At 10:48 PM 11/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Most likely, there are samples that should not on sale.
>I once bought 18 pic from an ebay seller, name kathe...
>After recieving, I realized they are all "quantity 3"
>sample package!
>
>what do you think about this?

eBay is mostly policed by the people looking at the auctions.

They pull auctions for "sample" music such as demo CDs, when they are
reported.

But if you can't tell the real thing from samples from the auction there
is no way to police it.

I really don't like this sort of thing, because eventually it will mean
that legitimate users will have to jump through more hoops to get the
samples we need. I ended up buying 6 samples of AD chips ($300+) for a
prototype because it would have cost the client more in engineering time
to justify free samples than it would to buy them. In reality, it was
more than worth it for AD ($300K in semiconductor sales potential per year)
and they are just p*ssing off the client, who wants to look at other
alternatives.

>best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
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Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:  http://www.speff.com
->> Inexpensive test equipment & parts http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspeff


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