Re: Mouser and FEDEX

From: Mike Diack (moby_at_kcbbs.gen.nz)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 01:30:28 +1200

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:01:16 +0100, Clint Sharp
<clint@clintsmc.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Am I missing something, I want to order under $10 worth of chips from
>Mouser but the rates FEDEX and UPS quote to deliver to the UK almost
>make it worth my while to fly out to the states and collect the bits
>myself?

Most US suppliers don't give a flying **** about foreign customers,
and insisting on gold plated shipping is their way of letting you know
this. I've paid nearly $100 to get a matchbox full of ICs to New
Zealand, and $40 to get a complete set of headers (**BIG** box, 4
cylendar bike) when sent USPS surface mail (though it musta come by
plane cos it only took 6 days from Wisconsin). The US has a fabulous
postal service - cheap, efficient. I just wish the *** electronics
suppliers would use it.
M (in grumpy mode)