[dorkbotpdx-blabber] group ordering returns monday

[Mr.T]

Hey all,

Thanks to everyone who participated in the last group ordering, we got 
shipping down to $1.96 per person!

This week I'm adding Mouser (www.mouser.com) to the ordering. 

This next order goes out 5pm on Monday, the 10th of march for distribution 
at the meeting on the 17th. 

If you are interested in the attiny13v (digikey part# ATTINY13V-10PU-ND 
)we already have enough volume to bring the price down to 88 cents each. I 
will be updating my page at http://www.aracnet.com/~drtwist with what.s 
been ordered, current price and amount needed for next discount level 
daily. 

If you have not ordered before here is the original post describing how it 
works is reproduced below. Since I.m including mouser in the ordering now 
make sure to put the vendor for each part in your order, as per below. 

Enjoy!!

-eric

Original post:

Fellow pdx dorks:

I volunteered at the last meeting to begin coordinating a batch style
group order to the various component distributors. Starting this week I
will be accepting parts lists to go into a group order to Digikey.
Depending on how well this goes and the general interest level, I will
begin doing mouser and either Newark, Arrow or Jameco (or all three in a
rotating fashion). Initially I will be doing this by hand and accepting
orders via this email address ( drtwist at aracnet.com). If interest remains
high I will be putting up some sort of web order aggregation tool.

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


First order goes out on Feb 25, 2008 and every 2 weeks there after. If you
have questions please drop me a line.

Have fun,

-Eric


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Drtwist:
drtwist at aracnet.com