[sdiy] buying resistors

[Scott Bernardi]

Speaking of resistors, I just picked up a roll of about 3000 100K 1% 1/4W metal
films - and you know how many 100K's we use. But that's way more than I need.
Would people be interested in buying my excess? I could sell them in lots of 100
for 1 cent each (that's a 5% price!), and postage would be about 50 cents per
100, at least to the US (international would be more, probably $1.50, and so
might not be worth it).  I figure I can put 100 resistors in a baggie inside a
regular 1st class envelope.
Should I pursue this?

"J. Larry Hendry" wrote:

> I'm sure everyone has a different story, but I will share mine.  I have
> taken to pretty much using 1% resistors for everything since they are so
> cheap.  I buy the Xicon jobbies from Mouser (271-value).  If you buy 10 at a
> time they are 9 cents each.  So, that is 90 cents.  But, at quantity 200,
> the price drops to 2 cents each, only $4 total.  So, I just started ordering
> a bag of 200 every time I needed a resistor of a particular size.  It was
> not long before I had a very substantial collection of resistors in the
> sizes I used most.  I rarely buy a resistor these days.
> Larry H
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom FitzGibbon <fitz at madbbs.com>
> --
> I am just starting to build stuff without kits, so what is the best way to
> buy resistors? piece by piece? or is there some good way to get a wide
> variety in bulk.
> Thanks
> -Tom