At 06:20 PM 12/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>They are free to offer whatever deal they want.  I don't have a problem with
>them chosing to charge $50 extra if you want your mechanical holes not
>plated on the inside as long as they make that clear, and they do.  My beef
>is that they then don't go ahead and do what they say they're going to do
>without holding up your job waiting for you to confirm.  In other words,
>when I explicitly check the button that says "No I don't want unplated
>holes", I am counting on them to do just that without holding up my job to
>ask if I really meant it.
>
>I would have been happy if they had said "If you check this button and you
>have holes with no copper going to them, we are going to require your
>confirmation before processing the order.  If you just want us to do it
>without asking, say so in the comment box."

Olin:  When you spec a hole as "unplated" in the PCB layout program, how
does that information get passed to the PCB maker (given just Gerber and
Excellon files)?

Best regards,

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