# 40,000.00 PCB **URL:** \ **Category:** PCB Design\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403 "2013-03-29T17:54:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phill104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@phill104](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/phill104)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/1 "2013-03-29T17:54:09Z")
My PCB passed the check and indicated a price of 2.50 each . But when trying to order it say 40,000.00 each. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks Phil ---
**Author:** ![Ross\_Robotics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ross\_Robotics](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Ross_Robotics)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/2 "2013-03-29T19:41:12Z")
How would we know? ---
**Author:** ![leon\_heller](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/leon_heller/32/7602_2.png) [@leon\_heller](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/leon_heller)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/3 "2013-03-29T20:02:17Z")
> phill104: > My PCB passed the check and indicated a price of 2.50 each . > > But when trying to order it say 40,000.00 each. > > What am I doing wrong ? > > Thanks > > Phil Ordering from BatchPCB is probably what you are doing wrong. Try another supplier. ---
**Author:** ![Ross\_Robotics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ross\_Robotics](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Ross_Robotics)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/4 "2013-03-29T21:58:22Z")
try these m8. There easier and cheaper with good quality. OSH Park can’t be beat for quality. [http://imall.iteadstudio.com/open-pcb/p … yping.html](http://imall.iteadstudio.com/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html) [http://oshpark.com/](http://oshpark.com/) ---
**Author:** ![phill104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@phill104](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/phill104)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/5 "2013-03-29T22:51:36Z")
Gerber files submitted in mm were priced in inches ---
**Author:** ![phill104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@phill104](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/phill104)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/6 "2013-03-29T22:56:08Z")
Thanks for the link ! ---
**Author:** ![phill104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@phill104](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/phill104)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/7 "2013-03-30T15:52:11Z")
👏 Solved ! Submitted to different provider - accepted - very good price. Done ---
**Author:** ![Ross\_Robotics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ross\_Robotics](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/Ross_Robotics)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/8 "2013-03-30T19:44:03Z")
I think BatchPCB is not going to fix there site. It’s been months without any improvement. Curious, who did you go with? ---
**Author:** ![macegr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@macegr](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/macegr)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/40-000-00-pcb/26403/9 "2013-03-31T10:54:36Z")
That’s what happens…someone blazes the trail, and offers what no one else does at the time (BatchPCB). They prove that it’s a viable business approach, then over time more competitors enter the same market. At some point you have to decide whether you want to put a lot of effort into competition, or (as it was with SparkFun) recognize it’s not the primary business and let your competition fill in the gaps. SparkFun is good at a lot of other things, and they know their customers won’t be left hanging since lots of great PCB services are out there now. I got great boards out of BatchPCB for a while, back when it was hard to find PCB suppliers for small prototype boards. It’s entirely possible that we still wouldn’t have good batched panel services now if SparkFun hadn’t paved the way.