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How is Chipageddon affecting you?
AndyC_772:
--- Quote from: Mangozac on April 21, 2023, 12:39:36 am ---Is anybody else getting spammed by Chinese chip suppliers at the moment?
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Yeah. I just reply to emails saying "please delete my details from your database".
Fortunately I rarely give out a valid phone number anyway - seems as though that was probably a good decision.
Mangozac:
--- Quote from: AndyC_772 on April 21, 2023, 07:30:19 am ---Fortunately I rarely give out a valid phone number anyway - seems as though that was probably a good decision.
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Yeah I've never given out my mobile phone number except to those I choose to - these guys all look us up on our website and get the business number from there.
I might start using your same response...
bookaboo:
I just immediately mark as spam, I dont trust them to take the time to do the right thing.
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: Mangozac on April 21, 2023, 12:39:36 am ---Is anybody else getting spammed by Chinese chip suppliers at the moment? We get at least one or two calls per day - I've had to tell my staff not to answer any calls from country code 86 but still some get through! Plus I get personally bombarded with Linkedin messages and emails. I used to be polite and say that I will review their company and let them know in the future if there are any opportunities but now they phone every couple of days.
I'm guessing a lot of these companies who hoarded stock over the past 24 months are starting to feel the pinch now!
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Some normality is starting to appear in the market but it still has a long way to go. Some scumbag brokers are still appearing on Octopart, but the numbers of them is noticeable falling. All good signs. I hope those brokers who hoarded chips go bankrupt and lose everything :-+.
tom66:
I do expect some brokers are left holding the bag hoping the shortage would go on for longer than it really did.
The amusing thing for me was watching one particular Bosch IMU go up to $120/part but with very few sales. They eventually dropped down to about $6/part and seemed to get rid of their inventory eventually.
The part normally retails for $11, so they probably lost money on those parts.
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