Maybe someone could forward it to you? I can't help, I'm in Canada and I will get dinged, too! David Richard Prosser wrote: > I was looking for a replacement part for a DVD player the other day. > Found it on Mouser for $US2.50 Great. > > Then the estimated shipping cost came up - $US40 for shipping an 8 pin > smt IC to NZ. > > No thanks. > > Trouble is I can't find it anywhere else - but I can buy a new DVD > player for less than $US42.50! > > . > Richard P > > On 10/07/2008, SM Ling wrote: > >> I ran into quite a problem with Mouser on their very "misleading" overseas >> shipping charge. >> I thought non-US piclisters may benefits from my experience. >> >> When you order from Mouser, you would not know the shipping fee when you >> complete the transaction online. You shall be billed when they ship out the >> goods -that is the first time, the only time and the last time you know of >> their shipping charge. >> >> The biggest problem is on the web site, they give a favorable Fedex >> International Prority rate of US$20.00, and USPS of US$30.00. Sounds like >> a good deal. NO, you bound to have some items that do not have rate >> stated. Don't take it on good faith from Mouser. I got a small power >> supply module with rate not stated. Thinking the total rate cannot be too >> far off, and likely that the module can be put into an enveleope too if the >> packer tried, so I put a note to ask for" most economical shipping method" >> . But when I got their invoice, the shipping fee was 4.3 times, US$86.00, >> which threw the whole equation off. And there was no way to stop them at >> all. At least when I bought from ebayers which have extremely high >> shipping, I am aware of their tricks and the total before I checked out. >> >> Cheers, Ling SM >> >> >> >> Ling SM >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist