AVR-Chat

IMO, Radio Shacks pricing is more than 2 times.  I think it's on the 
order of 3 to 4 times but given that they pacakge the parts in nice 
bubble packs for display and have to pay for retail space I can't see 
them being able to keep the doors open any other way.

I buy from them if I'm prototyping something and don't want to wait 
for mail order.  Otherwise, Digikey.com rocks.  I can buy 200 
resistors for $5.00 (all of 1 value) from them vs. Radio Shack where 
you get about 10 for $2.99.  I'm not complaining. That's just life in 
the retail world.  My only wish is that they stock more parts but I 
don't see that happening any time soon.

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Mucha" <dave_mucha@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "joedella" <joedella@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > Radio Shack is selling all of their component parts at 1/2 price 
> > through the month of October. These are the parts that are in the 
> > cabinets in their stores. I saw the ad in the back of my Circuit 
> > Cellar magazine, and it does work at the store, if you ask about 
it.
> > 
> > 1/2 price probably makes the parts just about what they would be 
> > worth in the first place.
> 
> 
> Radio Shack's pricing policy is that the buy it for $1.00 and sell 
it 
> for $2.00 so a 50% off price is kinda scary.
> 
> I wonder if it is a move to more retail stuff or just clearing off 
> the dust on the parts.
> 
> But, I do agree that it brings the cost of some things down to a 
> reasonable price.
> 
> Dave