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02/27/12 03:46
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 		 #186215 - It was common in the U.S. to buy small quantities locally
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You can't do that any longer, though.

The advantage was, that you could ensure that you actually got what you wanted. Back in the mid-late '70's, the guys who took your order at the distributor and those who shipped your parts didn't always know what the DL2341QZX was, or was supposed to be. They didn't know the significance of the -N -C suffix, or the -25 or -10 suffix meant, hence didn't pay that much attention. Seldom enough did they know what "Friday next" meant, and often enough, they confused "arrive no later than" with "ship sometime around."

Buying passives for your prototype locally meant that you might actually get it completed on time, while ordering them on the phone often meant a two or three week slip.

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So what does "high volume" mean to you?            01/01/70 00:00      
   1 million sales            01/01/70 00:00      
   Depends too much on product and product value            01/01/70 00:00      
   In the cellphone market? Millions.            01/01/70 00:00      
      50k?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Report a bug and see what happens:            01/01/70 00:00      
            No help from SiLab technical support            01/01/70 00:00      
               unusual or changed or ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Response from local distributor            01/01/70 00:00      
            Shouldn't be the case?            01/01/70 00:00      
               It's probably a risk vs. reward thing.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  but, at least            01/01/70 00:00      
               Alas so huge amounts of false bug reports to support            01/01/70 00:00      
                  a valid point            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Not so sure about bigger companies have better skills            01/01/70 00:00      
                     it's difficult to provide persuasive evidence            01/01/70 00:00      
                        to prove a chip defect            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I'm guessing this happens because of slow response times ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I see it from a different angle ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  RE: huge amounts of false bug reports            01/01/70 00:00      
                     That's why bug reports must be accompanied by evidence            01/01/70 00:00      
               I have twice had one such case            01/01/70 00:00      
         that value            01/01/70 00:00      
            Does anyone buy components at a "local" store.            01/01/70 00:00      
               Not anymore ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               seems to be the case in Farawayistan            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Early silicon            01/01/70 00:00      
                     even better            01/01/70 00:00      
                  It was common in the U.S. to buy small quantities locally            01/01/70 00:00      
               On-line            01/01/70 00:00      
   High volume usually means low margin.            01/01/70 00:00      
      High volume means high profit            01/01/70 00:00      
   Ask this question the mcu manufacturers.            01/01/70 00:00      
   In terms of products:            01/01/70 00:00      

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