Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:
>
> Tom Handley wrote:
>
> >  Wagner, if we could do adapters for $1 in single qty, I would sell my
> > house to raise startup capital ;-)
>
>   Whilst understanding that Tom is pooh-pooing the practicality of
> getting down to $1 a board, it seems to me that if it were to be
> practical at all, there is *no way* you would *ever* offer them as
> "single qty".
>
>   I note the local electronics shop now sells resistors only in packs
> of five, or twos for the large ones (as Tandy = Radio Shack always did).
> This seems to me the only sensible approach.  I can't think of a time
> when I ever needed to buy one resistor; for whatever reason I wanted the
> one, it would always have been sensible to have the remainder in stock
> for next time - to avoid a trip where possible.
>
>   If you were making these adapter boards (and I think they should be
> made), you would *never* want to ship less than ten to anyone.  At that
> rate, they should still be cheap to do.
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.

  Maybe sell 12-packs, and allow people to "Mix and match" (or at least
to pick from several options?)  I would use more than one style of
these, most likely others would too.

  Mark