[cobaltmute]

Once common note that I've seen so far is that everyone is price concious. So unless anyone one on the list so far makes strenuous complaints, I think we should go with GoldPhoenix. At the moment, if I do the order that makes the cost per board at ~$1/CDN.

I'm also revising the pricing formula. I'm not trying to gain here, but need to ensure that all hard costs are covered. The new formula is:
((Total Cost of production / # of total boards) x number of boards requested) + packaging + stamps + Paypal fee

My feeling about this is that if we get 150 out of the 200 committed, we order. The other 50 can be held for those that are late to the party.

I checked Staples online and bubble mailers can be had for about $0.50. I'm going to try and check at the post office today to find out mail rates to the US.

 

[error401]

Make sure you make it easy on yourself for import documentation to the US. You'll need to include a declaration with the sender and recipient addresses, an itemized list of contents, their total value and country of manufacture. I think you could probably add a note to the paypal invoice and attach with a 'packing list enclosed' sticker or something. The post office will give you stickers you can fill out by hand for this, but it gets to be a pain really quickly if you're doing more than a couple orders. Should cost ~$5-7 for a bubble mailer to the US by surface mail - so likely more than the boards!

 

[sandbasser]

Increase me to 12; but, I'm only willing to participate if shipped to me from US. In the last year I've had 3 bad experiences with shipments from Canada... I wonder if USPS thinks we're at war with our Northern neighbors

 

[cobaltmute]

This is where is may make sense to forward a whole or part of a panel and distribute locally. Easy mailing and cheaper in the long run for all.

 

[cobaltmute]

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Originally Posted by sandbasser /img/forum/go_quote.gif Increase me to 12; but, I'm only willing to participate if shipped to me from US. In the last year I've had 3 bad experiences with shipments from Canada... I wonder if USPS thinks we're at war with our Northern neighbors

Right now, the majority of people in are from the US so we need to look at how we are going to do this. It seems like it might be better if the boards went to the US and then were distributed from there.

 

[Nemo de Monet]

Bubble mailers? For a couple PCBs less than an inch on a side? If everyone's being price-conscious, which seems to be the case, why not put 'em in little $0.03 ziploc baggies, tape the baggies to the PayPal invoice, and ship 'em in a regular business envelope? Looking at the Canada Post website, you should be able to fit quite a few boards into an envelope and still have it come in under 100g, which will run about $2 CAD to the U.S.

Given the exchange rate these days, I think you'd probably come out ahead with flat-rate $3 USD shipping, even after PayPal fees, et cetera.

 

[sandbasser]

This is probably a dumb question...

If so, please excuse a noob.

The BUF634 which this board will 'replace' has 8 pins which plug into a socket on the board (like a Pimeta). How will this board mount to the socket??? extend some of the component leads and bend to fit ??? Again, sorry for the dumb question.

Thanks,

 

[Pars]

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Originally Posted by sandbasser /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is probably a dumb question... If so, please excuse a noob. The BUF634 which this board will 'replace' has 8 pins which plug into a socket on the board (like a Pimeta). How will this board mount to the socket??? extend some of the component leads and bend to fit ??? Again, sorry for the dumb question. Thanks,

There are only 4 pins required: V+ (7), V- (4), In (3) and Out (6). And yes, component leads are extended, or if you have SIP pins, you can use those.

 

[cobaltmute]

You can see my pics of completed boards here

I just used extended leads.

 

[digger945]

If it's not too late, I will definitely take 20.
Thanks

 

[cobaltmute]

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Originally Posted by digger945 /img/forum/go_quote.gif If it's not too late, I will definitely take 20. Thanks

Nope, we're still good. I think we'll consider the end of this stage next Friday (gives a week for people to get in)

 

[espressogeek]

Put me down for 6.

 

[Earwax]

I just saw this thread. I'm interested in 6 or maybe even 12.


{edit - Does Imagineering actually manufacture in the USA? If so, I'd pay more for their boards, quality of the Dynalo boards was great}

 

[slowpogo]

Nice, I remember thinking a while back it would be cool if someone did this. Please put me down for 4.

PS I know I'm a low quantity but FWIW I would prefer to pay extra for the higher-q boards.

 

[rds]

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PS I know I'm a low quantity but FWIW I would prefer to pay extra for the higher-q boards.

Me too. After all, we go overboard on everything else. Do we really need to draw the line here?