[sdiy] where do chips go to die?

[Mike Brown]

Geoff,
personally, I'd never go that route when looking for obsolete chips.... if
they reply, the price is always ridiculous & they only want to deal in huge
volumes.

there are much better places to find chips out there, somebody's got them
and cheap... you just need to find them.

what specific chips were you looking for?

Mike Brown
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of geoff james
  Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:44 AM
  To: AH
  Cc: synth diy
  Subject: [sdiy] where do chips go to die?


  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
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