- Article·
Seven questions to ask any surplus seller before you pay
Most losses are not fakes but misdescription. Seven questions that filter out the worst sellers — including as a test of us.
- Guide·
The columns a stock list needs before anyone can act on it
Eleven columns, each answering one buyer question: why the full ordering part number matters, why pack quantity and total must stay separate, and why the lot code is the most useful column and the most often missing.
- Guide·
What a factory reel label tells you before you pay
MSL level, two date codes, lot/serial, bag quantity — walked through on the actual label of a Marvell 88PG867 reel in our warehouse, and what it still cannot prove.
- Guide·
How to verify date codes on chips — and what they can and cannot tell you
The date code is the easiest data point to get and the most commonly misread: how to read it, how to verify it, and when it proves nothing.