I buy a lot on Ebay mostly because the Ebay vendors have what they are selling in stock. For some specialty tiny long reach stuff I usually buy MicroutUSA. I used to buy direct from Kyocera for bigger orders of specialty sutff (which I use more than most folks) but my last experience with them was so ****ty that I just didn't want to deal with them again. (It was my 4th or 5th order from them too.) Harvey is OK, but its hard to find a vendor with stock of the specialty stuff. I have three or four catalogs from small carbide endmills on my desk, but they all could give a crap about personal service to a guy who only buys a few hundred dollars of endmills at a time. I goto the guys on Ebay where service equates directly to reputation.
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com