[GreenKeys] OT the end of radio shack?

[Chris Elmquist]

Actually, Digikey have not had a minimum order requirement for quite a few years.  I'm spoiled here in MN as ordering from them with regular ground shipping usually still gets it here next day.

Chris N0JCF


On June 25, 2014 8:42:38 PM CDT, Don Robert House <62.5milliamps at gmail.com> wrote:
>Also do not forget the cost of gasoline in the equation...
>I have found that MOUSER and JAMECO are my best sources for parts.
>DIGIKEY has more stock but they also have minimum quantities required.
>
>Best,
>Don
>K9TTY
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>On 20 Jun 2014, at 10:16 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
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>On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Gil Smith wrote:
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>> Radioshack has only been a place where I MAYBE will find something I 
>
>> need
>> today, but usually not.  I can also drive across town to the  
>> slightly-better
>> Fry's Electronics.
>
>At least you have that option.  No Fry's within hundreds of miles for  
>me.
>And I do occasionally find things I need at Radio Shack - was surprised
>they had fuses of a size I needed, but they did.
>> What should Radioshack be today if they did things right?  Well,
>this:
>> https://www.sparkfun.com/
>> http://www.adafruit.com/
>Well maybe, but I can't see them selling much of that in stores like
>theirs that are in towns as small as 5000  
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