> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm from South Africa and I'm studying for a degree in Electronic
> > Engineering. In Pretoria we don't have that many suppliers of
electronic
> > components and I was wondering how much a PIC costs anywhere else in
the
> > world. I pay 40 Rands for a 16F84 here, and with the current exchange
> > rate I think would be equal to about 5 or 6 Dollars.
>
> I'm living in the Netherlands.  For a 1-off my boss pays about $6.5.   In
> quantities of 100+ the price goes down to about $4.5.  But when I try to
> buy one thru the _electronics-store_ here it'll cost me about $17 (30
> guilders) !

Then I guess you local shop makes a hughe profit!
I buy 16f84's at 10-15 guilders from the local electronics shop
(Heck in Amersfoort, not exactly known as cheap)
or mailorder from Conrad (Rotterdam).

Wouter.