I found the following on the IPC website
http://www.ipc.org/html/fsresources.htm description for Technet.

"Discussion of pricing is not appropriate for TechNet. Requests for
recommendations of products or suppliers are appropriate when responses
are sent to the individual requesting the information only and not to
the entire TechNet forum".

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        From:  Paul Peltier [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:  Thursday, September 09, 1999 10:45 AM
        To:  [log in to unmask]
        Subject:  Re: [TN] the price of solder paste

        HELLO ALL, 
        I THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER COMPANIES ARE ARE
PAYING, IT HELPS PROTECT SOME OF THE NEWER COMPANIES FROM GREEDY
SALESMAN AND DISTRIBUTORS. 
        I AM BY NO MEANS OF ACCUSING YOU OF BEING EITHER!!! 
        IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO GET A FEEL ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE ITEMS
THAT WE PURCHASE IN THIS INDUSTRY COST, AND I AM NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT
SOLDER PASTE. 
         I WILL ADD THAT I THINK MENTIONING DISTRIBUTORS BY NAME IS NOT
A GOOD IDEA FOR THIS FORM. 
        JUST MY TWO CENTS 
        [log in to unmask] wrote: 
                Gentlemen, 
                     You guys are beautiful, I get hammered as a
salesman if I use this forum 
                as a sales tool.  I can live with that, that's not what
TechNet is about, I 
                understand and enjoy TechNet for what it is. 
                     If you want to start comparing prices and posting
them over TechNet then 
                in my opinion you're giving us sales people the green
light to start posting 
                our prices and products over TechNet also.  I sell
solderpaste and assembly 
                fluxes as well as many other products in the PC Fab
market and I'm not really 
                sure how I feel about you guys sharing all this pricing
information on this 
                forum. 
                     I do know that I have excllent products at very
competitive prices and 
                would love to start posting them on TechNet.  How do you
feel about that? 
                I thought so, 
                            Steve Wentz 

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