Mark Scoville wrote:
> So let me see if I have this right - you can
> charge us extra to make sure that you did your job right?

No, they give you of not forcing you to pay for the guarantee if you don't
want to.

> We can't justify paying extra for electrical testing.
> So we live with it.

But you are ridiculing that this option exists, even though you've already
voted with your money to take advantage of it?

> Boards are dirt cheap - and look really nice. But, we
> do have the 1% stinkers.

You've already shown that dirst cheap and 99% correct is more desirable than
more expensive and 100% correct, and that's what you're getting.  So what's
the problem?  You're getting what you're paying for.

> Yeah, I know it would add cost to electrically check the boards.
> Microwave ovens, TV's, Cars - It adds cost to almost every product on
> the planet to check and make sure it is right before shipping - doesn't
> it? The difference seems to be that PCB "customers" will "risk" crappy
> boards to save a few pennies (or bucks).

Yes, just as you have chosen to do.

> I suppose ultimately the PCB industry was "given the right" to charge
> extra for testing because *most* customers (like the company I work
> for) refuse to pay for it.

Exactly.  I don't understand why any of this is even an issue.  You have an
additional choice that you don't get with most products.  Nobody is taking
anything away.  If you don't like it, don't chose it.


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