I hope you learned a good lesson from dealing with newark. They have to pay for that fancy Fat book they call a catalog. Theres a decent store here in the houston area. He carries a lot surplus stuff a computer parts. a few pic items too. I just wish he was closer to my house. mwj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pic Dude" To: Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: BGMicro orders, Was: GPS receivers: anyone have the specs? > Actually was referring to an issue I had with Newark's ripoff > charges. 1 sensor @$22.58 (which others sold for ~$17 but didn't > have in stock), plus one Max232 (to avoid the $5 charge for > orders below $25) came to just over $25. Add shipping, handling, > 11% sales tax (note that sales tax is not 11% here in Austin, > where their TX office is, where their sales office is, nor where > they shipped it from), and insurance on the shipping (which UPS > already insures to $100). Total = $36.11. > > Ouch! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of A.J. Tufgar > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:23 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: BGMicro orders, Was: GPS receivers: anyone have the > specs? > > > Sorry to disapoint you again Pic Dude but Newark charges a measly $2.14 > for a 7448. > > I mean at that price I'd better stock up! Don't let the word out though > that newark practically giving these chips away though. ;) > > Aaron > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics