"Mike Czuhajewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the qrplist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Forgive me but I must get this out of my system first: eBay eBay eBay, eBay! (Note--I can do that since this is not going to [EMAIL PROTECTED], where any mention of eBay, regardless of context, instantly gets one's postings put on moderation. Hopefully that is not the case on qrplist or the qrp-l group on Yahoo. If it is, I apologize for the forbidden reference and it won't happen again.)
Gotta love eBay and the actions of people. I present this concluded auction for your inspection: eBay # 7552181013. This was for a set of 3 each Philips SA602A chips, surface mount, still in the strip. There were 12 bids from 3 people, location unknown but presumably in Australia like the seller. These 3 chips finally went for AU$29.80, and the eBay converter indicates that it's about $22.46 in US dollars. The item description said, in so many words, that it was no longer being produced, and indicated that they were in the hen's teeth category down there. That's almost $7.50 US each for a chip that is listed as currently available from stock at DigiKey in SMD at $2.25 each in quantity of 1 (382 pieces in stock at this moment) or $1.152 each if you buy a lot of 2500 (quantity of 5000 on the shelf right now). They also have the 8 pin DIP for $2.25, with 1526 awaiting orders. They may actually be difficult to obtain down under; electronic parts are not always as readily and cheaply available elsewhere as they are in this country. I am well aware of that. But the Philips web site lists "Product status" as "Full production." Or at least it did when I checked it a few minutes ago, and also said the same when I checked it while the auction was still running. That's kind of hard to reconcile with "no longer in production." The URL is http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SA602.html This is one of those cases where you don't know whether to laugh, cry, or walk away mumbling to yourself :-) As is always the case on eBay or in any other transaction anywhere, caveat emptor. [I think that's from the Latin, meaning "empty the cave," or, "get those dang dinosaur bones out to the landfill now before the ants come!"] Or maybe one of those cases where egos flare up and you get into the mode of "that SOB isn't going to outbid me THIS time no matter how much I have to pay!!!" That's hardly unknown in auctions :-) PS--A few months ago, someone on eBay was offering a strip of 30 of exactly the same thing for an opening bid of $30. I bid that amount, no one else touched it, and a little over a week later they were in my mailbox :-) And two and a half bucks for shipping, no less. 73 and queue our pea DE WA8MCQ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe qrplist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
