Advanced Micro Circuits is still in business, indeed!
It is interesting how some people use a crystal ball to predict the
future. If you read the threads/posts at picaxeforum.co.uk, you will
come up to news such as "we do not sell the 08M anymore and have
switched to the 14M". This statement can only exist in a crystal
ball, since we have not made any such statement. Sparkfun recently
ran out of 08M stock. Will they not sell the 08M anymore? Heck no!
Neither will we! We just shipped 40 of them yesterday. Just like
other suppliers, we run out of stock periodically, and our system
does not show an item for a little while, so that you do not order it
and have us hold your money while the product is on its way from the
U.K.
Yes, periodically, we answer emails with a bit of delay, and, yes, we
answer our calls with a bit of delay. The reason is that, sometimes WE
ARE BUSY shipping stuff or doing something else. We apologize for not
returning calls or emails the minute we get them. We get a lot of
them. I periodically send an email to Clive Seager with questions. It
takes an average of 3-4 days for our emails to be answered by Clive, that is,
if Clive decides to answer them. Does that mean that PICAXE of UK is
out of business? The man is simply BUSY. So, please, quit picking on
us. We are human and we try to offer you as good a service as
possible.
Yes, we offer lower prices than any of the other distributors. We
also are honest. PICAXE of UK sells the starter packs with the
download cable included. So do we. One of our competitors not sells
their PICAXE stuff at a higher price, they want you to pay extra for
the download cable!
So, folks, we will try to serve you as best as we can. Please, stop
looking at crystal balls. If we decide to go out of business, we will
certainly let you know. You deserve to know.
Best regards
Dr.Andrew Veronis
President
Advanced Micro Circuits.
