[sdiy] Bulk Resistors

[James R. Coplin]

Matthew Smith wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:09:29PM -0700, Kyle Stephens wrote:
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>>> Where can I get bulk pricing on 1% resistors...
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> Quoth Tom Arnold at 2009-04-22 07:29...
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>> I'd think, nowhere.
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> Sure you can get resistor kits (10 each of the Exx series or whatever)
> but you'd pay a premium price.
>
>   
>> You can also try Ebay for some occasionally good resistor assortments.
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> That would be the way I'd go.
>
> You might end up with a load more than you need, but you can get some
> real bargains on eBay.  Picked up 50 x 220R a couple of weeks ago for a
> really silly price; even with overseas shipping, came to little more
> than just the freight cost of buying a single resistor in Australia!
> (These are for the MIDI ins of my patchbay project; got the
> optoisolators cheap from eBay too.)
>
>
>   
I used to think this way too.  I bought 4 large lots from different 
suppliers on ebay.  None of them were even close to within the supposed 
1% tolerance.  Most were 10% or more off.  Totally useless.  Trying to 
get my money back was even more infuriating.  I was going to have to 
ship them all back to get credit.  That alone almost cost as much as the 
resistors themselves.  Even then, I didn't get my money back from a 
couple of the sellers.  I now just spend the couple of cents and 
purchase from Mouser.  With the money I lost srewing around with these 
jokers I easily could have made a lifetime buy from a legitimate 
seller.  Even after admitting they had crappy resistors, all four of the 
sellers continued to sell the same lots on ebay.

James R. Coplin