On 6 Mar 2014 at 23:43, Peter wrote:
> I have sent many semi's back to many suppliers because they were=20
> supplied in substandard (or no) ESD packaging.
> I remember one supplier - I will call supplier X, where a battle of=20
> words for weeks, occurred.  I one that battle, because the datasheet of=20
> said devices had all the answers written.
> I choose suppliers carefully now.  Sometimes this does get in the way,=20
> but cheap can sometimes cause more problems.

Likewise, I received some DIP chips plugged in to polystyrene sheet. Admitt=
edly the=20
pins were pressed through a layer of tin foil, which was an attempt at maki=
ng it ESD=20
viable, but in the this case the holes in the foil were so large some pins =
were no=20
longer touching it. Maybe I was overly grumpy, but to force the issue I too=
k a photo=20
and binned the chips. They would have liked me to return them, but my point=
s of=20
argument were parts were for a commercial product and I didn't want field f=
ailures,=20
time & cost of return, parts had been compromised and should not returned t=
o=20
stock, I didn't want them replaced as they had no other antistatic shipping=
/handling=20
methods available, plus I found alternatives that were better packaged.



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