I hate Radio Shack

I know I can get that with MCM Electronics, but usually next day is really next next day (for some reason whenever I try to do next day, they screw it up and it doesn't ship until the next day, making it 2 day delivery). My only problems with dealing with other sources than Rat Shack, is when I need one or two cheap items. Sure, RS charges more for the item, but when I am talking about $2 parts, the shipping alone will cost more than the higher rate RS is charging. The other issue is some mail order warehouses have minimum order prices. So again, when you only need $4 worth of parts, but they have a minimum of $25 orders, RS starts to look better and better. (I can drive 5 minutes to the Mall, ignore the sales drones, pay $6 for $4 worth of items, and get my project done today... or I can mail order the parts, pay $25 for $35 worth of stuff where I only NEED $4 of it right now, plus $7 on shipping, and wait a week, or $25 on shipping and get it "next day", and finish my project in two days to a week). Needless to say, Rat Shack still gets a chunk of my business... although I do try to pool projects so I can make the $25 minimum order, and then just use ground shipping and wait a week. But there are times when that just isn't reasonable to fit my deadlines. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>