A few days ago I ordered some sample parts from both burr brown (now Texas Instruments) and Analog devices, sampling some of their High-End DAC's, multi-channel DAC's, digital filters and the like. The Burr-Brown chips came via the courier just fine, but the package from Analog devices, who used the same courier, had a cash on delivery charge of nz$238 (approx us$120) for delivery costs. As the chips I ordered had a value of approx $30, I refused to pay it and is now being returned to where it came from.
Has anybody else successfully ordered samples from Analog Devices withour being charged a ridiculus amount for postage (the package weighed only a few grams).
Cheers, Adrian
Has anybody else successfully ordered samples from Analog Devices withour being charged a ridiculus amount for postage (the package weighed only a few grams).

Cheers, Adrian