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 Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 01:01 AM |
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just received Devkit2 bundles..now what to do with the free so to speak STK500  , bought the bundle for the Jtag2 !!!!! Looks like some people are selling them NEW on Ebay..... |
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Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 11:17 PM |
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Joined: Apr 09, 2007
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Acquist wrote:
Just bought one now. Got the same info about the expected shipping date of tomorrow.
Guess we'll see. 
Awesome deal assuming it goes through.
Thanks for the heads-up,
-Arcquist
Well it shipped today (2nd day after order) which is nice and fast. Too bad they split my order up and shipped twice (at my cost) instead of just waiting one day and charging the orginally quoted price. I guess from now on I'll have to be careful to explicitly request everything ship at once.
-Arcquist |
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Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 11:38 PM |
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Location: Wisconsin USA
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Too bad they split my order up and shipped twice (at my cost) instead of just waiting one day and charging the orginally quoted price.
That's always a tough one. In other cases, a person/company might think the opposite: ship what you have now 'cause I only want to wait for the exceptions.
Make sure that (especially like in this case where you anticipate the situation) you put "ship complete" or similar in the notes. [IIRC, DigiKey just made an adjustment to that policy--are you sure that you were charged for the second shipment?]
Lee |
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Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 12:41 AM |
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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theusch wrote:
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Too bad they split my order up and shipped twice (at my cost) instead of just waiting one day and charging the orginally quoted price.
That's always a tough one. In other cases, a person/company might think the opposite: ship what you have now 'cause I only want to wait for the exceptions.
Make sure that (especially like in this case where you anticipate the situation) you put "ship complete" or similar in the notes. [IIRC, DigiKey just made an adjustment to that policy--are you sure that you were charged for the second shipment?]
Lee
Yeah I just checked again and both the 'initial shipment' and 'subsequent shipment' had a shipping fee associated with them. I kind of thought that if they were going to charge more as a result of shipping twice they'd ask first but it's not the end of the world. The kit is still an awesome deal and in the future I'll just put 'ship complete' or something like you suggested in the comments field.
It would be nice if they explicitly asked you somewhere in the ordering checklist whether or not you wanted to wait for a complete order before shipping like Amazon and such do but now that I know to do it it shouldn't be a problem anymore.
-Arcquist |
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Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 05:10 PM |
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Joined: Jan 16, 2007
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| I added one of the bundles to my cart on DigiKey's site. It shows up as a "Value Add" item, which means DigiKey assembles/bundles it on demand. They do this with a bunch of items like cables, they keep the parts on hand and make them as they're ordered. |
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Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 03:32 AM |
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Joined: Apr 09, 2007
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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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What can I say... I'm impressed.
BOTH orders arrived well packed and organized and it took around 24 hours from the time they said they shipped it until it was at my door in both cases... I understand overnighting something is done regularly but I thought it usually cost a fair bit more than $8 CDN. (Less than $7 USD.) Especially considering it was shipped internationally...
I'm also pleasantly surprised with the size of both boards. For some reason I thought the STK500 was around the size of a motherboard, maybe 8"x11" or something but it's much smaller and lighter which is nice. The dragon is tiny!
-Arcquist |
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Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 06:10 AM |
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Joined: Aug 12, 2005
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Location: Florida
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Good thing to do is to put the dragon in a small case. Too easy to have it short to something and do damage to itself.
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Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 01:10 PM |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
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| To the Australian shoppers at Digikey, recently they have added the United States Postal Service Global Express Mail as a delivery option. For a small order, this works out to be about $US25, plus $US6 processing fee. A lot better than the $US70+ that the couriers charge. |
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Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 03:18 PM |
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Joined: Jul 08, 2005
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Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA
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I tried to order the JTAGICE2 package Friday, near the end of the business day, and got a phone call from Digi-Key a little while later telling me that one part (the STK500) was out of stock with no definite due date (which I had noticed on their website before I placed my order). I asked if they could just ship the part they had in stock (the JTAGICE2, which was all I really cared about) now, and either ship the STK500 later, or even not at all. The person who assembles the kits was out for the day, so the rep couldn't answer to the first option, and said she'd have to ask her supervisor and get back to me on the second. Ultimately, she emailed back that she couldn't sell me just the JTAGICE2 for $150.  I don't see why not, so I'm planning to call back on Monday and try to talk them into doing it. Has anyone else had a similar (or different) experience with the STK500 being out of stock? |
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Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 05:03 PM |
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Location: Pool of Goo
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Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 01:18 PM
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I tried to order the JTAGICE2 package Friday, near the end of the business day, and got a phone call from Digi-Key a little while later telling me that one part (the STK500) was out of stock with no definite due date (which I had noticed on their website before I placed my order). I asked if they could just ship the part they had in stock (the JTAGICE2, which was all I really cared about) now, and either ship the STK500 later, or even not at all. The person who assembles the kits was out for the day, so the rep couldn't answer to the first option, and said she'd have to ask her supervisor and get back to me on the second. Ultimately, she emailed back that she couldn't sell me just the JTAGICE2 for $150. I don't see why not, so I'm planning to call back on Monday and try to talk them into doing it.
but did she cancel the backorder? update MOnday on your success??
well if the objective was to clear the ATSTK500 stock then in about a week the AVRFreaks accomplished that for them....so now Atmel can release the STK600 ?
maybe they will offer a promotion of some kind for that...
while I am waiting for that from Atmel.....
I see that Circuit Cellar has approved my Pic Contest participation and is going to provide me with some 50% off dev tool discounts and a bunch of freebie parts....curious about their in-circuit debugger and how well it works since it borrows some micro resources.....and some interesting 28 pin parts ....
incoming!!!  |
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Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 05:21 PM |
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Joined: Feb 14, 2007
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Location: San Diego California
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nleahcim wrote:
I too ran into the AVRDEVKIT1-ND stk500/jtag mkii kit when I was looking for just a jtag mkii. Funny how an MKii costs $300, but the kit costs $150. I ignored it and just assumed it was some sort of glitch in Digi-Key. Is that for real? They're showing no stock unfortunately.
I ordered one for $170.+ including sales tax and shipping with them saying they had zero in stock and I got it in two days. 
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Posted: Apr 16, 2007 - 03:15 AM |
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Joined: May 28, 2006
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Location: vancouver
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Acquist wrote:
Yeah I just checked again and both the 'initial shipment' and 'subsequent shipment' had a shipping fee associated with them. I kind of thought that if they were going to charge more as a result of shipping twice they'd ask first but it's not the end of the world. The kit is still an awesome deal and in the future I'll just put 'ship complete' or something like you suggested in the comments field.
It would be nice if they explicitly asked you somewhere in the ordering checklist whether or not you wanted to wait for a complete order before shipping like Amazon and such do but now that I know to do it it shouldn't be a problem anymore.
-Arcquist
I had the same problem. Heres the deal, there is supposed to be a question that shows up asking you if you would like to ship items as they are available, or only when all are available.
The thing is this doesnt show up for some reason now (it did when I put a prev order in many months ago). It could be because the dragon is a value-add item, but I suspect it is a bug (as I tried with a normal part that was out of stock too).
So from now on I will put this info in the comments section. |
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Posted: Apr 16, 2007 - 03:44 PM |
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Joined: Jul 08, 2005
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Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA
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bluegoo wrote:
but did she cancel the backorder? update MOnday on your success??
well if the objective was to clear the ATSTK500 stock then in about a week the AVRFreaks accomplished that for them....so now Atmel can release the STK600 ?
maybe they will offer a promotion of some kind for that...
She did cancel the backorder, which is what I asked her to do if they couldn't ship me anything now. I called back today and talked to someone different, who put me on hold and talked to two others about the deal. She came back and told me that the discount is from the manufacturer, and they won't give the discount unless you buy both parts at the same time, and they're out of stock on one of the two parts (STK500), so they can't sell the other one (JTAGICE2) at the package price nor ship them separately. She agreed that it didn't make much sense. Oh well, I guess it pays to be quick.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 04:58 AM |
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I wish I looked more closely at this thread before ordering, I got hit by the Digikey double-shipping bug, too. I bought the JTAGICE set + a few small ICs, and the ICs came with their own box, foam peanuts, and $7.80 shipping bill.
I'm mad enough to raise some heck for it, it's not my problem that their order system has no sense. If I can't trust that my next pack of resistors won't come in a million little next-day pouches, why should I hand them my credit card? Whether it's trust or just a sense of predictability, they broke it, and I'll think twice before throwing an order at Digikey again.
In the meantime, I've added Mouser and Jameco to my Firefox search box, it never hurts to shop around.
Followup: Digikey straightened it out. They refunded the extra shipping charge, with a little prodding. I'm happy now. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 01:48 PM |
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Joined: Mar 26, 2005
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Location: Victoria, Australia
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Gah!, I almost ordered a Dragon and STK500 from Soanar here in australia.
Total price would have been 70+120*1.1=$209 AUD
Price with the special is 49+27*1.25=$95!! AUD
That saved me enough to buy a stack of QT100's as well
I'm glad that i am back here!, i may miss out on the free dragons, etc but the knowledge is invaluable. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 01:59 PM |
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Joined: Jul 08, 2005
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Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA
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If anyone actually manages to order either package despite the STK500 still being out of stock at Digi-Key, please post here to keep us (okay, me) updated. Thanks.
Aaron T. |
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Posted: Apr 17, 2007 - 06:21 PM |
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If anyone actually manages to order either package despite the STK500 still being out of stock at Digi-Key, please post here to keep us (okay, me) updated. Thanks.
Aaron T.
Go ahead and order it on backorder, so far Digikey will not cancel unless you request it. Digikey may never fill the order (and charge you) but if they do you have everything to gain and nothing to loose especially if you order the ATDEVKIT2-ND (with JtagIce2)! I did get some, but I have some more on backorder for associates and if others on this forum do the same then maybe the word will get back up to Atmel to "somehow" fulfill the promotion OR they better remove it from Digikey website. Until then you at least have the option to backorder.
Just speculating but wouldn't that be cool if a bunch of people backordered the ATDEVKIT1 or 2 and having no more ATSTK500 in the pipe , then Atmel fullfilled the backorders with NEW ATSTK600's....that would create a lot of drool!!!!
Go ahead and gamble..probably better odds than the lottery!  |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 12:38 AM |
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Joined: Nov 20, 2006
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I ordered one with the JTAGIce and it is on backorder.
Let's see what happens with this one, but I could use a JTAGIce at that price.
regards,
DJ |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 01:35 AM |
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Location: South Bend, IN
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I ordered one on Friday also. I checked the inventories first and there were 10 left??? Anyway...it came up as backordered also. They must have had a bunch of orders all at once (maybe due to some forum chat......) 
Scott |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 01:44 AM |
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Location: Berlin (Germany)
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Same for me, one more DEVKIT2 on backorder now.
Fullfilling the orders with a STK600 would be very nice 
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