I now refuse to deal with any vendor who insists on shipping UPS.  I
relented once recently because I didn't know an alternative vendor, and got
burned again.

They sometimes take 5 working days to deliver a package, and a package that
the vendor ships prepaid typically arrives with a $40 COD bill.

FedEx is the only way to go for fast, and USPS if there's no particular
hurry.

Digi-Key is amazing.  Its easier for me to order from them than to go to the
local store.  I get it all at one stop, and can pull up the data sheet at
the same time.  And I almost always have it by 1:00 the next day.

Bruce Partridge
http://www.rebreather.ca

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Herbert Graf
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 5:15 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [EE:] Digi-key
>
>
> > So in general I can't live without United Parcel Service. Maybe some day
> > the USPS carrier will be replaced by someone much smarter and USPS
> > itself will experience improved delivery times. And maybe just maybe the
> > next time I'm in a rush I'll give Airborne another try to see if my
> > recent experience was just lucky chance.
>
>         Hehe, well in Canada I get a completely different
> impression. For example,
> UPS is the only courier that doesn't know how to use my
> building's intercom
> system, I guess reading a name off a list and typing in a 4 digit
> number is
> too much for them... TTYL
>
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