LED's and Ebay questions

A little while ago someone had said that they had bought 50 LED's from ebay
and provided a link to the item. The price was really cheap 8 dollars plus
shipping 5 dollars. That is a real deal.

(here is the message)
>If you don't mind waiting two weeks for the LEDs, check out
>besthongkong on ebay. I purchased 50 ultra bright white LEDs for $8 +
>$5 shipping, 11000mcd. They work great and you can order a 1/4w
>resistor for each one for a penny each. The LEDs are the same specs as
>the rip off shacks at $5 each.
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=79665925
95&category=33713


Unfortunately the item had expired. After some searching I found another
sale which appears to be the same thing.
The company besthongkong.com seems to have has many,many,many LED's listed
on ebay or on their site. I am NOT an ebay person so have never dealt with
it and have a couple of questions about the LED's for my project and buying
on ebay.

I want to make a couple of night lights for the cottage pathway. Sure I
could buy those cheesy path lights but what would be the fun in that.

My questions are :
1. ebay lists "50 11000mcd Ultra Bright White LED Hot! LEDs Light" Are these
small LED's the type you would use in a small circuit. Would they be right
for this for this project ?? Or are they simply too small to really provide
enough light?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66952&item=7508025261

2. I'm not sure what the viewing angle means. These above are 20. It appears
that most are 20.

3. I have also seen from this same company the below LED. It has a MCD of
20000. Unfortunately they only seem to sell them in quantities of 100. I
cant tell if they are 5mm or not. Its not clear to me. Are these better than
the ones above. They seem to have almost twice the brightness ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=66952&item=7508019489


4. I see that the company has jumbo LED's maybe that what I should use. They
are 12V. But I can't see how much light they give out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7967991061&category=33713
10 White LED Wedge Base Bulb 194 158 168 Light LEDs

Sadly the shipping is more than the bulbs, not sure why. 10 of the bigger
LEDS must weigh less than the 50 of the smaller. Anyway would this be a
better solution? The only thing is they seem to have a base on them, This is
yet something else I would have to get, and deal with.


5. What is the best way to buy things on ebay. Is this paypal free, and the
best way to go. Any suggestions. or even any better place to get cheap
LED's.


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