flecom
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a lot of these companies really dont care as long as you dont abuse the system...
i will give you an example, molex makes just about every kind of connector you can think of... and i needed one of their particular connectors to mate to a MiniPCI ethernet card... i asked them if they had any resellers for the part in the US and they said that they had only sold it to OEM's but if i wanted they could send me a few through their sample program. i told them that i wasnt a company and it was for personal use but i would really appreciate it if they could send me the connectors and pins... next day fedex guy at my door with a little box with the "MOLEX" logo on the side, they sent me not one but 10 of the connectors
i knew of a few people that were working on similar projects at the time and i gave away all 8 of them that were left over (screwed up on my first try
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now, there are people out there that order excessive samples and then turn around and sell them, its these people that will ruin the free ride for us, and ruin the sample program for companies...
unfortunately this will probably continue until companies stop doing the free samples all together... but i dont think they will, really it dosent cost them more than a few cents to make these $30 opamps and such, so they can afford to give away 2 or 3 for anyone who asks... plus im sure they write it off as expense or advertising or something...
my $0.02 take it for what its worth (not much
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i will give you an example, molex makes just about every kind of connector you can think of... and i needed one of their particular connectors to mate to a MiniPCI ethernet card... i asked them if they had any resellers for the part in the US and they said that they had only sold it to OEM's but if i wanted they could send me a few through their sample program. i told them that i wasnt a company and it was for personal use but i would really appreciate it if they could send me the connectors and pins... next day fedex guy at my door with a little box with the "MOLEX" logo on the side, they sent me not one but 10 of the connectors
i knew of a few people that were working on similar projects at the time and i gave away all 8 of them that were left over (screwed up on my first try
now, there are people out there that order excessive samples and then turn around and sell them, its these people that will ruin the free ride for us, and ruin the sample program for companies...
unfortunately this will probably continue until companies stop doing the free samples all together... but i dont think they will, really it dosent cost them more than a few cents to make these $30 opamps and such, so they can afford to give away 2 or 3 for anyone who asks... plus im sure they write it off as expense or advertising or something...
my $0.02 take it for what its worth (not much