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The New Hotness

  • Transistor Pricing

    You can find anything on eBay (clicky for more dots):

    ZVNL110A MOSFET - kilobuck eBay pricing
    ZVNL110A MOSFET – kilobuck eBay pricing

    The key information:

    ZVNL110A MOSFET - kilobuck eBay pricing - detail
    ZVNL110A MOSFET – kilobuck eBay pricing – detail

    For that price, I’d expect in-person hand delivery.

    Stipulated: ZVNL110A MOSFETs aren’t in production and we’re buying from diminishing inventory, but (as of late December 2018) they’re still available for under a buck apiece in small quantities.

    It could be a pricing algorithm corner case, a money laundering scheme, or just a typo that could happen to anyone. As the news sites put it, the seller did not respond in time for this posting …