Buy Transistor - Dilemma

Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the · 2003-11-11T16:42:51+00:00

I want to purchase 100 each of the BD435 and BD436. I went to Digi-Key, and they don't have them; I searched for them and browsed the catalog, no luck. So I went to Mouser, and they have them, but minimum purchase is 2000. I searched several other places on the web (Futurlec, BDent, MCM ..) without success. I've attempted to buy Philips parts, but I got the runaround. I talked to or emailed a Philips distributor and they sent me to a local rep. I talked to the rep, and they sent me back to the distributor. It's is blatantly obvious that they don't want to deal with small fish, just the bigger purchasers.So I face a dilemma. How to get a few hundred transistors without buying a few thousand, or something like that. Maybe it's my inexperience with dealing with this sort of thing. In any case, I'm open to ideas. Thanks.-- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@h@e@r@e@@###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to itgoes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in theSubject: line with other stuff. alondra101 Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URLthat will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). You'll be glad you did!Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov'tchanged it: odderforstupidnotenoughincludedtextmsg

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Jeff 22 years ago

When those NTEs were ECGs I could make one phone call and find out what they actually were and make decisions based on the full specs of the part. I liked that. Jeff

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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, Dar 22 years ago

In article , frontline snipped-for-privacy@NSatt.net mentioned...

NTEs were a knockoff of ECG, which was Sylvania at one time. Same numbering, but nothing to do with ECG, up until they bought out ECG last year.

@@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/electronics/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html@@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@

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