All,

 I signed up for one of their (Microchip) seminars that was held in
 Houston a few years ago.   When I signed up, I also opted to purchase
 a PICStart+ Programmer and the ICD.  Since I was attending the seminar,
 they gave a discount on the prices of the PSP and the ICD.  The PSP was
 $149.00 with the discount and the ICD was 199.00 with the discount.
 But when I got to the seminar, I asked for the units I had reserved.
 I was told there wasn't any there for me as only purchased units were
 reserved abd brought to the seminar.
 I told them I did purchase/reserve a PSP and an ICD.

 Long story short, they checked with the field engineers office where I
 signed up and they were told I did purchase the units.  Since it was
 their screw-up, the field engineer said he would send me one of each
 unit when he got back to his office a couple of days later.   Sure enough,
 about 3 days after the seminar, a box arrived at my door with a PSP and
 and ICD unit with all the software, hardware, etc.  It had been shipped
 to me FEDEX Next Day, and said there was NO CHARGE AT ALL.  So, I got a
 refund of all monies I had paid, plus I got my units and they were sent
 via FEDEX NEXT DAY.   All in all, quite a deal I think.

 So generally speaking, I will give ALL my microcontroller business to
 Microchip.   The only time I'll stray from that promise is when my
 employer insists on using something else.    And even then, I try to
 talk them into using a PIC.

 Anyway, just wanted to share my experience regarding the PSP and ICD,
 and to tell you you might want to look into their seminnar schedule.
 You can get a discount if you order at the same time you sign up for
 the seminar.

                                              Regards,

                                                Jim




>> It's $200.00 at Digi-Key.
>
> Hmm, you're right.  I guess you have to be a Microchip PIC consultant
> to get the $100 price.  Then again, they throw in a PicStart+ with some
> other things, like the ICE-2000.  I have 2 PicStart+ around here, and
> am quite certain I never actually paid directly for either one.
>
>
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