Links to Useful
Components / HJW Electronics Online Marketplace Buying Options
The
UsefulComponents Shop on Etsy
The UsefulComponents
Etsy Shop Inventory Page
You can click on the first link above to go there
directly. You can buy as a guest user. It is most
popular in the USA and I have had very good success sending
tracked airmail packets to the USA, Australia, and some other
non-EU states. I have also had good success sending
tracked airmail packets to most EU states via Etsy. Post
labels printed via Etsy claim to have the EU VAT dealt with via
some encoding in the barcode, but each country has tended to
deal with packets sent from the UK somewhat differently over
recent years. Sending to the EU from UsefulComponents is
currently available for many countries via Etsy. If your
packet does not arrive I will always refund. If you get
charged import VAT and accompanying charges, sorry. I have
complied with all regulations and recommendations.
Etsy search from within the site has recently become AI
infested. (MAY 2023, possibly earlier) This has made
many searches useless, changing words such as "click" to
"clock," "mono" to "mona," without any option to disable this
unwanted function. I despair. The second link shown
above will take you to a spreadsheet type inventory page where
you can perform your own manual text search, and actually find
what you might want, without it being hidden by the ASS.
(Artificial Stupidity, Stupid!)
If you are looking for bulkier items like big variable
capacitors, moving coil meters, ferrite rods etc, they are now
on this subdivision of Etsy called Pattern, which also includes
all the Etsy listings. There are lots of good items on
here.
The HJW
Electronics Pattern Website
The HJW
Electronics Pattern Website Inventory Page
The
HJW Electronics Shop On Amazon UK
The HJW
Electronics Amazon UK Shop Inventory Page
Currently this also excludes EU locations. The accounting
is a nightmare.
The
HJW Electronics Shop On Amazon US USA
The HJW
Electronics Amazon US USA Shop Inventory Page
The
HJW Electronics Shop On Amazon CA Canada
The HJW
Electronics Amazon CA Canada Shop Inventory Page
The HJW Electronics Shop On Amazon AU Australia
The HJW
Electronics Amazon AU Australia Shop Inventory Page
Recently I have added Amazon France and Belgium, and people have
successfully ordered and received their items.
Extinct Places
I no longer have any presence whatsoever on the most well-known
online marketplace, nor would I wish to, ever again. I do
not want to make a direct link or reference here, but you can
see the details by searching for the sister site to Useful
Components, the less professional and more entertainment based
"Interesting Electronics"
FAQs
Q: Why am I still using both, "UsefulComponents," and "HJW
Electronics™," when it's confusing?
A: To function on Amazon you need a registered
trademark. UK trademark rules state that thou shalt not
use a descriptive term like "Useful" in your trademark, and I'm
not changing the website domain now.
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Recent Edit History
14-JUN-2023: New page
06-JUN-2025: Added reference to Amazon FR and BE