What to do with left over components?

[[email protected]]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Gerbermultit00l

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Gerbermultit00l

Since you bought such a large qty yourself, you should be able to get
that price for them on ebay or the like as the price for a single reel is
far higher than the prices you likely paid for your qtys.

I would not give a break from what you paid.

You can also sell them to a "schlock house".

 

[Ecnerwal]

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

e*Bay, if you can stand it. Amount of fuss and bother likely to be
directly related to return (ie, a full reel is only one sale, but is
probably not going to get you as much money as 40 lots of 100, or
whatever).

 

[Robert Baer]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Gerbermultit00l

"Parts broker"....So you move into a new house and pay thousands of
dollars for furniture of various kinds. Later, you move elsewhere and
want to sell that furniture. Well, you damn near have to pay to get rid
of it.
Parts brokers are near that level of integrity; you will be lucky to
get ten cents on the dollar selling, and will have to pay 2-10 times
retail if you want to buy...

 

[Winfield]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Gerbermultit00l

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there) and maybe someone will find a
useful match.

 

[Robert Latest]

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there) and maybe someone will find a
useful match.

Or you could put the parts up on ebay AND inform the .components newsgroup
about the offer. That would give you an instant bidder base (if the stuff is
any good), because everybody here knows several people who know people...

robert

 

[Eeyore]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Post the list in sci.electronics.components.

Graham

 

[JeffM]

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there)[...]

Or you could put the parts up on ebay
AND inform the .components newsgroup about the offer.
That would give you an instant bidder base
(if the stuff is any good), because everybody here
knows several people who know people...

Well, here's what the charter for these groups
http://groups.google.com/group/sci....arts+*.*.not.a.forsale.group+zz-zz+Discussion
has to say:
***********
Buying/selling is supposed to occur in the relocated
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace group."
---------
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace Electronics products &
services.

Advertisement and discussion for the buying, selling, and
bartering of electronic components (integrated circuits,
resistor, capacitors, etc.), electronics test equipment,
electronics laboratory equipment, electronics industrial
equipment, and services used for the production of electronics.

 

[Winfield]

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there)[...]

Or you could put the parts up on ebay
AND inform the .components newsgroup about the offer.
That would give you an instant bidder base
(if the stuff is any good), because everybody here
knows several people who know people...

Yes.

Well, here's what the charter for these groups
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics/msg/13651a897337a7a9?q...
has to say:
***********
Buying/selling is supposed to occur in the relocated
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace group."
---------
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace Electronics
products & services.

Advertisement and discussion for the buying, selling, and
bartering of electronic components (integrated circuits,
resistor, capacitors, etc.), electronics test equipment,
electronics laboratory equipment, electronics industrial
equipment, and services used for the production of electronics.

I disagree. There's very little activity on
sci.electronics.components; and for what is,
much is oriented towards reselling components,
which is well received. Over a 10-year period
I've visited sci.electronics.components for
both parts information and parts availability.
OTOH, I have to say I've _never_ visited
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace and
probably won't. It's far too broad a charter
for circuit-engineering components.

So, respectfully, I think some of the 15-year-
old charter rules are way off base at this point.
I say, let's let sleeping dogs lie, and go with
what works. Plus, getting sales activity off
sci.electronics.design is a good idea.

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there)[...]

Or you could put the parts up on ebay
AND inform the .components newsgroup about the offer.
That would give you an instant bidder base
(if the stuff is any good), because everybody here
knows several people who know people...

Well, here's what the charter for these groups
http://groups.google.com/group/sci....arts+*.*.not.a.forsale.group+zz-zz+Discussion
has to say:
***********
Buying/selling is supposed to occur in the relocated
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace group."
---------
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace Electronics products &
services.

Advertisement and discussion for the buying, selling, and
bartering of electronic components (integrated circuits,
resistor, capacitors, etc.), electronics test equipment,
electronics laboratory equipment, electronics industrial
equipment, and services used for the production of electronics.

Primary response to your petty bullshit:

Whoopie fuckin' doo.

 

[Don Bowey]

You could post the details on sci.electronics.components
(its not off-topic there)[...]

Or you could put the parts up on ebay
AND inform the .components newsgroup about the offer.
That would give you an instant bidder base
(if the stuff is any good), because everybody here
knows several people who know people...

Well, here's what the charter for these groups
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics/msg/13651a897337a7a9?q=Charter
s+misc.industry.electronics.marketplace+Discussions+Advertisement-*-*+only-ad
vertise+sci.electronics.components-Integrated-*-*-*+individual-parts+*.*.not.
a.forsale.group+zz-zz+Discussion
has to say:
***********
Buying/selling is supposed to occur in the relocated
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace group."
---------
misc.industry.electronics.marketplace Electronics products &
services.

Advertisement and discussion for the buying, selling, and
bartering of electronic components (integrated circuits,
resistor, capacitors, etc.), electronics test equipment,
electronics laboratory equipment, electronics industrial
equipment, and services used for the production of electronics.

Primary response to your petty bullshit:

Whoopie fuckin' doo.

You are sure on a nasty kick this evening, SkyPig.

 

[Piglit]

Breif details on here please.
There will always be a couple of nannys who will complain
long and loud (usually far more longwindedly than the original F/S
post)
but counter that with those of us who find those sorts of posts
incredibly useful. Misc.industry.blah.blah is effectively a dead
letter office.
There really has to be a place for a broker free place to list surplus
semis
for peer to peer trading (I wonder what happened to electron-bay).
M

 

[Vladimir Vassilevsky]

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

If the parts are ROHS compliant, you can donate them to some wheenie
leftists.

VLV

 

[Piglit]

Breif details on here please.
There will always be a couple of nannys who will complain
long and loud (usually far more longwindedly than the original F/S
post)
but counter that with those of us who find those sorts of posts
incredibly useful. Misc.industry.blah.blah is effectively a dead
letter office.
There really has to be a place for a broker free place to list surplus
semis
for peer to peer trading (I wonder what happened to electron-bay).
M

Ooops - stuffed that one up - thought I was in S.E.Components
which would be a good place for the component list, not here in
S.E.design.
M

 

[linnix]

If the parts are ROHS compliant, you can donate them to some wheenie
leftists.

VLV

You can include all of us (leftists?) in the USA, as I was told to
provide ROHS compliant in six months.

 

[ChairmanOfTheBored]

Ooops - stuffed that one up - thought I was in S.E.Components
which would be a good place for the component list, not here in
S.E.design.
M

With all the utter horseshit that gets posted here, it would be more on
topic than 60% of the posts in this fucktard group everyday.

 

[[email protected]]

Thank you for the help and creative criticizm everone. I never
intended to spam this group and advertise here. Was just wondering
WHERE to advertise since sci.electronics.components seemed like a dead
forum. I'll try some of the other ideas you gentlemen brought up.

Ge0

 

[Barry Lennox]

I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.

I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
still have these pieces left.

I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Gerbermultit00l

Put the list on a website and post a link here?

 

[Ross Herbert]

:On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:17:19 -0800 (PST), [email protected]
:wrote:
:
:>I appologise if this question seems off the group topic. However, I
:>went to a couple of electronics groups that were on-topic. They were
:>dead, only spam there. I at least know a number of bright and helpful
:>individuals call this group home so thought I would try here.
:>
:>I designed and manufactured a small run of prototypes for a customer.
:>For one reason or another the customer does not need all the parts he
:>originally asked me to build. Therefore, I have some components left
:>over. Normally I would not bother. However, a few of the components
:>are considered somewhat specialty devices. I have several thousand
:>dollars wrapped up into new unbroken reels of parts that I have no use
:>for. The customer and I came to an agreement and settled. But, I
:>still have these pieces left.
:>
:>I would like to sell them for a fair price but have no idea where I
:>might do this. Do you? There must be some parts broker out there
:>that will sell these for me assuming a modest commission.
:>
:>Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
:>
:>Gerbermultit00l
:
ut the list on a website and post a link here?
:

Yes, just like this one http://ozcomponents.com/

 

[Winfield Hill]

Thank you for the help and creative criticizm everone. I never
intended to spam this group and advertise here. Was just wondering
WHERE to advertise since sci.electronics.components seemed like a dead
forum. I'll try some of the other ideas you gentlemen brought up.

Ge0

sci.electronics.components isn't dead at all,
it's just quiet - most selling activity has
moved to eBay. But we do check it out and if
someone is interested they'll get in touch.