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Circuitbenders:
To avoid endless repititions of the 'anyone know where to get components online' question heres a list of recommendations. Feel free to post additions and i'll edit the thread down to one post if it becomes to big.

UK
Rapid Electronics - www.rapidonline.com (probably the most popular site in the UK)
cpc - www.cpc.co.uk (sometimes cheaper than Rapid for bulk orders)
Maplins - www.maplin.co.uk (very expensive but have local shops)
Greenweld - www.greenweld.co.uk/
JPR - www.jprelec.co.uk/ (not much stock but they always seem to have what you want)
Nikko - www.dalbani.co.uk (has lot of rare obselete stuff if you happen to building an x0xb0x or something)
Cricklewood - www.cricklewoodelectronics.com (hard to find components - sometimes lists alternatives)
Mark 5 - http://www.mark5.co.uk (brilliant for old and obselete transisters and IC's etc)

Europe
Conrad - www.conrad.de  ( pretty pricy but good selection of quality parts)
Reichelt - www.reichelt.de (cheap and moderate quality parts, good for standard stuff)
Pollin - www.pollin.de (opportunities for getting leftover parts in big amounts for real cheap)

US
Futurlec - www.futurlec.com (also has cheap international shipping)
Small Bear - www.smallbearelec.com
Kelvin - www.kelvin.com/
Jameco - www.jameco.com
Alltronics - www.Alltronics.com

WORLDWIDE
Mouser - www.mouser.com (mainly US but also have country specific sites)
Farnell - www.farnell.com (also have country specific sites)
RS - www.rs-components.com/index.html (who actually buys from RS? They are ridiculously expensive)
Digikey - www.digikey.com (also have country specific sites, but the catalogue is difficult to use)
Partspipe - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/PARTSPIPE (ebay shop from japan with a lot of cheap quality components)

Griffin:
US - Alltronics.com - they have dual 150k pots for the cheapest I found(3.95 US0, unlike this bastard who is a bit overpriced($55 US)
also
US - Bent-Tronics.com

Circuitbenders:
JPR electronics in the UK don't have a very wide range but they seem to be cheaper than rapid for a lot of stuff and the best thing about them is that they actually have decent quality push to break push buttons at decent prices  :o
http://www.jprelec.co.uk/docs/order_code.asp?pCode=%5F0G60N8SOR&PGID=%5F0G60MX1YB&LEVEL=1&SearchType2=3&MODE=&PARTNO=&KEYWORD=&PG=Switches+%26+Sensors&RELATED=0&rtype=A&OC=NONE&TEMP=NONE

They reside at:

http://www.jprelec.co.uk/

kick52:
Please add http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/ for the UK.
I think the prices are good and the delivery is only £1.50 (unlike Rapid which had £5!)

kick52:
DON'T BUY RAPID'S PUSH TO BREAK PUSHBUTTONS!

I just tried mine and I am insanely pissed off/disappointed. It's a hit-and-miss chance that the button which actually break the circuit, the button press isn't that nice (the push-to-make pushbutton isn't nice either though at least it fucking works.), and if you can really easily melt the plastic if you heat up the contacts for more than 2 secs.

I'm sticking with toggle switches.

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