Heads up. Mouser are now advertising free Fedex or UPS delivery for orders over AU$250. Not bad.
Dave.
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Free Mouser delivery
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that's an incredible offer when you consider what it has cost in the past to get goods in from US companies.
I just had a wholesale company do a similar offer to me, for goods over the value of $2K USD
Mind you, this will have a big effect on Australian middle men dealers, not just electronics of course.
I can see the trend spreading as US retailers wake up that you don't have to send 2 chips in a box 3 feet by 4" by 6" and charge $75USD, when you can do a USPS Global Priority Mail Satchel for 9 bucks.
Global Economic Marketing!
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Pity that the $AUS pricing for the *free* delivery is twice that of the $US pricing for the items I checked.
For example the PXF2123 RTC clock on the home page:
$AUD - $2.52 (Free Delivery) $UD - $1.26
Very poor exchange rate.
David
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that's 50 cents!!! current exchange rate is .7258 I plug the new one into my cart every day.
are you sure? sounds like robbery to me, if this is the case.
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I guess that is how they can afford to pay the import taxes and *free* delivery. Easy to check, as the Mouser pages I looked at all had options to change from $US to $AUD.
Still cheaper for me to pay in $US and use Fedex, especially for high value orders. Mouser are pretty good for consolidating orders for us to save freight.
David
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Hey, when did Mouser add an AUD option? Never noticed that button up the top before! I've always bought in USD. Sure enough, the exchange rate is poor, I got US$4.49 / AU$8.98 for the first chip I tried. Very poor rate indeed. I wonder if you still get the free postage if you buy in USD?
BTW, Mouser have had a fixed US$30 Fedex fee to Australia for some time now, same price as their Postal option!
Dave.
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I thought you were giving away a cat. I guess not...
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:02:28 +1000, "David L. Jones" put finger to keyboard and composed:
You can now order Mouser parts from the Australian distributor:
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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:05:49 +1000, David put finger to keyboard and composed:
You can now order Mouser parts from the Australian distributor:
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The PCF2123 RTC (Mouser p/n 771-PCF2123TS/1-T) is priced at AU$2.52 in single quantities:
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Free delivery on orders over AU$200.
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Yes, I've seen that before, but when I checked some prices they were much more expensive. Probably the same as this new AUD Mouser pricing.
Dave.
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