Hi. The shipping is usually (I'd say always) based on weight, not based on value of the shipped goods. Jan-Erik. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr=E5n: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] F=F6r Denn= y Esterline Skickat: den 21 november 2016 14:37 Till: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. =C4mne: Re: [PIC] Moving code from gpasm to mpasmx > > > The limit one prevents me from buying enough to spread the shipping=20 > > out over enough to bring it down to what I consider reasonable. > > What limit would make it reasonable? I know for a fact if there isn't=20 > a limit on bare boards, they will be bought in large quantities and=20 > then resold on the tertiary market. > > >From a purely economic standpoint, I'd like to see shipping under 10%=20 >of product price. $0.50 on a $5 item may be a bit unreasonable but $5 on a $50 order is more acceptable, or even $10 on a $100 order. Obviously that's not always reasonable (especially on small orders) so, for some things, I'm willing to go 20-25%. As it stands, I can buy a $5 Pi zero and shipping is 200-300% and I choke on that. And buying more of them to spread the shippin= g cost over a larger order is "prohibited". I have a (hobby) project idea that would require at least 30 nodes. Pi Zero= s might be a good fit, but as it stands, I can buy them one at a time for about $20 shipped, or I can buy multiple "kits" at about $45 shipped (or much more, depending on the "kit"). Or I can order as many Pi 3b's as I wan= t on Amazon for $35.69 with free shipping. At $5-$10 per node this is very interesting to me, at $30-$50 per node, not so much. -Denny -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .