On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 13:54 -0800, William Chops Westfield wrote:
> > I search out the online retailers that INCLUDE shipping in the price.
> >
> Um, so one chip costs $3 and two chips cost $6 ?  A major reason
> to NOT include shipping in prices is to allow the customer to benefit
> from the economies of scale inherent in shipping charges...

Well, as already discussed, in cases where multiple item orders are most
common the "flat fee" shipping option makes the most sense.

> >
> > When I want to buy something from a bricks and mortar store
> > down the road I ... go to the store, and buy it.
> >
> Too bad that electronics components don't seem to be profitable
> enough to support the overhead of brick and mortar stores while
> still offering "reasonable" prices (how many people buy components
> at radio shack?)  

I guess you don't have any stores like that in your area? Near where I
work I have 3 stores (Daiwa, Sayal and Electrosonic). Very near to where
I went to school there were two (Supremetronic being one, can't remember
the name of the other).

All of these are bricks and mortar stores with an excellent selection of
components most hobbyists use.

For the odd time there is a specific component they don't have I order
from digikey. But given a choice, I drive the 5 minutes to one of those
stores to get what I need.

TTYL

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