Hi
Andy: I still haven't bought p&p machine but when the time comes for production I have 2 options:
1. to start my own factory(making partnership with rich guys)and buy the machine(lunch have nothing to do with it)
2. contract existing p&p machine factory to solder all my parts and save me the hassle. It happened that my rich partner was intrested in p&p machines and made me investigate which i done good job of.

Erik:
Not all my components where free samples, I had to pay for some of them.
I actually asked my distributer for samples for other projects that had nothing to do with him, he also got them for me for free. The ones he can't get for free he tells me this costs such and such then I pay him.
I also ask him for non components samples and he used to get me from his freinds and connections. He gave me 500ml sample of flux that doesn't require cleaning for free.
He also used to give me lots of free samples that i don't ask for like caps and resistors various values.
I agree cheating is not good and the results usually backfire on you.
I have been cheated by a car dealer, bought my car and he was smiling and ever so friendly till he got his money, few days later it turned out that my alternator and battery were bad and I had to replace them for new ones, Came back to the car dealer and he ignored me completely!
Looks like car dealers are same everywhere.
Mahmood