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points by alexggordon 16 hours ago | 0 comments
Just a comparison from a hobbyist. I live in Massachusetts, so hey, I would love to support a local company. I recently printed 5 boards through JLBPCB. Circuithub[0] came to $654.66 for the boards I uploaded, while JLCPCB[1] came to $228.45, with $52.48 in tariffs.

I placed the order on JLCPCB on October 18th, and they were delivered October 17th. To match that delivery timeline I would have to choose the higher service level which brings that total to $877.83 on Circuithub.

As a note, these are not complex boards--they're LED drivers with some custom features implemented via a ATtiny3216-S, which costs about $1 a piece in non-bulk orders. To buy the SBOM from DigiKey for prototyping it was about $100--obviously with more tariffs and shipping. Point being, this is not a complex board or something with complex parts.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/EHhMPU7

[1] https://imgur.com/a/s9aVJtU

[–] e28eta 12 hours ago
They delivered before you ordered? That’s amazing!

I’m guessing that’s supposed to be 8th and 17th, or 18th and 27th?

[–] alexggordon 11 hours ago
Haha, yes

> October 18th, and they were delivered October 27th