VAT).
> They can be found here:
>
> http://www.rapidonline.com/productinfo.aspx?tier1URL=Cables-Connectors&tier
>2URL=Connectors-Audio-Video&tier3URL=Jack&tier4URL=Non-RoHS-6.35mm-PCB-jack-
>sockets&moduleno=75509
>
> I've already ordered 500 (for £5, crazy!) so they're a good buy for anyone
> doing any synth projects who don't (need to) care about RoHS. Not sure how
> well the saving is with foreign orders, but you'd probably still save quite
> a bit of cash. From some stock reminder emails I had a while back, they
> should still have over 9000 in stock.
>
> Cheers,
> Finlay Shakespeare
> http://www.futuresoundsystems.co.nr

Sure was tempting to grab 100 or so,  until I got to this:

"Non-UK delivery by Road (TNT based on Country and Weight) - £65.05"

Ouch!  Over $130.00 US?!

I've sent stuff from here to the UK a couple of times,  and a nice fat 
flat-rate priority mail envelope (up to four pounds of paper stuffed in 
there) only runs me a bit under $12,  and that's after the most recent rate 
increase.

Now if anybody on that side of the pond wants to put something together,  I 
might be intersted in taking 100 or so of those...

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