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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: jrmymllr on December 17, 2020, 07:35:02 pm
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I recently placed an order with Jameco for various things, one of them being 556 timers. I was fascinated by the fact these were made by Intersil, stamped "INDIA", and had a date code from 1980.
How do components lay around for FORTY years before being sold by an established electronics seller? Unless Jameco bought these back in the early 80s and has sat on them for this long. Even if that's the case, this brings up another question: How can the purchasing department overproject sales this badly if that's what occurred? Maybe they got a good deal, but then there's opportunity cost.
More than anything I'm fascinated by this. This isn't even an obsolete part, except the manufacturer.
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I assume that Jameco bids on obsolete inventory from equipment makers. They often list such devices as “various manufacturers”, sometimes from identified manufacturers.
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Have you seen my closet?
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I assume that Jameco bids on obsolete inventory from equipment makers. They often list such devices as “various manufacturers”, sometimes from identified manufacturers.
Ahh, that would make sense.
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Have you seen my closet?
Ha ha, well I think that's where a lot of the eBay sellers get their parts.
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Have you seen my closet?
Ha ha, well I think that's where a lot of the eBay sellers get their parts.
I wish, then it would slowly empty itself...