Ordered new PCB with my original fab to reduce delays

WORKED TO INVOKE SPONSORSHIP OFFER FOR THIS PCB

I uploaded the design files and contacted the marketing department to take them up on the offer. Since I did this just before a weekend it took a couple days to swap emails. I have a pretty small viewership of my blog so I fully understand that they have limits especially with a new relationship. To be fair, US duties and tariffs add to the costs for PCBWAY. 

The first response asked if I could drop the stencil since the project was over their budget. I was unwilling to skip the stencil so I asked if I could pay the incremental cost - including duty would be around $20. The next response did try to accommodate me but by separating the shipments and sending both via Global Direct Shipment which means the PCB and the stencil won't arrive for a few weeks.

DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THIS PROJECT, SWITCHED BACK TO JLCPCB

I always use Fedex or UPS to receive the products in 3-5 business days not weeks. I have the build time to add to the delay, plus the several days involved in the email exchanges. Based on this, I placed the order with JLCPCB with Fedex delivery, in order to minimize further delays working on the memory project. 

I will still work with PCBWAY, but need to do this with a simpler project, one that can accept longer delays. The current 9" x 4.5" four layer PCB plus the stencil due to all the SMD parts wasn't a good fit. A future smaller, maybe 2 layer part will be a better starting point for the relationship.