Parts Express are rapist..

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,732
edited August 2007 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
Ordered six dollar and fifty cent binding post.

Parts express charged me 6.50 + 8.11 in shipping! :eek:

Rape! rape! rape!

That is all.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited August 2007
    You can't rape the willing..............didn't you agree to pay the total prior to shipping?
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited August 2007
    You have to watch PE. By default they ship UPS ground! USPS is much cheaper, and deliver on Saturday!
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited August 2007
    It's about the same here. No matter what I order, it's about $10 to $11 for shipping. But, I look at it like this...I don't have to go out driving all over the place to find something in Denton or DFW. Both have their trade offs I guess. Shipping = less hassle and it comes to you if you have the time. Driving around to get the parts means you have it faster BUT you spend money and time driving around. IF someone in your area even carries anything like that. Oh well...freight is freight and sure won't get any cheaper.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,732
    edited August 2007
    Well when they estimated my shipping cost

    They quoted 2.50 from USPS

    But then didnt allow the selection...

    Ah well, I need them for my sub.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited August 2007
    Its burried way at the end of checkout;)
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • willyrover
    willyrover Posts: 8
    edited August 2007
    Is that all? It would be close to $29 shipping to Canada.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,124
    edited August 2007
    Now, see Vr3MxSkyLerIdnTKnwHw2SplYerName, if you had ordered a $200.00 binding post, it wouldn't have been that bad, huh? Would have "blended in" with the cost.

    At least you don't live in Canada, I hear horror stories from up yonder.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2007
    Yay for niche markets.

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2007
    Parts Express is awesome! You should have ordered some subs or something and the shipping would have still been about the same.
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited August 2007
    Thats what happens to the captive customer ! but it happens in industry too We recently were shipping parts for a modification to one of our machines that a customer bought 18,000 dollars then with all the shipping crating and import taxes and duties into Brazil the shippings cost came up to 25 000,
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited August 2007
    I don't think PE shipping is that bad, last time I ordered parts for my DIY sub the shipping was free.
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  • Phasearray
    Phasearray Posts: 437
    edited August 2007
    If you order enough, shipping is free
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2007
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Ordered six dollar and fifty cent binding post.

    Parts express charged me 6.50 + 8.11 in shipping! :eek:

    Rape! rape! rape!

    That is all.

    is that express shipping or what? I ordered some resistors from there too.. and i WANTED ground shipping.. but I think all i could choose was like priority mail shipping.. which was 3X more expensive. :confused:
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited August 2007
    That's the norm for PE. I said the same thing when I rebuilt the x-overs in my RTA 11T's. Couple of caps and resistors and shipping was $15. They suck :mad:
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,814
    edited August 2007
    All the parts companies are the same. You need to wait until you can make a decent sized order. I just ordered from Digikey, they have a "handling fee" of $5 and their lowest shipping option is $4.60 for Priority Mail. It can make for some expensive capacitors and transistors, but if you get that order over $25, the handling fee disappears, and the shipping is about the same. I ended up getting like 40 items (various caps, transistors, DIP8 sockets, etc), many for future jobs, just to make the order more economical. Just need to take your time and not run into ordering just one part. That will kill you every time.

    Last time I ordered from Parts Express, I think I got like 50 or more caps, resistors, etc, for my massive Mirage crossover rebuild, plus some extra bypass caps to have around. Shipping was only $8 for the entire order. I thought it was reasonable.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited August 2007
    Their shipping fees are inline with all the others out there and always seem fair to me.
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