[dorkbotpdx-blabber] monday is group order day

[D Delmar Davis]

Friday I made a batch of 20 usb-serial boards described at

http://dorkbotpdx.org/blog/feurig/ 
a_single_sided_ft232rl_based_arduino_programming_board

If you want one you should add the following parts to your order this  
week.

QTY 	Supplier 	Part number 	description 	cost
1 	DIGIKEY 	604-00043-ND 	IC FTDI FT232RL USB-SRL 28-SSOP 	4.02
1 	DIGIKEY 	151-1121-ND 	CONN USB JACK TYPE B HORIZON R/A 	.85
1 	DIGIKEY 	490-1035-1-ND 	FERRITE CHIP 30 OHM 1000MA 0603 	.06
3 	DIGIKEY 	399-1169-1-ND 	CAP .10UF 50V CERAMIC X7R 0805 	.15
2 	DIGIKEY 	RHM220ARCT-ND 	RES 220 OHM 1/8W 5% 0805 SMD 	.07
2 	DIGIKEY 	475-1400-ND 	LED 3MM 570NM GREEN CLR RADIAL 	.12

Don.

On Apr 4, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Mr.T wrote:
> Fellow pdx dorks:
>
> Since there are so many new people on the lists I thought I would  
> send out
> a more verbose reminder about the group buys.
>
> I have been coordinating a batch style group order to the various
> component distributors.
> I will be accepting parts lists to go into a group order to Digikey,
> Mouser and Newark today to be ordered on monday.
>
>
> Why would you want to do this? Two reasons:
> 1. Saves money (should eliminate handling fees on small orders,  
> shipping
> cost is spread across all people in the order, possible volume  
> discount)
> 2. Saves resources (less packing used, less fuel used)
>
>
> How this works (this is new and subject to change):
>
> On the Monday of the week before a meeting I will aggregate and place
> orders. I will send out via email the order totals plus their share  
> of the
> shipping. People can either bring cash to the meeting or pay pal their
> share to me (adding 2.9% + $0.30 for the fee that paypal charges  
> me).  The
> orders should arrive that week and I will break out components into
> individual orders. On the day of the meeting I will bring the  
> orders for
> distribution.
> If you are the only person that orders that week I will contact you  
> to see
> if you want me to wait until the next order cycle to put in with  
> others,
> or forget it altogether .
>
> How to place an order:
>
> Initially orders can be placed by sending me an email (
> drtwist at aracnet.com ) with the following information: quantity,  
> vendor,
> exact distributor part number, part description.
>
> Looking like this:
>
> Qty 1 , Digikey, ATMEGA168-20AU-ND, Atmel ATMega 168 MCU
>
>
> The order goes out on April 7, 2008 at 5pm and every 2 weeks there  
> after.
> If you
> have questions please drop me a line. If you have placed an order  
> and are
> not going to make it the meeting let me know. The money to place these
> orders comes out of my pocket so if you aren.t sure you.re going to  
> pay me
> please don.t order them, I will be unlikely to order for you in the  
> future
> if you don.t.
>
> Have fun,
>
> -Eric
>
>
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>
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