"Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the Dark Remover"" wrote
in message ...

I want to purchase 100 each of the BD435 and BD436. I went to Digi-Key,
and they don't have them; I searched for them and browsed the catalog,
no luck. So I went to Mouser, and they have them, but minimum purchase
is 2000. I searched several other places on the web (Futurlec, BDent,
MCM ..) without success. I've attempted to buy Philips parts, but I got
the runaround. I talked to or emailed a Philips distributor and they
sent me to a local rep. I talked to the rep, and they sent me back to
the distributor. It's is blatantly obvious that they don't want to deal
with small fish, just the bigger purchasers.


Sounds to me like you need to select a different component. Anything this
hard to find is going to be a sourcing problem down the road too; for
whatever reason, what they're telling you is that this is not a normally
stocked item. Is there really nothing else that will do what you need?
Perhaps in the 2N lines?