I got my CD shipped from the USA to Mexico within 3 weeks, maybe they are just overloaded with work. RO reaper@SOUTHWEST.COM.AU on 25/03/98 06:27:12 AM Please respond to PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Rogerio Odriozola/MTY/TVA/Dataflux) Subject: Re: Embedded Controller Handbook Got to say After Microchip posted their apology on this list I wrote a letter to them and within a week!! I got all the information I wanted, postmarked in the USA. Well done. Justin Grimm reaper@southwest.com.au ---------- > From: Dan Larson > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: Embedded Controller Handbook > Date: Wednesday, 25 March 1998 10:13 > > I contacted my local sales rep after waiting serveral weeks > from the time I recieved the original "Your name has been forwarded to > you local sales rep" letter from Microchip. The local rep said they > would "Take care of me right away". I haven't heard from them since. > Meanwhile, Cindy Trotto posted the PIC list response. I decided to wait on > the "Local Rep" for another week. No luck. I then emailed the address that > Cindy posted. Not a word for two weeks. I contacted Microchip again > and got a respose telling me that my CD would be mailed that week and > that I should contact them (this week) if it did not arrive. Well, it didn't > arrive so contacted Microchip again today and got an immediate response > notifying me the my CD was being FedEx'd to my address. > > We'll see if it gets here.... > > All of this trouble for a CD! I am not even asking for free samples! > I am only an "honest" hobbiest with many engineer friends and co-workers. > I think, even though I will not be buying thousands of parts, that they > would value my good will and my free word of mouth advertising! > > I might as well start pulling old 8031 and 8051 mcu's from discarded > modems! > > > On Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:01:43 -0700, Harrison Cooper wrote: > > > Hmm....asked my rep for a sample....he shows up with > >them a few days later...and brought me the CD..didn't even ask for it!! > >Well, in most cases, the inquires go thru the local reps. Make a case > >with them or with Microchip that the rep is not doing their job! > > > > It may well be that hobbyists are not valued by their sales reps.... > I think it is dishonest for me to pretend to be a manufacturer or an engineer. > > Dan,,,, patiently awaiting my CD. > > > > > ******************************* > * Dan Larson * > * Software Engineer * > * Micro Control Company * > * email: dlarson@citilink.com * > *******************************