You're in the UK and you have to pay Microchip for postage ? Have you actually tried Microchip's website recently and tried to order samples? I completed a samples order only last week and it was completely free. -----Original Message----- From: alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk [mailto:alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk]=20 Sent: 23 September 2010 18:11 To: Joe P. Farr Subject: RE: [PIC] A catalogue of cock-ups > Order free samples next time. Trouble is, like me, Philip is in the UK, and we get asked to pay postage for free samples. I must admit I haven't tried phoning the local M'Chip rep yet to attempt to get really free samples, I guess this will happen when I want something badly in a short time scale. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .