buying advice shift registers

I live in switzerland, any good advice for that region?

Travel to Zermatt and do the hohbalmen hohenweg :slight_smile:

But for parts, have a look on ebay, particularly if you want to buy in quantity and don't mind waiting a week or so for items to be shipped from china.

You could also try dealextreme, they have a eclectic range of LEDs, such as:

20 packs of red, green or orange for $2.35 each including shipping
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11099
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11100
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11101

or this 60 lumen! white emitter for $2.75 including shipping.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13286