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Off shoot of .... FS: pkg. of 25 Tektronix 4.64K, 1%, 1/4 W film resistors

Mark Wendt <mark.wendt@...>
 

On 12/04/2012 08:30 PM, Rob wrote:
Thanks for the insight. The couple of experiences I have had utilizing it do
not align with your experience.
I do however agree/appreciate that saving a couple of dollars would not be
worth that kind of trouble.
In addition my orders are very intermittent and of a non-critical nature (as
I only dabble in all this for the hobby value) so I have not paid a lot of
attention if it takes 2 vs. 3 days for things to arrive, etc.
On the other hand, I absolutely loth the bite shipping takes out of our
pursuits so anytime I can minimize it I try to..
As always I appreciate the bandwidth and hope this finds you well.
Rob,

If I remember right, you live in Texas, correct? It may be that since Mouser is in Texas, things flow a bit smoother in the UPS/USPS hand overs. My orders are pretty intermittent and generally small ones too. Most of the stuff I order is for my own use, but this one was for a friend's plugin. It wasn't Mouser I was having the issue with, it was with the way that UPS just let it sit in the USPS distro center for 7 days. I checked daily with the tracking number, and it sat, and sat, and sat... ;-)

Mark
Rob <rgwood@...>
 

Thanks for the insight. The couple of experiences I have had utilizing it do
not align with your experience.
I do however agree/appreciate that saving a couple of dollars would not be
worth that kind of trouble.
In addition my orders are very intermittent and of a non-critical nature (as
I only dabble in all this for the hobby value) so I have not paid a lot of
attention if it takes 2 vs. 3 days for things to arrive, etc.
On the other hand, I absolutely loth the bite shipping takes out of our
pursuits so anytime I can minimize it I try to..
As always I appreciate the bandwidth and hope this finds you well.

-----Original Message-----
From: TekScopes@... [mailto:TekScopes@...] On Behalf
Of Mark Wendt
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 4:30 AM
To: TekScopes@...
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Off shoot of .... FS: pkg. of 25 Tektronix 4.64K,
1%, 1/4 W film resistors

On 12/03/2012 08:11 PM, Rob wrote:
I guess I will join on the post 1/2 way in the middle to point out
that if you leave a business name out of the Mouser addresses.
It opens an option to get flat shipping at $4.99 to your home.
Not that I am partial to any of the various electronics houses, nor to
impact the original offer because if I had a need I would exercise it
in lieu of any other things discussed Mostly because I like the
thought of us all helping each other out... .
Anyway, just thought I would point out the Mouser lower shipping thing
if some are not aware (I missed out for a while) and given some of
the other banter in the general post , etc..
I tried that flat shipping once. Once. It normally takes about 3 days for
my orders to arrive from Mouser using the priority mail option for $6.99.
The flat rate goes through some UPS/USPS gyrations and it took
10 days for my order to arrive. Save 2 bucks, add a week to the shipping
time. It was handled by UPS from Mouser to a USPS mail distro center nearby
in DC, where it sat for a week waiting for UPS to pick it up and deliver it.
Then UPS proceeded to supposedly not be able to find my home address.
Course, we've been getting UPS deliveries at this address for almost 20
years.

I'll stick with the priority mail service for the small orders, of which
99.9% of mine are.

Mark


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Mark Wendt <mark.wendt@...>
 

On 12/03/2012 08:11 PM, Rob wrote:
I guess I will join on the post 1/2 way in the middle to point out that if
you leave a business name out of the Mouser addresses.
It opens an option to get flat shipping at $4.99 to your home.
Not that I am partial to any of the various electronics houses, nor to
impact the original offer because if I had a need I would exercise it in
lieu of any other things discussed
Mostly because I like the thought of us all helping each other out... .
Anyway, just thought I would point out the Mouser lower shipping thing if
some are not aware (I missed out for a while) and given some of the other
banter in the general post , etc..
I tried that flat shipping once. Once. It normally takes about 3 days for my orders to arrive from Mouser using the priority mail option for $6.99. The flat rate goes through some UPS/USPS gyrations and it took 10 days for my order to arrive. Save 2 bucks, add a week to the shipping time. It was handled by UPS from Mouser to a USPS mail distro center nearby in DC, where it sat for a week waiting for UPS to pick it up and deliver it. Then UPS proceeded to supposedly not be able to find my home address. Course, we've been getting UPS deliveries at this address for almost 20 years.

I'll stick with the priority mail service for the small orders, of which 99.9% of mine are.

Mark
Rob <rgwood@...>
 

I guess I will join on the post 1/2 way in the middle to point out that if
you leave a business name out of the Mouser addresses.
It opens an option to get flat shipping at $4.99 to your home.
Not that I am partial to any of the various electronics houses, nor to
impact the original offer because if I had a need I would exercise it in
lieu of any other things discussed
Mostly because I like the thought of us all helping each other out... .
Anyway, just thought I would point out the Mouser lower shipping thing if
some are not aware (I missed out for a while) and given some of the other
banter in the general post , etc..
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