Boys,
help poor not so old post-communist fellow understand
these notorious capitalist free-market rules, please.

   When I ordered PICs for my project, the only reason
in favour of Microchip instead of Texas & Atmel was
James Newton's "PICLIST". I decided to overpay few $
for each chip compared to MSP430 & AVR in order to
get in "PICLIST" community and thus save some time
developing my project.
   Now I'm looking for PCB maker. As I see from many
postings I'm not alone in my humble wish. I've seached
the Net and found a lot of references in the Taiwan region -
price is critical. (I've posted this earlier). It seems to be
a risky way to use a random reference.
Lyle Killough in his posting
   "[EE]: small production run PCB assembly blues"
confirmed the doubt. Thanks to him.
   And at the same time I looked at Microchip's
"WORLDWIDE SALES AND SERVICE" and have
found 10 Microchip representatives in the region
and even in the same towns.

   So my question is: Is there any way to force slightly
Microchip and its representatives to PICk out some
PCB manufacture and guarantee a litle his decency.
What the heck is going on. Who whom pays money.
Are we to send some tons of e-mail to Microchip to
start them moving? Or are there any other way?

   Best regards.
   Mike.

I looked through my window, and saw the Pole Star winked at me.
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China - Beijing
Microchip Technology Consulting (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Beijing Liaison Office
Unit 915
Bei Hai Wan Tai Bldg.
No. 6 Chaoyangmen Beidajie
Beijing, 100027, No. China
Tel: 86-10-85282100 Fax: 86-10-85282104

China - Chengdu
Microchip Technology Consulting (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Chengdu Liaison Office
Rm. 2401, 24th Floor,
Ming Xing Financial Tower
No. 88 TIDU Street
Chengdu 610016, China
Tel: 86-28-6766200 Fax: 86-28-6766599

China - Fuzhou
Microchip Technology Consulting (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Fuzhou Liaison Office
Rm. 531, North Building
Fujian Foreign Trade Center Hotel
73 Wusi Road
Fuzhou 350001, China
Tel: 86-591-7557563 Fax: 86-591-7557572

China - Shanghai
Microchip Technology Consulting (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd.
Room 701, Bldg. B
Far East International Plaza
No. 317 Xian Xia Road
Shanghai, 200051
Tel: 86-21-6275-5700 Fax: 86-21-6275-5060

China - Shenzhen
Microchip Technology Consulting (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Liaison Office
Rm. 1315, 13/F, Shenzhen Kerry Centre,
Renminnan Lu
Shenzhen 518001, China
Tel: 86-755-2350361 Fax: 86-755-2366086

Hong Kong
Microchip Technology Hongkong Ltd.
Unit 901-6, Tower 2, Metroplaza
223 Hing Fong Road
Kwai Fong, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel: 852-2401-1200 Fax: 852-2401-3431

India
Microchip Technology Inc.
India Liaison Office
Divyasree Chambers
1 Floor, Wing A (A3/A4)
No. 11, O Shaugnessey Road
Bangalore, 560 025, India
Tel: 91-80-2290061 Fax: 91-80-2290062

Korea
Microchip Technology Korea
168-1, Youngbo Bldg. 3 Floor
Samsung-Dong, Kangnam-Ku
Seoul, Korea 135-882
Tel: 82-2-554-7200 Fax: 82-2-558-5934

Singapore
Microchip Technology Singapore Pte Ltd.
200 Middle Road
#07-02 Prime Centre
Singapore, 188980
Tel: 65-334-8870 Fax: 65-334-8850

Taiwan
Microchip Technology Taiwan
11F- 3, No. 207
Tung Hua North Road
Taipei, 105, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-2717-7175 Fax: 886-2-2545-0139

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