[time-nuts] AD9850 boards

[Peter Gottlieb]

Sourcing parts in China is very different from the US or Europe.  When I buy 
parts in the US I will first go to the distributor and get their price, then I 
will go to the manufacturer and get promised a better price, still through the 
distributor.  The distributor still gets a cut, even if the parts come direct 
from the factory.  In China, the distributor can be completely cut out (or take 
a much smaller cut) and the pricing blows away anything I can get here.  Same 
parts, same factory, certified parts, and sometimes even shipped right from the 
factory.  So in a way China is killing us on manufacturing because US 
manufacturers are giving the Chinese companies a strong price advantage.


On 2/29/2012 6:52 PM, SAIDJACK at aol.com wrote:
> All the chip vendors sell parts in China in quantity for about 30% to 50%
> less than quantity pricing in the US.
>
> When asking distributors in China how this is possible they say "we Chinese
>   expect this pricing, otherwise we wouldn't use these parts"
>
> This is why it's so hard to compete with products from China...
>
> That's also why new DVD players (with red laser diodes etc etc inside) can
> be sold for $29 retail profitably.
>
> bye,
> Said
>
>
> In a message dated 2/29/2012 13:45:10 Pacific Standard Time,
> djl at montana.com writes:
>
> Dunno if  you have seen this on ebay:
> 260967834514
> It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz  crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board
> with pins, for about $8 free  shipping from the Old Country. I bought 4
> of 'em for the in case box (in  case I need one). I have some OCXO's in
> the 100 MHz neighborhood that will  do just fine and the hard work is
> done...
> BTW, that price is about $4  less than AD's price per chip on a 5k reel.
> Dunno how they do  it...
> Best, Don
>
>
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