[Gghc-discuss] Proposed initial purchase - too much?

[Jonathan Manton]

If you want to find different suppliers and alternative parts, go  
right ahead.  I tried to figure out how to use the least number of  
suppliers (to minimize the cost of 2-day shipping), and only go with  
suppliers that had stock and I'd either worked with before or seem to  
have a good reputation.  Saving $3 on a cable, then having to pay $8  
shipping doesn't save you much.

Keep in mind though that if we're going to have anything to work with  
this weekend, then we need to get this thing ordered tonight.  If we  
wait until tomorrow, then you're talking one-day shipping, which is a  
Bad Thing from a cost perspective, and wipes out any potential  
savings.  If we don't have stuff to start doing thing with this  
weekend, well, we essentially lose a full week (at least from me), as  
I don't have much time during the week to do anything on this stuff.