O.K. Rick.....What does TANSTAAFL mean?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Howieson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:34 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Getting More, and Not Paying More
>
> ECON 101...TANSTAAFL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <Rudy Sedlak> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] Getting More, and Not Paying More
>
>
> There is a lot of discussion about getting paid for removal of no-clean
> flux,
> with some insistance that the customer pay for it....
>
> This is amusing....
>
> It is pretty common for PCB fabricators to take on more difficult jobs,
> over-plating them, then wanting suppliers to give them a stripper that
> will
> remove the more difficult pattern, at no extra cost, "just to demonstrate
> that they want the business, and are part of the team". There is a common
> sense that we have dialed a certain cost into a given operation, and it is
> up
> to the vendors to maintain costs, no matter what sort of job is put
> through....
>
> It does seem that this sort of approach is endemic in our industry, and a
> good part of the reason is that it is SO difficult to pass these costs up
> the
> chain. And, of course, this is because we, as consumers, are used to
> getting
> more in electronics, without paying more.
>
> What goes around comes around.
>
> Rudy Sedlak
>
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