Microchip samples totally free again.

[James Newtons Massmind]

On Friday, Microchip is opening up the free sample program again for the US,
UK, Italy and Germany. No more $7.50 S/H fee.

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[Dario Greggio (in giro)]

James Newton ha scritto:
> On Friday, Microchip is opening up the free sample program again for the US,
> UK, Italy and Germany. No more $7.50 S/H fee.


wow! :) here we come :)))

Dario
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[Funny N.]

what happened? It confused people when it happens back and forth. Is the system malfunction?

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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:21:41 PM
Subject: [PIC] Microchip samples totally free again.

On Friday, Microchip is opening up the free sample program again for the US,
UK, Italy and Germany. No more $7.50 S/H fee.

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[Dario Greggio (in giro)]

Funny NYPD ha scritto:
> what happened? It confused people when it happens back and forth. Is the system malfunction?

I guess that the "economy breakdown" is over... at least we hope so :)
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[Tamas Rudnai]

It is free to Ireland as well :-)


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:21 PM, James Newton <jamesnewton@...>wrote:

> On Friday, Microchip is opening up the free sample program again for the
> US,
> UK, Italy and Germany. No more $7.50 S/H fee.
>
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Maybe for the world out of North America.

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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:37:04 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC] Microchip samples totally free again.

Funny NYPD ha scritto:
> what happened? It confused people when it happens back and forth. Is the system malfunction?

I guess that the "economy breakdown" is over... at least we hope so :)
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[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Tamas Rudnai wrote:

 > It is free to Ireland as well :-)

Now, how do you know that ?

On this page:

http://www.microchip.com/samples/CountryContactPopup.aspx

it says :

"The following list contains the countries that
  are *not* supported for online samples..."

And in the list below that text, Ireland *is* listed.
E.g. Germany and Italy is not...


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[Tamas Rudnai]

I have just selected a 16F1934 and first it said S&H is $7.50, then I
realised I was not logged in, so I did it, and then the S&H become $0 -- did
not order anything yet though.

Tamas


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm <
jan-erik.soderholm@...> wrote:

> Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>
>  > It is free to Ireland as well :-)
>
> Now, how do you know that ?
>
> On this page:
>
> http://www.microchip.com/samples/CountryContactPopup.aspx
>
> it says :
>
> "The following list contains the countries that
>  are *not* supported for online samples..."
>
> And in the list below that text, Ireland *is* listed.
> E.g. Germany and Italy is not...
>
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[Tamas Rudnai]

Hmm, that list is weird -- if they did not change the rules, then I should
be able to obtain the samples as I did that already once and the sample had
arrived indeed. That was before they changed to the $7.50 S&H fee stuff...

Anyway, I may try as I was considering the enhanced pic series anyway...

Thanks,
Tamas


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Tamas Rudnai <tamas.rudnai@...>wrote:

> I have just selected a 16F1934 and first it said S&H is $7.50, then I
> realised I was not logged in, so I did it, and then the S&H become $0 -- did
> not order anything yet though.
>
> Tamas
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm <
> jan-erik.soderholm@...> wrote:
>
>> Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>>
>>  > It is free to Ireland as well :-)
>>
>> Now, how do you know that ?
>>
>> On this page:
>>
>> http://www.microchip.com/samples/CountryContactPopup.aspx
>>
>> it says :
>>
>> "The following list contains the countries that
>>  are *not* supported for online samples..."
>>
>> And in the list below that text, Ireland *is* listed.
>> E.g. Germany and Italy is not...
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[ivp]

> Hmm, that list is weird

Australia and NZ aren't there but dots in the Pacific Ocean are. A
big shout-out to everyone (anyone ?) on Heard Island

Personally, paying for postage is not usually significant in the greater
scheme of things but you do get that 'snubbed' feeling

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[Olin Lathrop]

Jinx wrote:
> Personally, paying for postage is not usually significant in the greater
> scheme of things but you do get that 'snubbed' feeling

I think the problem was that there were a abuses.  You try to provide a
convenience to your real customers and loads of dirtbags crawl out of the
swamp, grab the freebies, and sell them on ebay.  It's a tough ballance
between getting abused and treating the people right you want to entice to
your products.  By the way, during the time of the shipping charge, shipping
was still free with higher limits on number and frequency of samples for PIC
consultants.


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[Vladimir-40]

There is any hope someday Latin American to be covered?






On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Jinx <joecolquitt@...> wrote:

>
> > Hmm, that list is weird
>
> Australia and NZ aren't there but dots in the Pacific Ocean are. A
> big shout-out to everyone (anyone ?) on Heard Island
>
> Personally, paying for postage is not usually significant in the greater
> scheme of things but you do get that 'snubbed' feeling
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[Richard Prosser]

Jinx,

My reading of the list was that the list contained countries NOT
supported by the free offer.

So NZ & OZ are OK..


RP

2009/10/1 Jinx <joecolquitt@...>:

>
>> Hmm, that list is weird
>
> Australia and NZ aren't there but dots in the Pacific Ocean are. A
> big shout-out to everyone (anyone ?) on Heard Island
>
> Personally, paying for postage is not usually significant in the greater
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[ivp]

> There is any hope someday Latin American to be covered?

Odd that Cuba appears to be supported, unless shipments to there
are restricted some other way

I can't figure out the rationale of how a particular country is included.
You might expect very few, if any, requests from Bhutan and more
than a few from England (England ? Great Britain, please)


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[ivp]

> My reading of the list was that the list contained countries NOT
> supported by the free offer.
>
> So NZ & OZ are OK..

Yes, that was how I read it too. Sorry, my reply was ambiguous.
The 'snubbed' feeling was meant as a general comment to those
still on the list, although historically local distributors haven't been
helpful with samples

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[WH Tan]

2009/10/1 Jinx <joecolquitt@...>:

>> There is any hope someday Latin American to be covered?
>
> Odd that Cuba appears to be supported, unless shipments to there
> are restricted some other way
>
> I can't figure out the rationale of how a particular country is included.
> You might expect very few, if any, requests from Bhutan and more
> than a few from England (England ? Great Britain, please)
>
>
> --

I hadn't been requesting sample from Microchip long before they
decided to stop the sampling program. It really not a great concern
for me.

Just out of my own curiosity, I log on to my account and check what's
happening.  And I think if you go to the profile page under sample
home (not the microchip direct or microchip home), you will see from
the dropdown list. At the moment, I believe the online system accepts
order from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, NZ, Puerto Rico,
USA and UK.


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[Isaac Marino Bavaresco]

Jinx escreveu:

>> There is any hope someday Latin American to be covered?
>>    
>
> Odd that Cuba appears to be supported, unless shipments to there
> are restricted some other way
>
> I can't figure out the rationale of how a particular country is included.
> You might expect very few, if any, requests from Bhutan and more
> than a few from England (England ? Great Britain, please)
>  

It is related to the import laws and taxes in the destination country.
Brazil is not included because of our very restrictive import
regulations and high taxes.

Texas Instruments used to send free samples to Brazil, then they stopped
and explained in their site that the new (at that time) regulations in
Brazil made it too expensive to do so.

Best regards,

Isaac

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[Vicent Colomar Prats]

Spain continues to be out of the lucky countrys that can sample. Any of you
has tried to sample to Spain via fax send to France?
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[Terry Harris]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:14 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>what happened? It confused people when it happens back and forth. Is the system malfunction?

Maybe they figured out a way to identify the people who were ordering
samples to sell on ebay?


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[M.L.-2]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Terry Harris <terry.harris@...> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:14 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>
>>what happened? It confused people when it happens back and forth. Is the system malfunction?
>
> Maybe they figured out a way to identify the people who were ordering
> samples to sell on ebay?
>

Are people really dumb enough to buy samples on ebay?

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