Parts sources with low shipping prices

[jeffs555]

Ran across this vendor, and thought it might help some of you who use Pic's and build with through hole parts. He has no minimum order, and only charges $1.85 shipping. http://www.glitchbuster.com

I don't use Pic's and don't do much through hole stuff, so I haven't ordered from him, and don't know anything about him except what is on his web site. The thing that caught my attention was his no minimum and $1.85 shipping. When building small projects, the shipping and handling can easily be more than the price of the components. Does anyone know of other vendors with very low shipping costs.

Jeff

[Dan Baldwin]

His shipping price is low, but his prices are high. Mouser is quite a bit cheaper.

Dan

[jeffs555]

Dan,
I had not compared his prices against Mouser, but just glanced at the logic, analog and discrete prices, and they didn't look out of line. After your post I went back and did a comparison with Mouser prices. His prices on Pic's are maybe 20%-30% more than Mouser, but for most of the logic, analog, and discrete, there is less than 5% difference, and many were cheaper than Mouser.

My point was that for a small project with one processor, a few analog, logic and discretes, the parts cost is rarely more than $5-$10. I order from Mouser and Digikey all the time, and shipping is always more than $5. For $10 in parts, that is a 50% adder just for shipping, and for $5 in parts thats 100%.

Jeff

[Dan Baldwin]

I had only looked at the price of the PICs, transistors and a few diodes, and they were high, but I hadn't noticed that the prices on the transistors and diodes were for packages of 10 or 12.

On my last ground order, Mouser charged me $4.09 shipping.

Dan

[jswayze]

I've dealt with Randy quite a bit and his service is beyond compare. Always willing to talk on the phone and is very helpful. If I can, I buy all my low-quantity PICs and programming supplies from him. Highly recommended!

-Jeff