24 Feb
2009
24 Feb
'09
10:13 a.m.
On 24 Feb 2009 at 10:16, Jeff Walther wrote:
And how is it more profitable to them to let this
stuff sit in (costly)
storage somewhere, rather than selling fifty pieces to someone who could
use them?
I've been hunting WD92C32 for a long while and they all seem to be in the
hands of *those* people. About once a year I do another search, and the
quantity available listings never change. There's plenty of them out
there, doing nothing, but try getting your hands on any for less than $5
each. The total value of the thing I want to build is probably $15 so
spending $5 on one component is ridiculous.
I think you overestimate the situation. Most of this stuff is
probably "pulls" from scrap electronics. And I also suspect that the
part number is added to the list (it certainly seems to be that way)
as soon as it becomes known.
It's entirely likely that if you ordered 100 82S129 PROMs, they'd
already be programmed.
Cheers,
Chuck