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Thanks Graham for such detailed report !!
 
I am just a simple Atmel IC salesperson (from an authorized
Atmel reseller) that sells genuine Atmel parts in hopefully
reasonable price and in hopefully reasonable qty (say, min. 10
or 20 pc etc...). I welcome anyone's email to me.
 
Thanks !        Jo Zeng

Graham Davies <YahooGroups@ecrostech.com> wrote:

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Joe Tsang <ic_source_joe@y...> wrote:

> I am authorized Atmel re-seller
> Anyone interested ?
> [for example prices, see Joe's post]

In case anyone in this group is thinking of ordering MCUs from Joe, I 
will report on my experience.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

In summary, Joe is above board and ready to give you a deal on Atmel 
MCUs.

Graham.





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