Electronics 2000

With a maplins nearby, I tend to use them for component purchases but their staff are as useful as their websearch tool. It seems if I don't have their part number, they're unable to cross-reference it.

I'm currently after an IC 3140, a transistor 2n3704 and a 100nf capacitor - all of which I'm told "we don't list or stock them" which I find hard to believe.

I can find some on ebay but they're either in lots due to their low value or the postage is many times higher than the value.

Any other suggestions please?

try these, these arnt cheap, but for one offs your not going to get cheap.

http://www.rswww.com
http://www.farnell.com

walk in tell them to pull there figue out of the a hurm or use there data base urself it sould be able to be found with a little efort used