At 06:49 PM 11/2/2004, Marc Nicholas wrote: >I just placed an order with them for various bits and pieces and was >alarmed that, even though I'm in Canada, the only shipping option was UPS >Worldwide Express. > >US$48 in shipping on a 1.5lb package that cost $160! I ran into the same thing earlier today and asked them via their customer support email link posted on their web-site. I received a *very* quick response from Jim Carey: >Hi Dwayne, > >We are in the process of offering US mail on our website, but it will >take another couple of months. If you put "SHIP US MAIL ONLY" in the >special comments, we will ship that method and adjust the shipping >charges to the exact charge of US mail. >Please let me know if you need anything else. > >Best regards, >Jim Carey >Parallax Inc. Just goes to show that Parallax really *does* "get it" - they just got my business! dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 20 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2004) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist