Not a bad haul for $15 (Tayda Electronics)

[Skyfox]

Doing a quick search I see several other people on this board like buying from Tayda Electronics.  I bought some IC sockets from them a few years ago when I was working on repairing some Commodore 64s, and I remembered that what they sold was a good price and decent quality, so I went back for this stuff because I'm trying to teach myself electronics and needed some parts.  I'm quite impressed at how much stuff I got for not much money, and also impressed that everything can be purchased in single-unit quantities while still having such cheap prices (only rule is a $5 minimum on the total order).  I also like how everything is in its own ziplock baggie and custom labeled with exactly the quantity I ordered.  I went with the slowest shipping option, which was only a couple more bucks, and it arrived in 9 days.  [Note:  it was addressed from Colorado.]  Here's a breakdown of stuff here:

NE555 IC 555 Timer DIP-8                                                   10     $1.30 (13¢ each)
NE556 General Purpose Dual Bipolar Timer ic                  1     $0.25
TL494CN TL494 PWM Power Supply Controllers IC         2     $0.76 (38¢ each)
Red Binding Post                                                                      4     $1.00 (25¢ each)
4mm Stackable Type Banana Plug Black                            4     $0.84 (21¢ each)
4mm Stackable Type Banana Plug Red                              4     $0.84 (21¢ each)
Prototyping Board 142x74mm                                               4     $5.40 ($1.35 each)
Small StripBoard 94x53mm (Copper)                                 4     $2.64 (66¢ each)
9V 9-Volt Battery Clip / Connector Snap                               5     $0.50 (10¢ each)
2 x AA Battery Holder                                                                2     $0.32 (16¢ each)
3 x AA Battery Holder                                                                2     $0.52 (26¢ each)
4 x AA Battery Holder                                                                2     $0.72 (36¢ each)

The ICs are all Texas Instruments branded, not some no-name crap.  And apparently I forgot to buy black binding posts along with the red ones.  Oh well.  Back when we had Radio Shack around here, the 555 timers alone would have cost me over $15.  Now the question is, what do I build?  (And when do I find the time to tinker in the lab?)

[Correction:  The N556 dual timer is by STMicroelectronics, not TI.]

Edit:  I have one gripe with the binding posts in that they have no through-holes in the shafts for sticking wires through and binding them down.  I'll have to drill them out myself.

[tggzzz]

I notice the footer of their frontpage contains links to a company called www . yameteh . com  The content is (at first glance!) adequately described by the visible text:

© 2015 Tayda Electronics. All Rights Reserved.
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Hmmm.

[Deathwish]

I personally take no notice of any branding on any item purchased from those countries, they love to forge and clone stuff.

[old gregg]

I've been buying stuff from tayda for ages now (from ebay and from their online store). Never had an issue with them and always had branded ICs.

[Deathwish]

where is their ebay store ?.

[old gregg]

http://www.ebay.com/usr/tayda2009?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

[Deathwish]

Thanks

[zapta]

I notice the footer of their frontpage contains links to a company called www . yameteh . com  The content is (at first glance!) adequately described by the visible text:

© 2015 Tayda Electronics. All Rights Reserved.
Japanese Porn
Asian Porn
Japan Sex
Japan Porn

Hmmm.

That's weird. All marked as display:none. May be SEO.

[old gregg]

oh and there's a coupon code valid until august 3rd

15% Discount Coupon Code : HOT15
**EXCLUDING ENCLOSURES CATEGORY**
**Valid till 3 AUGUST 2015 ( 6pm New York time )

[amyk]

I notice the footer of their frontpage contains links to a company called www . yameteh . com  The content is (at first glance!) adequately described by the visible text:

© 2015 Tayda Electronics. All Rights Reserved.
Japanese Porn
Asian Porn
Japan Sex
Japan Porn

Hmmm.

That's weird. All marked as display:none. May be SEO.

I don't think it was placed there by Tayda; might be injected by a SEO hacker. It uses JavaScript to hide the links. (All this will tend to do is increase Tayda's search ranking slightly to users looking for porn, and I doubt those users will click and think "I'd better buy some electronics" if/when they come across Tayda in their results...)

Incidentally yameteh is extremely similar to another (NSFW!) site called thisav . com ...

[Skyfox]

I'm not seeing anything like that on their page, even with my ad block completely disabled.  Are you sure you're looking at the right site?  http://www.taydaelectronics.com

Quote from: tggzzz on Today at 03:48:45 AM

I notice the footer of their frontpage contains links to a company called www . yameteh . com  The content is (at first glance!) adequately described by the visible text:Quote

© 2015 Tayda Electronics. All Rights Reserved.
Japanese Porn
Asian Porn
Japan Sex
Japan Porn

Hmmm.

[zapta]

I'm not seeing anything like that on their page, even with my ad block completely disabled.  Are you sure you're looking at the right site?  http://www.taydaelectronics.com

Yes, same site, html source, at the end

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