[sdiy] Source for 3080's

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 10 Mar 2010, at 09:56, Steve Lenham wrote:

> On the other hand, Futurlec seems to be fairly well thought of, but  
> I just had a batch of non-working, clearly fake 2114 SRAMs from  
> them. I'm happy to give a supplier the benefit of the doubt if it  
> is clearly a one-off, and they have offered me a refund, but I'm  
> not sure how I feel about ordering from them again. I invited them  
> to reassure me on that point but they didn't have anything to say.  
> Are their 3080s and 3280s definitely good? I bought some a while  
> back but have not used any yet.

Their 3280s are vapourware. They were listed on their site for ages,  
although I think they've finally admitted that they don't actually  
have any and can't get any.
I ordered a pile at one point, and then spent the next nine months  
hassling them to do something about it before they eventually  
refunded my money and cancelled the order. I have had 3080s from  
them, and they're fine.
I suspect that a lot of stuff that they claim to stock they simply  
source from elsewhere, so I have my doubts about them.

Regards,
Tom