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Were any of the parts Atmega168? Having a big problem since they have just 
been released, especially in DIP to use in STK500. Dealing with both Rep and 
Disty.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Davies" <YahooGroups@ecrostech.com>
To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:01 PM
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: Cheap ATMega8-16AI ... report on successful purchase


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> --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Joe Tsang <ic_source_joe@y...> wrote:
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>> I am authorized Atmel re-seller
>> Anyone interested ?
>> [for example prices, see Joe's post]
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> In case anyone in this group is thinking of ordering MCUs from Joe, I
> will report on my experience.
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> Joe is associated with Baite Group, an authorized Atmel distributor
> in Hong Kong. I ordered about seventy MCUs from him of various
> kinds.  His prices are definitely cheap compared to, say, Digi-Key,
> in quantities from 10 to 50. I paid him with PayPal from my account
> balance. Unless he upgrades to a business or premium account, he will
> not be able to accept credit card payments unless PayPal have changed
> their policy since I last checked.
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> Joe shipped the MCUs on Wednesday (it was already Thursday for him)
> by Express Mail Service (EMS) and sent me the tracking number.  I
> tracked them to my local post office on the USPS Web site and they
> were delivered to my door today, Saturday.
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> The MCUs are all this year's date code and industrial grade.  The
> surface mount parts came in a tray, the DIP parts in individual
> plastic compartments joined end-to-end. They were accompanied by a
> proper Baite Group invoice. The customs declaration was properly
> filled out, including the HS Tariff number. I did not have to pay
> duty.
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> So, it seems to me that if you want to take advantage of Joe's low
> prices, it is safe to do so.  Here are some tips:
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> 1 - Joe is not always in a position to reply to e-mail promptly as he
> has to travel for work. Also, he seems to want to quote your order
> rather than fix prices, minimum quantity, etc. in advance. What this
> means is that you should allow plently of time and not expect to
> close a deal with Joe as quickly as you can turn around a Digi-Key
> order.
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> 2 - Give Joe your telephone number so that he can put it on the
> shipping forms. If there is any problem when the stuff gets to the
> US, the post office can call you.
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> 3 - If, when you go to pay, Joe still has a personal PayPal account,
> you may not be able to pay from a credit card. You can check with
> PayPal to be sure, but I think Joe would have to upgrade to receive
> your payment. Then Joe would have to pay fees to PayPal (as I do -
> it's not too bad). If you can pay from your PayPal account balance,
> Joe can receive the payment even in a personal account.
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> In summary, Joe is above board and ready to give you a deal on Atmel
> MCUs.
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> Graham.
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