Ordering samples, important question

[Guest durak]

I figured I would save a bit and order some samples from microchip.com

But as always, they want a company name for ordering them. So is it really the same if I write there like "Durak's company", or will I need to write down a valid company name?

It wouldn't have worried me if the parts would have come from china or something, but on the first step of checkout they ask for all kind of information like describe your project, and finally "preferred distributor" which lists 2 finnish companies (I live in Finland) as options.

If I understood this right the parts would be shipped to me from a finnish company, which could easily check from a business register (literal translation from finnish, don't know if that's the right word in english for it) that my so called company does not exist. Or even worse and I would have to fetch them from some warehouse or something, and they might wonder how a 18 year old student has his own business and needs samples..

If it really is important in the end, my uncle has a co-operative society (that word I checked from a dictionary, again don't know if it's appropriate here) and I think he could order them to me, but he lives in another city and I would really prefer getting them asap.

Heh, what a long writing about a simple question... Anyway, can you help me?

[arumblack]

i just put ecm, a fake name so far as i know.

for my project i put digitaly controlled analog synthesizer

ig ot my stuff fed exed from hong kong, i live in the usa.

so just put in anything. besides, what is the worst that could happen if they check? they don't send it maybe?

[pilo]

I don't think they check anything...

but for microchip I didn't "lie" : I select student in a list, and that's all... put "none" for compagny name I think (I can't remember but I can check if you want).

;)

[Nomical]

Same here. Most stuff i filled in was true. In the end you have to fill in your adress anyway if you wish to recieve the samples. Except for the company name and stuff like that. Just fill in anything for a company name.

[uclaros]

Agree too! ;D

For the preferred distributor choose NONE (that is once again true!)