At 01:52 AM 9/22/2004, you wrote:
>In short, if you see something advertised that believe you can make use of,
>especially in a University situation, it is worth a phone call or email, at
>worst they can say no, at best you could have some samples of possibly
>exotic devices for nothing.


This has certainly been my experience.  I have had some incredibly helpful 
tech reps slide me a few products when it was obvious that 1 or 2 samples 
would not only let me evaluate the product, but also get my project 
finished... and then they usually send 10 just so I don't bother them for 1 
or 2 more.

One thing that they often request is my UPS number so they don't have to 
pay shipping.  My guess is that no one in their organization pays attention 
to where product goes, but they have to bill shipping expenses to a project 
code.  It's very easy to set up a UPS account that bills to a credit card.

cheers,
mike 

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