Where do you buy wholesale hardware?

**Captain Dispensable** · 25 April 2007, 08:39

eBuyer, Scan, Dabs, Komplett.... all online and all probably as cheap as wholesalers for small orders. The margins are so small it's the postage costs you've got to watch out for.

**Kyajae** · 25 April 2007, 08:59

Originally posted by Captain Dispensable

eBuyer, Scan, Dabs, Komplett.... all online and all probably as cheap as wholesalers for small orders. The margins are so small it's the postage costs you've got to watch out for.

Yep, I get 99% of my stuff from Ebuyer - very competitive. The more obscure stuff can usually be found on Maplins Electronics website and their prices too are also very competitive

**weboo** · 25 April 2007, 10:34

I get some bits n bobs from here when I need it http://www.aria.co.uk/. If you are selling on, then they also do lots of OEM stuff(software like antivirus) which is much cheaper

**Captain Dispensable** · 25 April 2007, 10:57

Forgot to mention Aria. They have a trade counter so you can pop in for any bits rather than wait for delivery.

Based near Manchester though so a trip from London would be a proper day out

**Clippy** · 25 April 2007, 11:30

This might be worth a look:

http://www.thetrader.co.uk/

**meridian** · 26 April 2007, 12:39

http://www.pixmania-pro.co.uk - they're based in France despite the .uk domain, so all purchases B2B are excluding VAT which helps on smaller items if you're on the Flat Rate Scheme.

**Captain Dispensable** · 26 April 2007, 14:19

Just watch out for manuals in french, unless you can read french

May not be an issue with IT kit that generally comes with multi-lingual docs but I know somone who bought a camera off them and had to get a manual in english direct from the manufacturer.

**TheFaQQer** · 27 April 2007, 13:21

If you're after trade / wholesale then you might want to see if you can get an account at Micro Peripherals (http://www.micro-p.com). They're one of the largest UK distributors of hardware, so may be worth a shout.

HTH,

Faqqer

**cojak** · 27 April 2007, 14:23

Originally posted by Captain Dispensable

Just watch out for manuals in french, unless you can read french

May not be an issue with IT kit that generally comes with multi-lingual docs but I know somone who bought a camera off them and had to get a manual in english direct from the manufacturer.

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Where do you buy wholesale hardware?