>    I'm still trying to find out where all of these horrible retailers 
> are.  :-)  

IIRC I have had this 'problem' with Digikey, OatlyElectronics, BGMirco
and ElectronicGoldmine. For instance EGM nowadays has a shipping cost
calculator for domestic USA, and that is what they first claim from my
CC (even though there is a choice for 'shipping to Netherlands', which I
selected). A few days (or sometimes weeks) later I get a message
'everything is packed, shipping is XX, total is YY'. I guess I could at
that stage refuse the transaction, but that would be a bit unfair to the
merchant who has already packed the order. But I guess it can also be
very frustrating for the novice buyer who has checked the shipping cost
and total amount that was specified on the CC transaction. I must add
that the vendors are mostly reasonable about this problem. Oatly for
instance warned me that 95% of the shipping cost was caused by 5% of the
order value (a bunch of rugged keypads). EGM likewise informed me that
one item (IIRC part of a POS terminal) was very heavy and hence
expensive to ship. In the end I choose to buy again from these vendors,
so I am not too fuzzy about it. In a way this problem helps my business:
if Dutch customers could easily and cheaply buy one or two items from
e.g. BGMicro I could not sell them the same item with profit!

Wouter van Ooijen

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