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Hi,

Did you people can tell me where is the most  Cheapest Electronic Store ??

Thanks

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E-bay

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E-bay, no contest.

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E-bay, for "common" things. For everything else, you need to get a list together and shop around - there are many great online surplus retailers out there, and some manufacturers will sell direct (in fact, there are a few chinese manufacturers that sell direct - even in 1-2s quantities - but generally only things like LCDs and motors).

Ultimately, the best deal will come from getting a large enough list of items together, then shopping around for the best deal (and breaking the order up if need be). This takes time, and can be a slog, but you might find it interesting to see what different places mark up the same item. A spreadsheet is handy for this task.

 

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Depends where you live.

[Reply #5 on:]

Your unused electronic parts.Gone to surplus or flea market.

Regards
Jeckson

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If only there were surplus and flea markets in Portugal..  :'(

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Dumpsters ;D No I am serious!

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After getting gouged on price for things I needed too many times by retailers like Radio Shack (FIVE resistors for a buck!), I got a little smarter and went up on ebay and bought some bulk packs from China of a number of components.. you just need to not mind waiting for them to show up.  Three weeks to get a resistor assortment in, but it was also 2500 resistors, fifty each of the fifty most common values, carbon film 5%... for $4.99 including shipping from an outfit in Taiwan.  Did the same with a ceramic capacitor assortment (1000 pcs assorted), "generic" small-switching NPN and PNP transistors (100 pcs each).  I'm planning to search out if anyone sells a basic "must have" IC assortment- op amp, comparator, shift register, blah blah blah, in like 10 of each.  I've also seen some of these vendors also sell small servo motors for as little as a buck each.

I've found if you are willing to wait, the online stuff on ebay cannot be beat!

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I've found if you are willing to wait, the online stuff on ebay cannot be beat!

I completely agree with this statement.  I was shocked to find out how many amazing deals are available on eBay on basic components.

Just recently I bought a 16x2 LCD for $4 shipped.  

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LCD on ebay. search "great deals on ebay" on the forum. There was a post a while ago. One seller from China managed to get the LCD to me (US) in 7 days. Other parts, ebay is ok but specific stuff you will need to buy from larger suppliers. I hate them all. I'm still waiting for my stuff from allied electronics after 20 days. There is one back order item, just a damn box, took this long and yet to see it arrive in the mail.

If I want stuff quicker than 3 weeks, I buy from dipmicro.com from Canada, takes 2-5 days, on or off ebay on its own website.

The weird thing, I really really wanted a green LED, for some reason I didn't have one bright enough. Paid premium at radioshack store and it's been almost 2 months, the LED is still sitting in its unopened package.

Try to avoid impulsive purchase and plan on what you need before you buy.

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you know I inquired about something from allied's website well over a year ago, and last week I received 5 cold calls from them

now in fairness I only was able to pick up 1, my cellphone is in a dead zone (stupid ATT) at work but really?

besides they are one of the most expensive big box suppliers out there (even nudging out jameco)

I dont like dealing with ebay, but have scored some good stuff, my pile o matrices some random basic parts, and that is where I learned about sure electronics, they had a eblah clearance sale on some scope probes right when I got my scope with no probes, yea it took 3 weeks but 17.99 + free shipping on a pair of (not stellar awesome but more than decent) hp knockoff 100mhz probes is hard to rip on

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ebay is usually cheapest if you can find what you want on there, but sometimes you have to go a big store like farnell for specialist stuff (even if they have sent me the IC before...).

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If only there were surplus and flea markets in Portugal..  

But you have Christiano Ronaldo.... :o
Mine just fighted soccer players

Jeck

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I hate soccer  :o  ;D