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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Deathwish on June 19, 2015, 10:00:05 am
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Ok so ordered a triac the other day, yes one little triac. Got a parcel delivery today, box was about 10"x 6"x6"..... triac inside.
I got excited as i thought it was something major coming and all it was was a triac |O :palm:.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
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courtesy of bigchipshop on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291464429224?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291464429224?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
item was £2.06 god knows what it cost them to ship it by courier
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They paid somewhere between 40 and 50p to buy from Rapid http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Bta06-600b-6a-600v-Isolated-Triac-47-3408 (http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Bta06-600b-6a-600v-Isolated-Triac-47-3408) so they would have had approximately £1.50 to spend on postage. I doubt that they could have got a parcel delivered for that much so they must have lost money on the sale.
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No idea Darren, I just know I had to have it today for a repair and it got here. So brownie points for their delivery service.
to buy just 1 from there is
Goods Total £0.507
P&P £3.99
Vat @ 20 % £0.8994
Order Total £5.40
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CPC (part of the Farnell group) pull this sort of thing all the time.
They take their standard small parcel box which is 300 x 150 x 150 mm, put a couple of components in and fill the space with those little polythene air pillows.
It's especially bad at the moment since they are offering free delivery on everything.
Incidentally, they would have sent that BTA06 (http://cpc.farnell.com/stmicroelectronics/bta06-600brg/triac-6a-600v-to-220ab/dp/SC07577)for 61p.
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Analog Devices sent me some op-amps from America:
That's a 30cm ruler on the desk in the first photo
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Always fun looking at strange packaging. Though sometimes its probably easier/cheaper for them to just use whatever they have to hand, even if it does seem inappropriate.
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courtesy of bigchipshop on ebay.
Well, the seller name explains it all. They are clearly set up to sell big chips, and lack suitable packaging for a single small one...
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Big parcel small content
Words I've heard too often...
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I ordered some manhole covers, and they arrived by courier. 3 all neatly stacked on a half pallet, nicely tied down with both pallet wrap and banding.
Already had the one stolen, and as it is a GRP resin casting it has no scrap value, unlike the cast iron cover it replaced. Next one will have a locking mechanism, but not the OEM one, as they want $300 for the lock, for a $40 cover. I will just buy some more covers at $30 for the cover alone.
Courier had to take the 90kg load off the back of the truck without any handling equipment..... Not exactly something ( aside from the frames, which are breakable, as I found out removing the old ones with a jackhammer and crowbar) a courier can actually break short of driving it over with the truck or a forklift.
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Big box
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2s68o7c.jpg)
The contents:
(http://i60.tinypic.com/n20r4l.jpg)
They are four L293D stepper motor drivers!
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Seriously makes me wonder about the future this does.