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G'day all

So my 'favorite' supplier Memec doesn't stock
the mega8515 and has bumped up the prices for Mega8
by more than 50% since March >:-o I guess it may be the
result of having been taken over by Avnet! X;{

I need a couple of tubes of mega8515 (20 off) or
even the older 90s8515 as the boards can use both,
(provision for external BOD)

I know about Electus and Soanar plus, about double
the price, Dontronics about 4 times the price.

Braemac...perhaps but they are not the cheapest. I end
up buying stuff from overseas cheaper every time I get
a price from them. (got some stuff coming from Future
that is cheaper than Braemac)

Anyone else I can try out?

Regards

John Samperi

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John Samperi wrote:
> So my 'favorite' supplier Memec doesn't stock
> the mega8515 and has bumped up the prices for Mega8
> by more than 50% since March >:-o I guess it may be the
> result of having been taken over by Avnet! X;{

Bloody Avnet. They still owe me a few hundred dollars from a few years 
ago when they delivered the wrong parts (some opto isolators) and then 
decided they only wanted to deal with their 50 largest customers!

Anyone else have a gripe about Avnet? (or at least a previous version 
of Avnet).  I'll get back those $$s back one way or another.

Peter










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Can you order from Digi-Key in the US?  ATMEGA8515-16AC is US $5.16 up to 
24, and $3.24 for 25 or more.  But I suppose the shipping costs could kill 
you.

Zack

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, John Samperi wrote:

> G'day all
> 
> So my 'favorite' supplier Memec doesn't stock
> the mega8515 and has bumped up the prices for Mega8
> by more than 50% since March >:-o I guess it may be the
> result of having been taken over by Avnet! X;{
>

Yes, I had problems with them several years ago.  It was a repeating 
pattern.  I'll give someone the benefit of the doubt a couple times, as 
mistakes occasionaly do happen.  But if it's three times in a row, "Three 
strikes and yo're out!" (That's from the US sport of baseball, for those 
of you overseas.)  :-)

Zack

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Peter Gargano wrote:

> John Samperi wrote:
> > So my 'favorite' supplier Memec doesn't stock
> > the mega8515 and has bumped up the prices for Mega8
> > by more than 50% since March >:-o I guess it may be the
> > result of having been taken over by Avnet! X;{
> 
> Bloody Avnet. They still owe me a few hundred dollars from a few years
> ago when they delivered the wrong parts (some opto isolators) and then
> decided they only wanted to deal with their 50 largest customers!
> 
> Anyone else have a gripe about Avnet? (or at least a previous version
> of Avnet).  I'll get back those $$s back one way or another.
> 
> Peter
> 
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John Samperi wrote:
> G'day all
> 
> So my 'favorite' supplier Memec doesn't stock
> the mega8515 and has bumped up the prices for Mega8
> by more than 50% since March >:-o I guess it may be the
> result of having been taken over by Avnet! X;{
> 
> I need a couple of tubes of mega8515 (20 off) or
> even the older 90s8515 as the boards can use both,
> (provision for external BOD)
> 
> I know about Electus and Soanar plus, about double
> the price, Dontronics about 4 times the price.
> 
> Braemac...perhaps but they are not the cheapest. I end
> up buying stuff from overseas cheaper every time I get
> a price from them. (got some stuff coming from Future
> that is cheaper than Braemac)
> 
> Anyone else I can try out?

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