Hello,
This's true in most industries. The companies that offer the most
for "free", usually have the highest "minimums", or highest priced
items...
Ballendo
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller"
<leon_heller@h...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Amundson" <ron_amundson@h...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Maxim samples
>
>
> >
> > you wind up with more vias. and there is a &%
> > > $# d∗mn photo diode on my floor, somewhere.
> >
> >
> > I have a white floor, for the same reason. It was not easy to
find, and
> the
> > flooring sales guys thought I was crazy.
> >
> > Getting back to Maxim, they have cool parts, great samples, but
when you
> > only need a hundred parts or so, they are pretty tough to get.
Even when I
> > needed 50,000 ics, it was still hard to get a decent delivery
from them.
> If
> > only they would handle production as easily as they handle
samples.
>
> Same here. They have a very nice dual 3.3/1,8 V regulator chip. I
got a
> couple of samples and then wanted to buy 20, but they wouldn't have
them for
> 8 weeks and would only sell me a reel of 2,500. They did say
eventually that
> they could let me have 250 min., but that is still too much for me,
even
> though I found someone who would take 50 off me.
>
> Leon