> Tell me about it... I cleaned out two stores
this weekend to get
> enough 33uF 25V electrolytics for a repair I was doing... hardly
> exotic, I thought, but the total quantity between two stores?  Five! 
 The key word here is *Repair*. 
 
Why?
a 33uF capacitor is not a custom or even specialised part. I don't see
why it makes any difference whether you need one to repair something or
for a new design.
   Hmm, which
makes me wonder if we shouldn't have a section on the
 classiccmp website for recommended places to get spares/components from? 
 Also how many items are in stock would be useful too for spares. 
 
Very few :-(
-tony