In message , Greysky
writes
I have been pondering this idea on and off, but can't tell if it would be
worth the effort to do something like this. Can you make a decent living
selling small quantities of parts - passives, crystals, oscillators, solid
state, IC's , even exotic things like back diodes and mmic's - via mail
order. Or, do the large parts houses like Digi Key have the field sewn up?
Don't know if it's of any help but I buy items on-line, by phone &
locally and what I look for in all suppliers a

1. Useful stock
2. Good price to me at SIT (soldering iron tip)
3. Someone at the other end who knows what they are talking about, the
help full suggestion of a suitable alternative that is in stock, or even
an alternative supplier for the really tricky one would always earns a
return visit in my book. If I get good service I don't keep it to
myself.

Good Luck (and don't forget your potential overseas customers !!).
--
Dick
GM0MNL