FS (US): Old Stock SMD Chips, nearly 900 REELS! (some full, & some through hole)

[Falcon69]

I will try this again, Last time I did this, I had some 'hecklers' causing trouble'. These are sold as is, if you want em, then come get em. Will be moving soon and just need to get rid of this.

For a list, PM your email and I'll send it to you. Local pick-up only in Portland, OR or I can deliver it across country if the purchase amount is enough to offset my fuel costs, as this stuff would be very expensive to ship. I will not drop these off at your shipper, accepting your check for more than the amount, and send you that difference, I don't care if you are the Prince of Nigeria!

Here's just a pic of part of the list. There are about 900 reels, and alot of loose chips (like cut tapes) as well. Not all reels are full, the ones are will be highlighted in green on the list.  Most are still active chips, however some are obsolete. Some are old, some are not, I don't have that information, and probably should have listed that on the spreadsheet, but I'm not going back through them all again to do that. It took me weeks to just inventory them and set up the spread sheet like I have done.

I'm taking any reasonable offer on these, there's alot of them, about 9 boxes full. I have tried my best to inventory them all. + or - 200 pieces on a roll. The spreadsheet shows the all the details of the chips, as well as a label number which has been put on each reel to easily identify and match them up to the list. Pay no attention to the pricing I put on the list, That was just info for me, if I had wanted to spend the time and break things down and sell on fleabay or something, so ignore it. Just give me a reasonable off for all of it, and we can go from there.

[Falcon69]

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[hendorog]

Not sure if it was intentional, but you haven't posted the spreadsheet you mentioned?

[Falcon69]

i cant. it won't let me post .xlsx (microsoft excel) files

pm your email address and i'll send it to you

[Falcon69]

Here's the list in Open Document File Format. See if this works. The site does not allow me to post the Excel file.

[DC1MC]

Why this ALWAS have to be in the States 

[Falcon69]

i keep asking myself that, but in a different way....Why did I have to be born in the states!

[tautech]

When filetypes are not supported by the forum change the file extension to a type that is and add a note in your post or in the filename to change the file extension to the correct type. Seen and done it a few times and it works great.
But this is only applicable to files under 1MB, the forum max.

[Falcon69]

Okay, I will try that...

Here is the Excel file format, just change the extension to " .xlsx " from " .txt "

[tautech]

Okay, I will try that...

Here is the Excel file format, just change the extension to " .xlsx " from " .txt "

Works fine.
The other trick for Excel files is to save them in compatibility mode where they are more readily opened by any Excel file reader.

[wraper]

Okay, I will try that...

Here is the Excel file format, just change the extension to " .xlsx " from " .txt "

You can just create zip archive.

[iampoor]

I just PM'ed you my email address for the list. I live in Central California, but will have some friends making a trip up to Vancouver Washington in the next 2 weeks. 

[Falcon69]

sent ya list. Vancouver is just over the bridge from me. Pretty Close.

[Falcon69]

Still got all this stuff. Ive had some interest, but no shows so far.

I know what the stuff costs when it was new, but, not really sure on what it is worth now. So willing to take any reasonable offer.

There's alot of chips and passives here.

[soubitos]

why not list the lot on ebay, then post here the link ?
You might get more that way and would make things more interesting, plus you could reach people not visiting eevblog

[DaJMasta]

If you were willing to break it into box-sized lots, you make get some takers too - even if the assortment is random.

The whole stockpile is huge and is really difficult to ship, but portioning it out may make the price of entry more appealing and give you the option of shipping.  Definitely more work for you, but maybe something that would generate more interest.


You could also go through and pick out a few things you think were somewhat valuable and list them individually (a reel of big caps, LEDs, or ICs could be worth your time for singling out and selling), then sell the remainder at some bulk rate just tossed in a big box.


Not sure if you want to put in the effort for that, but I do think it would drum up some more interest.  Between not having a ton of space and being far away, going after a lot like this is totally out of my reach, though it definitely had piqued my interest.

[CJay]

For a list, PM your email and I'll send it to you. Local pick-up only in Portland, OR or I can deliver it across country if the purchase amount is enough to offset my fuel costs, as this stuff would be very expensive to ship. I will not drop these off at your shipper, accepting your check for more than the amount, and send you that difference, I don't care if you are the Prince of Nigeria!

Weirdly though, one of my old neighbours is the King of Rwanda and he's a lovely guy.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/king-rwanda-sale-emmanuel-bushayija-12443922

[Falcon69]

Well, it looks like the reels will fit 44 into a Large USPS Flat Rate Box. Cost to ship across US would be $18.85, OR....

24 in a Medium USPS Flat Rate Box, Cost to ship across US would be $13.60

They will not fit in a Small USPS Flat Rate Box.

So I guess I could package them up in Lots like that and see how it does. The Bigger rolls (Electrolytic Caps, etc.) Would maybe cost more, as those will need to ship in an even bigger box.

I will see what I can do as far as packaging them up. I could even sell them off in lots of 100 pieces too, to entice the little hobby guys, but, that's alot of work.

Plus, I'm not a big fan of eBay at all. They do not protect the seller. All the customer has to say is that the item didn't come as described, and eBay refunds their money, no questions asked.  The only way to avoid this, is to make it local pickup only.

[soubitos]

With all that volume you could setup a small e-shop my friend!

[Falcon69]

So, how would you guys package this stuff up? Just random? sell same reels (Same SMD Chips) together? Expensive chips as single reel, or mix in with others and set reserve? Sell in 24 Reel Lots? Sell in 44 Reel Lots?

[Brumby]

So, how would you guys package this stuff up?

That's going to depend on where you see the interest coming from.

I suspect your best chance is with the smaller customers - such as hobbyists - who will happily drop a few bucks on a box of 24 mixed reels.  How much?  I don't know - but $50 would get my attention.

I would pre-sort all the parts into lots that would be roughly similar in content and then tell people to pick one and take it.  No mix and match - or you will find the best stuff will be sucked out by the first visitors and you'll get left with unappealing dregs you won't be able to slip onto the back seat of someone's car while they're not looking.

Just my thoughts.

[DaJMasta]

A mixed bag approach would certainly get them moving, but would probably not give you a great payout for what ships out.  I think a flat rate box worth's makes shipping manageable and still sends off a good number of parts.


If you can find reels of particularly valuable things, maybe offer them as one offs, then throw the rest into mixed boxes?  Makes the mixed boxes a bit less valuable on average, but $50 for a box of reels would still be a deal.  You could randomize boxes altogether or mix them up and give an idea of what's in them.  Maybe group by size with passives?  I wouldn't expect a box of all caps or all resistors to sell any better than a full mixed bag, but you could try it.

[Falcon69]

eBay may be my only choice. I can try a mixed bag of parts, and a (resistor only) bag, etc.

To send all these, I am guessing about $750.  Where do I get that number?

Well, I checked USPS site.  To Ship from Oregon to the furthest point (Florida for example), is $75 per box at 30 pounds per box (Guessing here), there are 10 boxes, so $75 x 10 = $750

So eBay might be my best bet and split things apart individually.

it sucks, I did not want to really sell on eBay, because I can probably figure about half the sales will be refunded because of people saying, "Item not as described". So then I pay out of pocket for shipping item to them, and plus be out my item.  eBay is not what it used to be for sellers, It's great for buyers, but sellers get the shaft all the time. eBay always refunds money pretty much without questions asked, in my previous selling experience anyway.

[cdev]

Companies like Electronics Goldmine and Jameco offer so called grab bags of components like that.

If I were you I would sell it by weight, and have each package have a large variety of stuff. Not a super lot of any part. That way everybody is bound to get some gems along with some things that they might be able to use, might not. Try to keep unmarked things marked in some way (I would use plain plastic bags for passives, they dont need ESD protection) so people know what things are when they get them.