Peter, How do the Chinese get stuff into the US so efficiently? If you look at Ebay they are selling things in the US for less than $10 and offering free delivery! I ordered some cables once - about $100 worth - and the guy shipped them express mail from China for about $20. This was probably two years ago or so. I had the cables 2 or 3 days later. There is no way I could ship the same package to China for $20.
Ironically, I was considering buying a mill from Canada - probably 2000 lbs or so (I'm about 100 miles from Canada) but the red tape that was required to get it across the border was severe - and the US customs people would not give me a straight answer even when I called them on the phone several times. It was really bad. So I abandoned the purchase. So much for free trade between the US and Canada. Apparently, we would prefer to trade with China! :-/ Dave On 4/16/2012 11:41 AM, Peter Homann wrote: > Hi Gene, > > I wasn't pushing you to buy my breakout board. I'd assume you would have > bought a C10 from CNC4PC. It's a plain signal buffered board. Not as good as > mine of course. :) > > As to the DC-03, I had a bit of a rush last week, so am putting another run > through the pick and place machine this week. > > As to shipping overseas tell me about it. > > I used to ship by airmail, costing about $16.00 - $17.00 to the USA. Then I > had a few rip me off claiming to Paypal that they didn't receive it. > > The final straw was when a guy purchased something then after 12 days (parcels > take 10-14 days to get to the USA) a got notification of a Paypal dispute. > > I emailed him, both directly and through Paypal 7 or 8 times over the 4 week > claim period to try and confirm the delivery address, etc. He never responded > to any email. So Paypal refunded the money as I couldn't prove it was sent and > there was no tracking number. > > So I updated the order in my database which automatically sends a copy to him. > Within 30 seconds I got a response from him as he didn't like how I updated my > database. > > ================================================================================== > That's really professional. I didn't receive my merchandise. You failed to > uphold your end of the transaction by failing to provide an online method for > tracking the delivery of the purchase. Check the PayPal user agreement... > > > > On Oct 9, 2010, at 5:53 PM, "homanndesigns.com"<support2009 at > homanndesigns.com Change at to @> wrote: > > > Dear xxxxxxx xxxxxx, > > > > Here is an update on your order #8416. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > Detailed Invoice: > > > http://homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=account_history_info&order_id=8416 > > Date Ordered: Friday 20 August, 2010 > > > > Comments concerning your order: > > > > The customer scammed the order by using the Paypal dispute system. > > > > Do not accept orders from this customer. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > If you have any questions, please contact our customer service > department at > > serv...@yourstore.com. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > homanndesigns.com > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > ================================================================================ > > > The thing that these Bozos don't understand is that after you've processed the > first thousand orders, a scammer like this stands out like a beacon. > > So now I only send by registered airmail or Express Post International as they > are trackable but this adds to the cost. > > And now there is a $9.00 surcharge levied as the USA requires every parcel > over 1Kg to be X-rayed. Someone is making some serious money from this junket. > > So in the end, my international sales suffer as the price too the door is > uncompetitive. A DC-03 DigiSpeed is $38.00 and costs about $25.00 to ship to > the USA, so it's hard to compete in the Global market place. :) > > 1:40am time for sleeep. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > > > > On 17/04/2012 1:07 AM, gene heskett wrote: > >> On Monday, April 16, 2012 10:23:30 AM Peter Homann did opine: >> >> >>> An BoB without opto-isolation will give you the same 24mA rail to rail >>> output. >>> >>> >> You should refer to it by the URL, is this it? >> >> <http://www.homanndesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22&products_id=59> >> >> That is not too bad a price either. And I may have looked at it before, >> but because it comes from Australia, I have no clue what it would cost _me_ >> here in WV, USA. >> >> When I first got interested in cnc, I bought some i/o cards that were being >> advertised at $39 USD, each giving 72 pins of programmable i/o from the 3 >> 82c55's on each card. They were advertised as $39 USD, but when shipped >> were billed in AUD at that price. By the time freight was added, I wound >> up paying about $90 USD each for the 3 cards I ordered. :( >> >> Then it turned out I had to write my own driver (the claim was made that >> the driver was on the accompanying cd, it wasn't& emails were ignored), >> and eventually I actually did have it turning motors, very slowly and >> roughly due to my drivers non-access in real time. An extreme case of >> latency. It was about that time that I discovered 2 things, xylotex, and >> emc. I have since bought 3 of those and burned them up despite far more >> cooling than they should need, the last one, a 4 by, had a 4" fan in each >> end of a wooden box, old psu fans running on about 19 volts so they really >> did move lots of air& also made lots of noise. Lasted about a year before >> the magic smoke came out at powerup, again. >> >> >>> I just didn't see a need to pay for something that's not needed. >>> >> Neither do I Peter, so we agree on that point. >> >> >>> But then, it's your choice. :) >>> >> Known pricing, and typically 3 day delivery by USPO was the deciding factor >> in my case. I'm not fond of 2x surprises on C.O.D. labels, nor of 6-8 week >> delivery times. None of that is your fault of course. >> >> If I can't make that speed controller that I'll have in the next day or so, >> work, then one of yours is likely to be the next one tested. Do you have a >> US based stocking distributor? I see the one I would probably use is out >> of stock on your web page. >> >> Cheers, Gene >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
