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It's hard to get small numbers of these JFETs cheaply in the United States, so I bought a larger quantity than I needed, and now I have 50 left.

I'll sell them for $0.60 apiece, the shipping cost should be only a few dollars because I can just use a padded envelope. I'll pay the postage on a lot of 20 or more.

Just post or send me an e-mail.

Thanks
Michael
 
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I've sold all 50 of my 2SK170BL's, however the company I ordered from (Pacific Semiconductors of Canada) has 55 remaining 2SK170BL at 39 cents each, and 200 remaining 2SK170GR at 48 cents each.

It seems the GR version is a little less common so I would also be willing to buy up a bunch and distribute them, if there is interest for enough. If I buy the 55 2SK170BL and also 10 or more 2SK170GR, then I can distribute the BL version for 50-60 cents apiece and the GR version for 65-80 cents apiece... it depends on how many people want. Let me know if you are interested in any at all; postage should be less than $3 to the US, or $4-8 overseas.
 
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Gosh, I am terribly sorry, and I hope I didn't break any rules. I didn't make any profit at all selling these JFETs and never intended to; there is simply a minimum order and shipping cost. I bought 75 2SK170s from Pacific Semi and paid $39.20 including shipping. I sold 50 of them and received a total of $26.87. So, if you take that revenue as a portion of the overall sale, I made about 74 cents for the time and effort (because shipping turned out cheaper than I expected). I have refunded the difference to the person who bought them from me.

I made those price estimates based on how much it would cost me to order, sort of like a group buy. I would only like to do this if it helps out other hobbyists and it cheaper than any other source. I was going to buy 2SK170s from Newark/MCM (the only US source, costing 79 cents in quantity 10-24) which has high handling and postage fees. If one person buys in larger quantity then redistributes the parts, we can save money. That is all I intended with this thread and I am certainly open to suggestions. Thanks.
 
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kw, appreciate your concern. Offhand, this looks to me like pizza money at best, not anything serious. If someone makes 20 cents a part and sells 100 parts, that's enough for a large with two toppings. I'll take olives and mushrooms, please.
 
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The prices he is quoting are quite reasonable, and I see nothing wrong with his shipping estimates.

By the time you add in the cost of padded mailers, gas to the Post Office, he may actually lose a few pennies somewhere in there.

Postage overseas starts at around $0.85, but there is no way in hell that you can get anything except a letter for that rate. Using a decent padded mailer, you are at a $1.60 to start with.

Yeah, for only 10 JFETs, it won't be much more. I rarely exceed $3 overseas for small parts.

SY:

I could probably get three toppings for that amount. So there! Add onions.............

Jocko
 
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Well, so far I've been asked for 30 BL and 10 GR pieces. If we get 25 more BL's it is enough for the BL's to cost $0.54 each, and the GR's will be $0.66 each... plus exact postage. So, just let me know if you want anything!

Thanks
Michael
 
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