PCB pricing

I just got a quote from couple PCB houses the board is 3.3?x1.695?, 4 layers, 7mils spacing, FR4, two tab routs,...., 3-5 pieces, 3-4 days ? nothing unusual, right? $1200+ I sort of expected it to be ~half as much. What am I missing? has something changed in the PCB manufacturing lately?

Seems expensive, I just received (Friday), 4 boards 100mm x 80mm, 4 layer, FR4, 0.15mm (6 mils) gap, 4 days £350 (about $525).

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Michael Kellett

Low qty/fast turnround prices vary hugely between suppliers, and depends a lot on their attitude to this sort of job. Shop around, and for PCBs this size, look for a pooling service.

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We have been using these PCB houses (4pcb.com and cirexx.com) for a while... I haven't ordered any boards for some time. Can anybody suggest a board house that does low volume,

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I've been pretty happy with the PCBExpress service from Sunstone for low volume/prototype boards with a reasonably quick turn. From your size info above, it looks like four pieces would run US$320 for the lot

For longer lead times (and lower costs) I've also used the batch service from Sparkfun

I use them, and the price drops spectacularly if you can wait 15 days.

Try these guys

The work place uses them and we turned some assembly houses on to them. Very happy, so far.

Cheers