Hi > On Dec 5, 2014, at 4:29 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) > <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > On 27 Nov 2014 13:56, "Jim Lux" <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Time to stock up on those transformers, mixers, amplifiers<grin> >> >> "Throughout the month of December, all online orders of any quantity of > any Mini-Circuits catalog model from our web store on minicircuits.com will > receive a 10% *discount! >> " > > I thought I would place my order online to get the discount, whereas I > normally do by phone. > > I decided to order from the USA rather than the UK. MiniCircuits charged me > $102 to ship twelve SMA terminations and ten N terminations by UPS. That is > their "shipping & handling change". > > I could send the same bits from the UK to the USA for less than 50% of that > and I don't have a UPS account. A UPS account holder would get a better > rate.
Shipping across the atlantic has become silly expensive over the last decade. There are a *lot* of organizations that are behind the curve on figuring out how to do it cheaply. Bob > > I can get free shipping in the UK if I spend more than some relatively > small amount, but I pay a lot more for the parts. Minicircuits use an > exchange rate of close to 1 USD = 1 GBP. > > I seem to be between a rock and a hard place - either pay a ridiculous > exchange rate, or pay a ridiculous shipping & handling cost. > > Dave, G8WRB. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
