On 9/4/06, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have anybody has an experience of ordering something from Microchip
> directly? I've selected some chips because they show me a very good price,
> then when I gave all of my details, and just before the confirmation button
> they put an extra fee onto the bill saying that is the postage+packaging and
> taxation fee. The whole price practically doubled! I canceled it strait away
> as it might be better to purchase in a larger quantity? Or it does not
> matter, the price will be doubled anyway?
>
> Tamas
>

I just ordered a bunch of chips from them.  Shipping charges seemd a
bit high, but they ship the parts from the factory in Thailand,
two-day FedEx.  Still, the prices were better than Digi-Key in the
quantities I ordered.

Regards,
Mark
markrages@gmail
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