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« on: March 20, 2003, 05:46:29 pm »
Hi, I'm just wondering whether anyone has bought from this company. They seem very cheap.

Thanks in advance
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2003, 06:53:20 pm »
Wow. They have VERY low prices, no minimum order amount or quantity for the entire order OR any item. Shipped starts LOW at $3 for up to $30 worth of items.

This is the best prices I've ever seen.  While they dont have everything needed for video games (or general electronics) they do have a lot of the key items.  For some stuff it's about 1/10th the price even Bob sells them for (DIP sockets, capacitors, connectors).  But clearly Bob has much more inventory that we need for gaming, but this place is good to get the common stuff first!

I will be putting together a shopping list, that's for sure!

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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2003, 08:46:02 pm »
Now just need someone to go and write up the pricelist for the keyboard encoder, see if digikey or futurlec is cheaper:)

For me I bet futurlec will be cheaper.

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Re:www.futurlec.com
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2003, 10:24:07 pm »
Hi, I'm just wondering whether anyone has bought from this company. They seem very cheap.

Thanks in advance

Grasshopper, they were less than www.digikey.com for the Atmel processor, but . . .

Did you see my post in the other thread that said www.microchip.com would provide FREE samples, shipping included.

Now what we really need is someone to figure out how to make a buttonbox with a PIC processor, or how to make Slinger's circuit in direct mode.
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« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2003, 12:12:30 am »
Note: I did some googling on them, and found out the following (they seem to be the cheap choice of, ahem, the @lt.d$$.h@ck croud)


- They ship correct orders (pull and pack correctly)
- Orders are filled in THAILAND or other asian places.
- They ship via the SLOWEST INTERNATIONAL shipment possible, therefore you may not recieve your items for a month after you place the order if you choose the cheap shipping, or 2 weeks after your order if you choose the expidited ones.

Therefore be warned it may take a while to get your stuff.
« Last Edit: March 21, 2003, 12:20:16 am by MameFan »