In a previous post the question was posed, where to buy? I searched Microchip's site for PICKit3 and it appears they have discontinued selling it. There are probably many in inventory at DigiKey and other vendors. Their flagship programmer is now the PICKit4:

https://www.microchip.com/developmen...tails/PG164140

Their cost leader is the Snap programmer costing around $15 US.

https://www.microchip.com/developmen...tails/PG164100