24 Oct
2005
24 Oct
'05
4:29 a.m.
http://www.protoexpress.com/
I have used them for years. excellent product, great price, fast turn,
small quantity OK
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From: "steve" <gkicomputers at yahoo.com>
--- Vince Slyngstad <v.slyngstad at verizon.net>
wrote:
Thanks!
Charles Morris and I have been working to create
an
equivalent for the KC8A
Nice, generally though the demand for something is
much greater if you actually have it ready to ship (in
case your preorder responses are low, don't get
discouraged). Looks like your front panel and parts cost are
constant with quantity, but your pc board drops
greatly with quantity. If I were you I would just
order 20 or so pc boards and let the buyers order the
parts and panel separately (as needed, some buyers may
not want the panel, others may already have most of
the parts).
The problem with that is that it forces us to front hundreds
of dollars, with no indication that we'll ever get it back.
I already have boards sitting around from several projects,
representing hundreds of dollars of investment on my part,
that may never "sell" (even at cost).
It is a lot better for us to have some idea of the demand,
so we can mitigate how much "over-investment" we want to do.
Though you are right, that if we found someone who would pick
up the overhead cost of a board order ($200 each time), we
would be way ahead. (Anyone know of a shop that can do a
double-sided 16" board with solder mask and without a steep
setup charge?)
The other major ticket item for this project is the front
plate. Anyone know where we can get those done inexpensively?
Vince