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<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Geoff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>there
are much better places to find chips out there, somebody's got them and cheap...
you just need to find them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>what
specific chips were you looking for?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=755443917-08092005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Mike
Brown</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl]<B>On Behalf Of </B>geoff
james<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:44 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
AH<BR><B>Cc:</B> synth diy<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sdiy] where do chips go to
die?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hi all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then things went pair shaped.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the price was high( 57.00 ea), but when you need
it you pay for it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>all i required was 3, but that fell short of
thier $500 min order.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that was that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>where the fuck do these chips end
up?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>do they sit on a shelf until some bean counter
say's" throw them in the trash"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in my case they would have gotten $US 171.00 for
putting 3x ic's in a small parcel and charged me shipping.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>go figure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>geoff james</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>