1N4148 - crikey!

[who where]

I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650

Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

 

[who where]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:17:34 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:

I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650

Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Initially figured this was for 100, checked the listing, but no, for
ONE.

 

[Ross Herbert]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:35:11 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:

:On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:17:34 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:
:
:>I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...
:>
:>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650
:>
:>Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?
:
:Initially figured this was for 100, checked the listing, but no, for
:ONE.


Not necessarily... the second picture shows 4 diodes so perhaps it is $1.10 for
4 diodes. The only way to find out is to send the seller a message and ask.
Nevertheless, even at $1.10/4 it would still be expensive.

I have 6,700 listed for sale at $0.03 each here http://ozcomponents.com/

 

[who where]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:28:02 +0800, Ross Herbert
<rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:35:11 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:

:On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:17:34 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:
:
:>I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...
:
:>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650
:
:>Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?
:
:Initially figured this was for 100, checked the listing, but no, for
:ONE.


Not necessarily... the second picture shows 4 diodes so perhaps it is $1.10 for
4 diodes. The only way to find out is to send the seller a message and ask.
Nevertheless, even at $1.10/4 it would still be expensive.

and that's excluding postage.

I have 6,700 listed for sale at $0.03 each here http://ozcomponents.com/

exactly.

 

[Andy Wood]

Ross Herbert <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

.. . .

I have 6,700 listed for sale at $0.03 each here http://ozcomponents.com/

The last ones I bought were just over 2 cents each.

That was a little while ago though. Well, it was more like 35 years
ago, so I guess 2 cents was worth a lot more then!

Long story, I got several hundred too many and ended up with what
turned out to be a lifetime supply.
Andy Wood
woodag@trap.ozemail.com.au

 

[F Murtz]

who where wrote:

I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650

Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM

 

[Trevor Wilson]

who where wrote:

I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650

Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

**WES have them for $0.08 each in one off quantities.
Farnell have them as little as $0.022 each in 100 off quantities.

Seems reasonable to me. I've paid less when I find them on special.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[keithr]

On 9/10/2010 2:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:

who where wrote:
I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650


Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM

Yes, but that is HiFi where the normal rules of reality don't apply

 

[Grant]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:17:34 +0800, who where <noone@home.net> wrote:

I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650

Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Try on -- Hmm, maybe I should start selling components at a fraction of
that markup? )

Still $2/100 (2c ea) where I buy from. Free postage too

Grant.

 

[Sylvia Else]

On 9/10/2010 3:04 PM, keithr wrote:

On 9/10/2010 2:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:
who where wrote:
I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650



Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM


Yes, but that is HiFi where the normal rules of reality don't apply

Do people really buy these things? I wondered whether the image is a
computer construct, and the reason the cable is "out of stock" is that
they don't actually make one until someone is foolish enough to order one.

Sylvia.

 

[keithr]

On 10/10/2010 8:25 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:

On 9/10/2010 3:04 PM, keithr wrote:
On 9/10/2010 2:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:
who where wrote:
I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650




Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM



Yes, but that is HiFi where the normal rules of reality don't apply

Do people really buy these things? I wondered whether the image is a
computer construct, and the reason the cable is "out of stock" is that
they don't actually make one until someone is foolish enough to order one.

Sylvia.

Of course it is real, I just threw out a pommy HiFi magazine with an
article comparing mains leads with prices up to 500 pounds and declaring
them good value.

But they're nothing really, try the $485 wooden volume knob.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070830091736/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C

While you're at try googling C37 lacquer. I had a friend who was the
Australian service manager for a well known brand of music electronics.
He reckoned that mussos were the most superstitious group of people
around, but I'd reckon that the golden ears brigade out do them every time.

 

[Sylvia Else]

On 11/10/2010 1:32 PM, keithr wrote:

On 10/10/2010 8:25 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 9/10/2010 3:04 PM, keithr wrote:
On 9/10/2010 2:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:
who where wrote:
I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650





Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM




Yes, but that is HiFi where the normal rules of reality don't apply

Do people really buy these things? I wondered whether the image is a
computer construct, and the reason the cable is "out of stock" is that
they don't actually make one until someone is foolish enough to order
one.

Sylvia.

Of course it is real, I just threw out a pommy HiFi magazine with an
article comparing mains leads with prices up to 500 pounds and declaring
them good value.

But they're nothing really, try the $485 wooden volume knob.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070830091736/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C

I'm sure Bunnings sells something very similar for $1.50 a pop.

While you're at try googling C37 lacquer. I had a friend who was the
Australian service manager for a well known brand of music electronics.
He reckoned that mussos were the most superstitious group of people
around, but I'd reckon that the golden ears brigade out do them every time.

It's been commented before around here that the temptation to pander to
people with far more money than sense is somewhat tempered by the need
to be able to look oneself in the mirror.

If only I could find a doublethink way around that...

Sylvia.

 

[keithr]

On 11/10/2010 1:51 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:

On 11/10/2010 1:32 PM, keithr wrote:
On 10/10/2010 8:25 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 9/10/2010 3:04 PM, keithr wrote:
On 9/10/2010 2:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:
who where wrote:
I'm used to buying` these in 100's for about $3 ...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1N4148-PHILIPS-SEMICONDUCTOR-NEW-DIODE-IN4148-PHILIPS_W0QQitemZ260674673650






Have they suddenly become unobtainium, or is this a wild-arse try-on?

Is that expensive found this on another group.

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1563&customer_id=PAA0846101110349PBXXLZRQHPSLMJPM





Yes, but that is HiFi where the normal rules of reality don't apply

Do people really buy these things? I wondered whether the image is a
computer construct, and the reason the cable is "out of stock" is that
they don't actually make one until someone is foolish enough to order
one.

Sylvia.

Of course it is real, I just threw out a pommy HiFi magazine with an
article comparing mains leads with prices up to 500 pounds and declaring
them good value.

But they're nothing really, try the $485 wooden volume knob.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070830091736/http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NOB_C37_C



I'm sure Bunnings sells something very similar for $1.50 a pop.


While you're at try googling C37 lacquer. I had a friend who was the
Australian service manager for a well known brand of music electronics.
He reckoned that mussos were the most superstitious group of people
around, but I'd reckon that the golden ears brigade out do them every
time.

It's been commented before around here that the temptation to pander to
people with far more money than sense is somewhat tempered by the need
to be able to look oneself in the mirror.

If only I could find a doublethink way around that...

Sylvia.

That is why the obscenely successful don't have mirrors.