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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #75 on: August 25, 2015, 04:35:51 pm »
I've added a "Quality Certifications" field to PCBShopper.com. You can now specify if you want the PCB manufacturer to have ISO 9001, IPC 600, either, or both certifications. If you're content with uncertified manufacturers (and just want the cheapest) you can leave the "Quality Certifications" field at its default, "Not required".

I'd appreciate some feedback from the quality-conscious hobbyists and pros out there: does it make sense to have the "Either ISO 9001 or IPC 600" option? Are there cases where you want some certification, but you don't really care which one?

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #76 on: August 26, 2015, 05:32:07 am »
it would be good to have a capability comparison. especially trace and gap width ...

i need a cheap source for 4 mil track and gap boards .... half of the fabs in the list can't even do that .. some 'dinosaurs' don't even go below 8 mil ...
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #77 on: December 28, 2015, 07:08:43 pm »
I thought people here might want to know, I just added a new calculator to PCBShopper.com which shows prices for PCB Assembly services.

PCB assembly is a lot more complicated than PCB fabrication, and even once you get a price from PCBShopper, you still need to consider the board fabrication costs, purchasing the components, handling packaging and distribution, and more. Also, your relationship with an assembly company is going to be much more involved than with a PCB fab. Still, I've had multiple people request a PCB assembly calculator, and so I have made one.

There are currently five companies included on PCBShopper's price comparison list. The low number is partly because it's a new feature and partly because relatively few companies offer on-line quote forms for assembly (which, I suspect, is due to the complexity of the assembly process).

I hope people find the new calculator helpful.

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #78 on: January 12, 2016, 03:25:56 pm »
Nice find! It's like Tripadvisor or Booking.com, but for boards! Favorited! :D

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #79 on: January 12, 2016, 03:37:06 pm »
need a technology filter (minimum track and gap )
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #80 on: January 12, 2016, 04:37:13 pm »
It now has a stencil option. Very nice.
 

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #81 on: March 02, 2017, 03:41:13 am »
Since PCBshopper takes advertising revenue from PCB fabricators what level of independance is there?
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #82 on: March 02, 2017, 03:55:54 am »
Since PCBshopper takes advertising revenue from PCB fabricators what level of independance is there?

I don't accept money to include a manufacturer in my price comparison calculator. I decide which companies to include based on factors such as how well a company is known and whether it offers something different from all the other companies in the calculator (e.g. a different price structure, manufacturing in a different part of the world, etc.)

There are companies in the price comparison calculator that have never advertised on PCBShopper, and there are companies that advertise on PCBShopper even though they are not in the calculator (and I have not added them despite the fact that they pay for ads). Companies have offered me money to include them in the calculator, and I have turned them down.

The prices I show in the calculator are objective, and not affected by advertising. PCBShopper uses HTML scraping to get prices from the manufacturers' web sites.

I think I'm pretty fair in moderating reviews, too. I get plenty of glowing reviews for companies, including some that advertise, that I believe are paid reviews. I do not post them. I also get scathing reviews for some companies, including some that advertise, and I post them after doing a few checks to verify their authenticity.

I hope this reassures you.

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #83 on: June 11, 2017, 11:48:29 am »
I also found a site that allows you to have your board populated.
It is REMOVED BY MODERATOR
I saw them on an exhibition in the Netherlands, and I to admit I was impressed!
Problem is they only work in Europe.

When my next design is ready, I will test them and keep you posted.
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #84 on: June 12, 2017, 01:40:07 pm »
I also found a site that allows you to have your board populated.
It is REMOVED BY MODERATOR
I saw them on an exhibition in the Netherlands, and I to admit I was impressed!
Problem is they only work in Europe.
When my next design is ready, I will test them and keep you posted.

Another pathetic attempt by a PCB supplier to astro-turf  on the forum. Banned.
 

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #85 on: June 12, 2017, 06:41:02 pm »
why are some suppliers ' not acceptng reviews '??   
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #86 on: June 12, 2017, 06:54:36 pm »
why are some suppliers ' not acceptng reviews '??   

Are you referring to PCBShopper not allowing reviews of PCBWay and ALLPCB? In general, if you have a question about PCBShopper, it's best to go to PCBShopper.com and click the "Contact Us" link. Yeah, I'm subscribed to this thread on eevblog's forum, but in general you can't count on my seeing a post in a forum. You can always count on me to respond to questions submitted directly to my site.

To answer your question: PCBWay and ALLPCB offer material rewards to people who write positive reviews of them. That can inspire suspicion of anyone who says something good about them. I don't want that suspicion to taint the reputation of PCBShopper's reviews. And since it wouldn't be fair to allow negative reviews while banning positive ones, I just block them all for those two companies. (There are some old reviews of PCBWay on PCBShopper.com. Those were posted before I was aware of PCBWay's policy. I went back and checked with all the people who wrote them, and was satisfied with their objectivity.)

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #87 on: June 12, 2017, 10:18:10 pm »
Can you process manufactures who dont' have an english front end?
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #88 on: June 12, 2017, 10:24:07 pm »
Can you process manufactures who dont' have an english front end?

It's more difficult, but it would be possible. However, PCBShopper is used by people all around the world. A site with no English front end is probably trying to serve only its own country. It wouldn't be of interest to most of PCBShopper's users.

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #89 on: June 13, 2017, 12:56:05 am »
It might be when the costs are 40% lower for a similar product.
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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #90 on: June 13, 2017, 02:21:05 am »
It might be when the costs are 40% lower for a similar product.

Is there a company you're thinking about in particular?

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Re: pcbshopper.com - a PCB price comparison site
« Reply #91 on: May 13, 2018, 02:37:22 pm »
It would be cool if reviewers could upload pictures of the PCBs they had made for quality comparisons.  8)
 


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