Yup, confirmed. I removed headers from BOM and CPL and those 2 fees went away, as well as an extra $3 or so for cost of headers about $13 + tax reduction).
Yup, first thing I do is match all components on JLC's inventory for a given footprint and input price, JLC part # and Manufacturer part # in my symbol editor (Kicad), as well as if it's a Basic part...
From my experience, the chips that were in stock by JLC were double or triple the price from Mouser. The others that were not in stock were cheaper...!
Re: JLCPCB ordering tip
SMD's that many is impossible to do it manually in reasonable time and with no errors!
Ioannis Yesterday, 21:31When production is low and you have through hole components, these are assembled by hand. And this costs......