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01/27/06 18:21
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#108549 - another aspect
Responding to: ???'s previous message
If you're an engineer trying to design a product, even if the volume for this one is low

When I work for small companies, I often get in the situation that I have to buy samples but so what.

consider:
How much do you "save" by trying to get them for free, instead of buying them.
Time spent trying to get them for free $1000 (just a conservative number)
2 "samples" including shipping $47

Yes, I am aware that no one spend 3 days just to obtain some samples, but the math holds in every case I know, when the company is not in the "samples given automaticly" category

Where I work right now (high volume user) I can get samples for the asking, but samples do not arrive next day air, so quite often, I resort to DigiKey and buy "samples".

Erik

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TopicAuthorDate
samples Atmel AT89S8252            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why not contact atmel?            01/01/70 00:00      
   have you considerd checking arond or oth            01/01/70 00:00      
   or use digikey            01/01/70 00:00      
      to ERIK            01/01/70 00:00      
         start here for P89V51Rd2            01/01/70 00:00      
            P89V51RD2            01/01/70 00:00      
               beware            01/01/70 00:00      
                  to Abhishek            01/01/70 00:00      
   Atmel parts            01/01/70 00:00      
      to Oleg            01/01/70 00:00      
         or AT89C51ED2            01/01/70 00:00      
            I have some Philips P89C51RD2 in DIP-40            01/01/70 00:00      
            ISP PLCC package            01/01/70 00:00      
               Why not shop for a friendly vendor?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  another aspect            01/01/70 00:00      
                      Yes, there's another aspect.            01/01/70 00:00      

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