Have you ever asked for a sample and gotten an OBSCENE amount of packaging?
i not sure if forum topic, reasonably electronics related , didn't want shove bar sport off-topic stuff. so asked sample on. i've gotten few of parts samples in past. they charge $11 handling part free , arrangement, partially paying own freight aren't putting them out of money. but amount of packaging sent obscene. and asia on two-day ticket well. have done before, ordered part delivered on tray , sent entire tray 5 parts on (and 100 or blank spots), strapped, in anti-static baggie 2 big humidity eaters. this ordered. i had no idea send entire reel. why that? do think need set pick-and-place machine? isn't safe assume on first order person engineer prototyping? reel closeup: so, seeing here 5 parts, on reel has 10' of tape on it, rest of reel has strips of bubble wrap protect tape, in anti-static baggie humidity eaters, in reel-box, in box shipping. total waste: the end result: ...