Morning Steve, I am out of the office on Fridays so just got your mail. I have been going around with one of our vendors, similar story. When we bought the equipment 0201 placement was guaranteed, come time to places an order for pick up tools and no part number in their system. The company has been acquired, no familiar faces any where to be seen. Especially those who made the promises. I think there are probably a couple of things happening here. One relates to what Earl was talking about last week, RIF gone bad. The other is probably relates to vendors reducing inventory, they probably have to sign all requisitions in blood, the result of reduced operating capitol. I think my spleen feels lighter now, Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------