The $148.88 price was a special offer at the end of last year which
expired on 12/31/97.  I am not sure when it started.  Just before the
end of the year I got a new Jameco catalog and noticed that the price
had jumped to $199 and then someone on this list mentioned the special
offer and I went out that day to purchase one that day.



At 03:13 PM 2/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I saw Bob Blick's comment about the PIC START--but that $148.88 price tag is
>incorrect.  I just ordered it and it is $199.++.  Seems that Microchip
>changed the price of it almost before the Digi-Key catalog came out.  I was
>torqued!!! to say the least but ordered it anyway.  Its a shame that
>Microchip would do something like that but ...  better let it go I guess.
>
>Just wanted to save anyone else the pain that I went through at the time I
>ordered mine.  Its not Digi-Key's fault, and the order lady I talked to when
>I ordered mine was very polite and full of sorry's about the whole deal.  Be
>nice if Microchip would give us a rebate if orderd during the three month
>period of the Digi-Key catalog currently published.
>
>Mike
>Regards...
>Mike Hall - "http://members.aol.com/mhall34450/"
>WB8ICN
>Dayton, Ohio
>
>





Gene Norris
Gnorris@earthlink.net
E. Windsor, NJ USA