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From: Bill Naylor on 25 Apr 2010 02:47 "Ray" <ray(a)mrjones.id.au> wrote in message news:4bd370e0$0$8780$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > On 4/24/2010 7:00 PM, Frank Buss wrote: >> Bob wrote: >> >>> "Sparkfun sells counterfeit ICs" isn't a headline I would like to see >>> if I was running a company... :) >>> >>> Surprisingly, some people actually seem to be buying them... >> >> Yes, of course: buy it for $0.50 and sell it for $5.00 on eBay :-) >> But the comments clarifies it: Sparkfun was very naive in thinking it >> could >> be used for soldering training and removed it very fast from their shop. >> > Yeah probably no good for solder training either, probably won't tin > properly etc It is a big problem in the industry and the longer the lead times get, the more the counterfeiters benefit
From: Geo on 25 Apr 2010 07:35 On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:29:45 +1000, Ray <ray(a)mrjones.id.au> wrote: >Yeah probably no good for solder training either, probably won't tin >properly etc They got that just like good components then... -- Geo
From: John Nagle on 27 Apr 2010 22:50 Don McKenzie wrote: > > ATmega Slugs > > Sparkfun just got lumbered with counterfeit ATmega328s: > http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=350 > > Makes for interesting reading. Check out the comments also. > > Cheers Don... Sparkfun needs to raise hell over this. They need to contact Atmel, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the trade attache of the Embassy of China. Point out how counterfeiting invites trade sanctions. Since the USTR is currently pushing the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement", ask what sanctions would be appropriate here. For example, seizing all shipments into the US from that vendor might be appropriate. John Nagle
From: Don McKenzie on 28 Apr 2010 19:14 John Nagle wrote: > Don McKenzie wrote: >> >> ATmega Slugs >> >> Sparkfun just got lumbered with counterfeit ATmega328s: >> http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=350 >> >> Makes for interesting reading. Check out the comments also. >> >> Cheers Don... > > Sparkfun needs to raise hell over this. They need to contact > Atmel, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the trade > attache of the Embassy of China. Point out how counterfeiting > invites trade sanctions. Since the USTR is currently pushing > the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement", ask what sanctions > would be appropriate here. For example, seizing all shipments into > the US from that vendor might be appropriate. I agree 100% John, Quoting SF: "We were in a pinch and didn't vet the supplier like we should have. Live and learn." Doesn't sound like SK may be going to pursue this, YET THEY MUST. We as customers, are paying for it after all. A well known Atmel employee already reads and posts to comp.robotics.misc, so I would think that Atmel will be aware by now. Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email Web Camera Page: http://www.dontronics.com/webcam No More Damn Spam: http://www.dontronics.com/spam These products will reduce in price by 5% every month: http://www.dontronics-shop.com/minus-5-every-month.html
From: Win7 on 28 Apr 2010 21:00
Interesting... Thanks Don. |