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by syedkarim 1651 days ago
That last paragraph…TI sells a part for set top boxes (TPS65235). It’s been sold out for months, but it’s possible to receive a notification email when they suddenly decide to run their own productions for the part (their website says 50 weeks). I always receive the notifications in the middle of the night, so by the time I order in the morning, all of the inventory is sold out. One time I happened to be awake during a notification and was unable to purchase just six minutes after receiving the notification.