Mahmood wrote:

"I get all my samples for free,..."

and gave many examples.

Ijaz and Rob castigated:
"Such tricks don't work forever. A professional person should be honest."

I think that may be a little unfair; did you read his explanation of his relationship with his distributor:
http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=27926&top=

Sounds like he's been perfectly honest to me.

But I agree that vendors will soon spot the ones who are just out for a free lunch!