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Old 17th July 2007, 03:23 PM   (permalink)
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I've made this point before: it's there own fault that the sample system is abused. They should just get rid of the minimum order reqquirements and start selling small quantities. Most companies don't mind buying small quantities of a product just to test it out, it's part of their research and development costs.
Erm, u seem the miss the reason for sampling. Although some places have started to introduce educational / industry only samples thanks to some people taking advantage of the system (making money) the reason they give millions of free samples every year (even to hobbyists) is because a small number of projects they are used in will become a product. And hey presto, microchip have an order for thousands of $$'s.

And look at it this way, if you were to buy two chips from microchip direct they have to work out and pay tax, credit card fee's, supply certain levels of support, make deliveries at the correct time etc. etc. Im willing to bet that for small order microchip makes a loss, probably not as big a loss as with giving away samples, but very close!

Personally I always fill in the what its for box correctly, even when its "Personal Project: Micromouse Robot Development", on occasion they have phoned to ask how its going, we have a pleasant conversation about the project, and they never said "Dont do it again"!
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Old 17th July 2007, 03:28 PM   (permalink)
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Erm, u seem the miss the reason for sampling. Although some places have started to introduce educational / industry only samples thanks to some people taking advantage of the system (making money) the reason they give millions of free samples every year (even to hobbyists) is because a small number of projects they are used in will become a product. And hey presto, microchip have an order for thousands of $$'s.

And look at it this way, if you were to buy two chips from microchip direct they have to work out and pay tax, credit card fee's, supply certain levels of support, make deliveries at the correct time etc. etc. Im willing to bet that for small order microchip makes a loss, probably not as big a loss as with giving away samples, but very close!

Personally I always fill in the what its for box correctly, even when its "Personal Project: Micromouse Robot Development", on occasion they have phoned to ask how its going, we have a pleasant conversation about the project, and they never said "Dont do it again"!
Great post thanks!
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Old 17th July 2007, 05:42 PM   (permalink)
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I got my free samples today! It glitched and sent me 2 different orders!

2x 16F877A
1x 16F876A
5x 16F628A
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Old 26th July 2007, 03:44 AM   (permalink)
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I feel like such a bum..

I just got my university email address so I went ahead and ordered some samples..

12f629 x 3
12f675 x 3
16f628a x 3
16f877a x 3

I think I ordered too much

I just couldnt stop!! DAMN THESE HANDS!!
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Old 28th July 2007, 03:31 PM   (permalink)
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I just tried ordering a single 16F88 for $2.60 and got all the way to entering payment details with no mention of a minimum. Do you have any details of what the minimum is?

Mike.
As far as I know they may charge you $25 handling fee if your order is too small.

For most of the microchip parts I use I always order directly from them, it seems they have a good deal with fedex, their shipping charges are quite reasonable.

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