Re: Geek MMC Caps Pricing

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Beware of ordering with Richardson!  I had a rather nasty experience with 
them.  When a friend of mine, and myself ordered 56 of the CD .1uf 2000v 
caps, we only ended up with 44, heres why.  The minimum order is 36 of these 
(i think, but not really important).  Although we exeeded the minumum order, 
we still got screwed.  Since they will not oder parts from CD, unless you 
are ordering, THEIR minimum order, richardson will not get you the caps. So 
when i placed my order for 56, i was notified that my order of 12, couldnt 
be placed since it didnt meet nin order!!!  I emailed saying i didnt order 
12, and the salesperson, was reluctant as ever to help the situiation.  She 
wouldnt offer, another order of another cap(needed min order), and really 
seemed to care less if the costumer was satisfied.  Oh well, i think id 
rather deal with a geek.  But long story short, make sure they will sell you 
what you need, before ordering.  And I dont see the harm in an extra 50 
cents or so per cap.

Steve Ward.


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Geek MMC Caps Pricing Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 16:53:00 -0600
>
>Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-2-at-tesla-2-dot-org>
>Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:12 AM
>Subject: Re: [Tesla-2] mmc cap. source
>
>
>I Refer to the promotional link below posted to the Tesla-2 List by  Chris
>Boden of the Geek Group Aug 09 2002
>Below is the pricing extract from this link:
>
> >The prices are as follows.
> >For Group members and members of the Pupman list.
> >0.15 uF $3.00 For the general public.0.15 uF $3.50
>
> >Plus shipping from 49006 and usually comes out to about $0.15 to $0.20 
>per
> >cap (depends on how many you get) , and we do ask you make a small 
>donation
> >to the Group or buy a T-shirt or two, or SOMETHING...be nice :) We sell
> >these caps for about 50% of the price anywhere else.
>
>
>The unqualified claim to be "50% cheaper than anywhere else" does not 
>appear
>to be correct
>at least for purchases of 28 or more (usual for MMC makers)
>Richarson Electronics ( http://www.rell-dot-com/ ) sell the very same caps for
>$2.52/each min order 28
>They have just sold me 27 of the 942C series 0.33uF/1600V caps for
>$2.38/each (note
>recent price increase to $2.59/each)
>Comparing the current general public prices from the two organisations I
>calculate geek caps as 28% dearer not 50% cheaper as claimed in the WEB 
>link
>advertised to Tesla-2 Aug 9th 2002. This is a 78% difference
>Noting also that to obtain geek prices a donation or additional purchase is
>requested.
>
>Below are links to clearly illustrate the point I'm making.
>The only point where I can see Geek caps meeting their claims is in very
>small
>Quantity orders and most MMC cap purchasers will meet the minimums reqd by
>R.E.L.L.
>
>http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/Flash/Sales/MMCsales.html  (Geek Link)
>http://catalog.rell-dot-com/rellecom/scripts/SkuPage.asp?SKU=162589&PNO=&PNM=
>(R.E.L Link)
>
>
>Ted Linney
>New Zealand




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