WTB from China - some LEDs with built-in resistors - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 03:01:49 am
content: This is more a question about component suppliers in China with online ordering.For refurbishing this scope:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/interesting-readout-device-in-an-old-tek-r5030-scope/I want to buy 100 LEDs like these:http://au.mouser.com/new/kingbright/kingbright-resistor-LEDs/Kingbright 3mm & 5mm Through-hole LEDs with Built-in 5V ResistorGreen 565nm 25mcd 40º T-1 3 x 4.6mm WP710A10SGD5VMouser's Price for 100: AUD$0.201ea --> $20But Mouser wants $59 postage to Australia. Ha ha ha! ... No.I've often bought parts from China, but always via ebay listings. I have no idea where to search for component distributors in China who have online English-text stock lists and ordering, and sensible postage rates to Australia.If I bought these via ebay from China the parts cost would be less, and the postage would be free or a couple of dollars. But I can't find any ebay listings now for LEDs with the built-in resistor. Besides, in general I'd like to find out how to buy parts directly, not through ebay. Every time I try China-specific searching I just get a a lot of Chinese-text-only pages.Anyone have some lists of URLs to share, and recommendations for particular suppliers?

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 03:32:29 am
content: I buy a bunch of stuff from aliexpress.comIt's all shady Chinese stuff, but often it's so cheap it's worth the risk.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 04:06:21 am
content: Sometime next week (probably monday or tuesday), i plan on doing an order from digikey, if you want i can just throw in a bunch and send em to you when they get here?

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 06:20:47 am
content: Element14 have these -http://au.element14.com/kingbright/l-934gd-5v/led-resistor-3mm-green-5v/dp/2217959?Ntt=L-934GD-5VFree shipping for over $45

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 11:48:43 am
content: Quote from: apelly on March 08, 2014, 03:32:29 amAh ha! I'm so used to ebay's infuriating "Thou shalt not communicate outside ebay!" enforcement. Looking at aliexpress I see that sellers there are not shy about giving their direct contact details. So that's a great way to source stuff - find someone selling something similar, and just ask them. Thanks for the idea.Also, great chinglish entertainment. Like this gem:http://www.aliexpress.com/item/blue-LED-3MM-white-hair-and-blue-light-emitting-diodes-100/856403773.html"Tips Our products only provide a description or data downloads, technical advisory support, beginners carefully shot."I... I... what can they mean?Once when I was staying in a hotel in Beihai, Sth China, some guys pulled up in a car on the street below and shot up a storefront across the street. But in Aliexpress, store shoots you?Anyway, these are the prices I'm looking for. $14 for 1000 pieces, and cheap shipping. Yes please.Just need to find the ones with inbuilt resistors.Quote from: peter.mitchell on March 08, 2014, 04:06:21 amThanks, it's a kind offer. But the primary objective here is to develop direct purchase channels from China, bypassing the usual suspects (Mooser, Digikash, Elephant14, Farkn-hell, etc.)Some small, cheap but slightly unusual LEDs being a good test case.

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 12:16:23 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on March 08, 2014, 11:48:43 amMy guess (as a Chinese person) is that "shot" is a typo of "shop".

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 12:30:41 pm
content: Quote from: iloveelectronics on March 08, 2014, 12:16:23 pmIt's obviously an error. But 'shop' doesn't make sense either. I'd guess they were looking up 'served' or something like that in a phrasebook, and copied down the wrong synonym.Anyway, doesn't matter. Laughs were had.

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 01:38:01 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on March 08, 2014, 12:30:41 pmMy understanding of that entire Chinglish line is something like: the description and technical data you see in the product details, plus some basic technical support, are all that will be provided. Beginners (who don't have a clue) please shop at your own risk.It's a very common excuse for sellers on Chinese shopping websites to prevent themselves from having to offer any useful support to buyers.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 08, 2014, 05:04:25 pm
content: Terrahertz, I initially did not understand, however now I do, If you intend to find a chinese supplier for your wares, I suggest using Taobao to find a seller of the kind of good you are looking for, and attempting to communicate with them (in english), if communication is good you may be able to build up a nice business relationship with them.In china, the standard method of communication for nearly everything is QQ (essentially a fork+extension of ICQ), so grab the international QQ client, make a QQ account, add a random taobao seller and hit them up, see what they have to say; what's the worst that could happen? you lose $15 of a package that never arrives?Here is a starting point;http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.3.29UlTf&id=36653134688http://www.imqq.com/Have fun!Note, A lot of sellers will probably not bother with you for small orders, it is a lot of trouble. However, you can use a services/agent to purchase small quantities locally in china via taobao and send them to you, for a modest fee. These services are called taobao agents.Here is a small spreadsheet with some information about specific taobao agents, you may find this useful.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlgllpMiw3VNdGpfWFlYazhjblh5emRjZF9qMkJISWc#gid=0

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 09, 2014, 01:44:15 am
content: Taobao does seem popular, but always seemed like too much trouble for me. I have never needed wholesale quantities of anything though.In a similar vein, you could tryhttp://www.alibaba.com/which seems to be the 'wholesale' daddy of aliexpress.com.I have never used them either however.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 04:29:17 am
content: How odd, the supply of Chinese resistor LEDs seems to have completely dried up. I couldn't find a single one on eBay or aliexpress. Here are a couple of sellers you could try asking though:http://ledshoppe.comhttp://ledz.com