AVR-Chat

On 10/9/2010 10:46 AM, englsprogeny1 wrote:
>I
> remember buying a lot of ATMEGA8s about two years ago on Ebay where
> the effective cost (after shipping and handling) was $1.50 per
> processor!!!!
>
> Now it will cost (effectively (after shipping) )between $5 and $10
> per ATMEGA8.  This is absurd.  Newark, Mouser, Allied all have the
> same price!  It used to be that $10 would get you at ATMEGA128.
> They've even gone up in price!
>
> What if you are in production and need to have your ATMEGA8 available
> and for a reasonable price?

You're buying production parts off of Ebay?

Sounds like a company to avoid.

Robert


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