AVR-Chat

I live in Maine but was out in Foster City CA last week for work. 
Just so happens I was 5 minutes away from Jameco and I needed a few 
parts so I programmed the rental car's GPS system to the street 
address on the catelog and drove over.   Didn't really see anything 
impressive but did have my parts in hand in minutes. :)

 Of course, the wife is kind of used to seeing the boxes from 
Digikey and Jameco on the front porch every week. This was sort of 
cool in a total geek sort of way. 

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "upand_at_them" 
<upand_at_them@y...> wrote:
> 
> > I can buy 200 resistors for $5.00 (all of 1 value)
> 
> Jameco sells a pack of 100 carbon film resistors for $0.69.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Ken" <kenlem@m...> wrote:
> > 
> > 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