[sdiy] where do chips go to die?

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 9/8/05, geoff james <afas00 at bigpond.net.au> wrote: 
> 
> hi all.
> recently i placed an RFQ with a chip supplier and to my surprise they 
> actually got back to me.(i have sent many RFQ's to many co's and never 
> recieved a reply).
> then things went pair shaped.
> the price was high( 57.00 ea), but when you need it you pay for it.
> all i required was 3, but that fell short of thier $500 min order.
> that was that.
> where the fuck do these chips end up?
> do they sit on a shelf until some bean counter say's" throw them in the 
> trash"?
> in my case they would have gotten $US 171.00 for putting 3x ic's in a 
> small parcel and charged me shipping.
> go figure.
> regards
> geoff james
> 

You actually might have better luck just asking for samples. Again, go 
figure; you can get three or four FREE parts fairly easily, but the devil's 
own time trying to actually BUY just three parts. I've heard Atmel is good 
about samples too.
Tim (once sampled a sample and hold chip) Servo
-- 
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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