I'm pretty sure we get hit with "engineering", "setup" and "stencil" fees everywhere.

I tried to limit the "extended components fee" by using Basic components when possible (resistors and capacitors), but that's impossible to completely avoid.

I'm not sure what "manual assembly" and "hand-soldering labor" involve, but I think it's assembling the headers.

I'm willing to pay for board cleaning to make sure I get nice circuits.

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The only way I an think of to get this cheaper is to do it myself, and there's no way I could match JLCPCB's precision. I don't think I'm going to get less than $80 for over 800 components installed on 5 PCBs. Just those 775 resistors and caps would take me forever.

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If there's a better alternative for Canadians, I'd love to hear it.