I second the vote for the Digikey plus Purolator combo...and funny enough,
that combo seems to be better than the sum of its parts as I've yet to have
such good results with Purolater myself ;)

-marc

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Rolf <learr@rogers.com> wrote:

> In a similar vein....
>
> I often buy stuff from Digikey, Canada, which is located in Winnipeg,
> Manitoba. I work from home on Wednesdays, so, to feed my electronic
> hobby, I buy thinks on Tuesday evenings when I get home from work.....
>
> get home at 6pm Tuesday, with a pre-determined list of things to buy.
> capture the list on digikey's website before 7pm.
> have dinner, and come back to check e-mail to find an e-mail saying:
> Order Shipped, with a Purolator tracking number.
> check purolater, and see that it is in the depot at Winnipeg.
> go to bed, and wake up in morning to see tracking info on Purolator says
> "Package on vehicle for delivery".
> 9am, doorbell rings, and I sign for package.
>
> Less than 12 hours to order and ship a parcel over 2000 km door to door,
> with no additional fees or charges other than the standard $6 order fee
> from DigiKey.
>
> Together, DigiKey Canada and Purolator work miracles that my wife says
> happen too often... ;-)
>
> Rolf
>
> Apptech wrote:
> > I usually can't speak too highly about DHL's excellence at
> > getting parcels from semi-random locations somewhere on
> > earth to my local airport. Or too lowly about their ability
> > to get parcels from the local airport to me.
> >
> > But, on this occasion one of the Auckland local couriers
> > must have been sent to Shandong specially to handle my
> > parcel:
> >
> > It only took them 3 minutes to get it from receipt to
> > dispatch at the Shandong depot. A miracle.
> > BUT then the Auckland man stepped in and ... 36 hours and 38
> > minutes later ...
> >
> >
> >         R
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