At 09:53 AM 2/4/2005, Bob Axtell wrote:
>below.
>
>roines reenig wrote:
>
>>We've been having trouble with our current Taiwanese
>>board partner. We found out that they've been padding
>>up the parts costs with their suppliers. I won't name
>>names yet. We're still dependent on them. We  are now
>>lookin for a more honest partner who can be trusted
>>and can expect trustworthy behavior from us too.
>>
>>
>If that's all they did, that's not so bad. Normally, for handling fees,
>adding 20% is pretty much standard.

I've been down that road too. They never want to look for low cost parts, 
because it eats into their margin.

I could recommend Peripheron in Vancouver BC.  I used to work for a branch 
of that company, but not at this time.
If you need it, they can handle BGAs as well.


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