Franklin, Our product does not really fall into full Class 3 Military like category, we specify Class 3 requirements for the characteristics I mentioned as a survey of our supply base determined they were building / testing to Class 3 in the areas identified. End result should be that we receive better product without the increased cost of full Class 3. I will pursue your suggestion regarding sampling to see if it impacts cost in any way. I would hope that our vendors would be open to any suggestion that would help them identify problems in their process and prevent any further damage to customer relationships. You mention a 2 coupon per panel requirement, where is this stated in IPC- 6012? Thanks, Dave --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------