Quentin:... >Roland Andrag wrote: >> >> Tjaart, I would rather moan about the fact that there are only two >> 'official' microchip distributors in South Africa. > >Roland, there is a lot more involved than just simply getting more >people to stock MC products in SA. If you are the agent for a certain >product here, you can just about charge anything for that product, >simply because you are the agent and nobody else will sell against you. >Then, in this country you have the problem of volume. To be competitive >here, you will have to sell at a higher volume than your opposition just >to be able to offer a lower price. And the market is just not big >enough. Regrettibly so... >To show these guys a thing, if you can order via the internet a product >cheaper than what it is available locally, then let the suppliers know. I wish I could order Microchip products directly from them by internet... It would probably pay for me - I would probably save quite a few R100's, even after paying for airfreight... Point is, I can't... (and maybe it wouldn't pay for microchip to start shipping quantities smaller that say 1000 or whatever... I doubt that however). Out of interest, can anyone tell me what PICs go for in the states - take the 16C711JW and 17C44JW prices if you can since I have them readily available.. Cheers Roland