buying advice shift registers

Hi,
if you have problems finding a local shop here are 2 german distributors :

Segor : http://www.segor.de/ Actually the distributor for the Arduino over here, and all sorts of electronic components.

Reichelt : http://www.reichelt.de/ In germany its probably the cheapest online shop for electronic components. (But check with Segor on individual items.)

Eberhard