This happened to me also, only with a $4-5 roll of fluxed desoldering braid and an additional $8 for shipping, man I hate that. Newark should have an item description that declares an extra charge for drop shipping from their supplier. The heck with the MSD (hazardous material) sheet, next time will order from China where they could give a rip.Actually, Newark sent 9 line items in one shipment (12$) and a flux pen in another box by itself so i got charged another 12$ for the 4$ flux pen! Maybe it's because the flux pen is considered 'chemical' so they need to ship apart? I need to contact them to clear this up... it wasn't clearly indicated this would happen.
Hi Adamey, did you pay your problematic orders in US$?
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EDIT: Oh yeah about how much where the brokerage fees, was it fixed or a percentage?
(snip) It didn't seem to matter if I ordered in Canadian or US dollars so I wasn't aware that the type of dollars you use has anything to do with the shipping charges.
Mouser changes shipping options every once in a while. They used to have a sweet $5 shipping via USPS. I believe they still have a cheaper USPS option. It's really slow shipping, but actually paying duty is intermittent with USPS, so that helps.
Newark falls between Digikey and Mouser for most item. But are much cheaper on some parts like PICs and maybe all microchip products.
Unless Newark has changed their evil ways expect your orders to weigh more. One order had 2 SMD resistor reels with 100 resistors on each! Almost everything is packed twice, bag in a box, or box in a box. Some days I think their goal is to ship all the waste cardboard and paper they generate.
Once I ordered some parts from a US Company and they sent them by "UPS".
It was PrePaid and Shipping Cost Was Included in Price.
However, when I recieved the parts, I was told I needed to Pay another $30.00 to cover the Taxes, Duty and There Fee for Calculating these Taxes.
Actual Taxes were UNDER $2.00. A $28.00 charge, Just to Calculate it.
I Refused the Order.
What happens when you refuse the delivery? Do you need to convince the seller to reimburse you or do you call the credit card company and ask them to cancel the transaction because it was supposed to all be prepaid (the seller didn't respect the terms i suppose would be a good reason)? Good to know if that happens to me.
If you order online Digikey up to 8pm is next day.
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