Admittedly I haven't ordered samples from Microchip for quite a while (I=20
have thousands in stock) but last time I ordered there was no=20
postage/carriage fee in the UK.

I know they were intending to charge for them but I dont think it ever=20
happened. Online samples went "offline" for a few months then came back wit=
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no difference on the postage terms.

Dom

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From: "Joe P. Farr" <joe.farr@kcsl.uk.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:25 PM
Subject: RE: [PIC] A catalogue of cock-ups


> 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]
> 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.
>
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