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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ----- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ----- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for > additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------