William Chops Westfield wrote:
>
>     Instead of a form letter stating that my request has been forwarded,
>     I wish they would have just mailed the CD. MY belief is that
>     most distributors don't want to bother with you unless you have a large
>     order ready for them.  Forget it if you are only a hobbyist interested
>     in ordering small quantities.
>
> This is perhaps true, but not necessarilly.  For example, Analog Devices
> still has a fond place in my heart for the time they sent be a freebie
> A-D converter for my college senior design project.  (and of course I've
> NEVER had an opportunity to specify an A-D converter SINCE then...)
>
> It would be nice if you could be honest, and have your request tossed on
> a "low priority" pile instead of the "have a salescritter follow this up
> immediately" pile, and still get your CD or Sample or whatever.  What is
> really annoying is when the company spends more sending you useless stuff
> (line cards, form letters, marketing fliers, etc) than the part/doc you
> wanted in the first place would have cost.

My favorite was Motorola, I was working on a 6809 board and asked for
the spec sheets. They sent me the spec sheets, "Programming the 6809" by
Zak Labiak, and the Assist09 manual (source etal). Too bad I'm having
such
difficult time getting their parts. I'm still just a hobbiest. And
getting
ordering parts in 1'zies is still the bane of my hobby. (Schooled as an
EET but I work in the Data/Voice network field).

As for Sales people, I'm aware of a particular Hi-Tech company which has
a sales force which ... (Oh yea that really doesn't belong here does
it).

;-}

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