Nooo! RS components what have you done. Ruined my dev. with new delivery charge.

[mcinque]

Is the delivery charge just a simple way to cover rising costs instead of going through every component and adjusting it's price? Or do the component prices move around enough in accordance to supply costs?

for that it would be quicker to do some kind of SET 'price'*1.05 in all the database.

[PerranOak]

If only inflation was at 5%! 

[timenutgoblin]

You can get free delivery if your order total is zero dollars and you don't order anything.

[py-bb]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

[Zero999]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

[Terry Bites]

Negotiate- dont take catalog prices as a given.
Upload your BOM and ask for a quote.

[py-bb]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

[bidrohini]

Did you try to post this in Rs componets' forum? What do they have to say regarding this?

[Zero999]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

What are you talking about? Shops having buy one get one free offers doesn't bother me. You appear to be the one who has a problem with business owners choosing what model best suits them. It wouldn't bother me if the delivery charge was unreasonable, but it isn't. It's well within the market rate. If the original poster deems it to be too expensive, then they're welcome to go elsewhere.

RS Components are a business who's job it is to make money. Serving the customer is all well and good, but they're no reason why they should be obligated to do so, if it doesn't make them money. They probably believed free delivery would boost orders, which would compensate for the losses made on small, unprofitable orders, but it appears as though they've realised it costed them too much in low value orders, which resulted in a loss, rather than profit.

[py-bb]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

What are you talking about? Shops having buy one get one free offers doesn't bother me. You appear to be the one who has a problem with business owners choosing what model best suits them. It wouldn't bother me if the delivery charge was unreasonable, but it isn't. It's well within the market rate. If the original poster deems it to be too expensive, then they're welcome to go elsewhere.

RS Components are a business who's job it is to make money. Serving the customer is all well and good, but they're no reason why they should be obligated to do so, if it doesn't make them money. They probably believed free delivery would boost orders, which would compensate for the losses made on small, unprofitable orders, but it appears as though they've realised it costed them too much in low value orders, which resulted in a loss, rather than profit.

Sorry I thought there might be some logic to it, I see it now

IT'S NOT FREE DELIVERY IT'S SIMPLY INCLUDED! GAHH!!

and

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE IS EXACTLY THAT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE OTHER UNIT.

Forgive me, your position is the pinnacle of reason.

[Zero999]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

What are you talking about? Shops having buy one get one free offers doesn't bother me. You appear to be the one who has a problem with business owners choosing what model best suits them. It wouldn't bother me if the delivery charge was unreasonable, but it isn't. It's well within the market rate. If the original poster deems it to be too expensive, then they're welcome to go elsewhere.

RS Components are a business who's job it is to make money. Serving the customer is all well and good, but they're no reason why they should be obligated to do so, if it doesn't make them money. They probably believed free delivery would boost orders, which would compensate for the losses made on small, unprofitable orders, but it appears as though they've realised it costed them too much in low value orders, which resulted in a loss, rather than profit.

Sorry I thought there might be some logic to it, I see it now

IT'S NOT FREE DELIVERY IT'S SIMPLY INCLUDED! GAHH!!

and

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE IS EXACTLY THAT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE OTHER UNIT.

Forgive me, your position is the pinnacle of reason.

You're not making any sense.

If shops want to sell two for the price of one, they're free to do so.

If RS Components want to charge extra for delivery, they're free to do so.

If ebay sellers want to include delivery in the price, they're free to do so.

You're the one who's saying implying RS Components should be providing free delivery, so by extension do you mean shops should always give you an extra item for free.

Please correct me, if I've misunderstood. It could be a language barrier, as English isn't the native language of the flag displayed in your profile.

[MadScientist]

I use mouser at €50 for free delivery that’s not hard to crank up these days anyway

[py-bb]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

What are you talking about? Shops having buy one get one free offers doesn't bother me. You appear to be the one who has a problem with business owners choosing what model best suits them. It wouldn't bother me if the delivery charge was unreasonable, but it isn't. It's well within the market rate. If the original poster deems it to be too expensive, then they're welcome to go elsewhere.

RS Components are a business who's job it is to make money. Serving the customer is all well and good, but they're no reason why they should be obligated to do so, if it doesn't make them money. They probably believed free delivery would boost orders, which would compensate for the losses made on small, unprofitable orders, but it appears as though they've realised it costed them too much in low value orders, which resulted in a loss, rather than profit.

Sorry I thought there might be some logic to it, I see it now

IT'S NOT FREE DELIVERY IT'S SIMPLY INCLUDED! GAHH!!

and

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE IS EXACTLY THAT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE OTHER UNIT.

Forgive me, your position is the pinnacle of reason.

You're not making any sense.

If shops want to sell two for the price of one, they're free to do so.

If RS Components want to charge extra for delivery, they're free to do so.

If ebay sellers want to include delivery in the price, they're free to do so.

You're the one who's saying implying RS Components should be providing free delivery, so by extension do you mean shops should always give you an extra item for free.

Please correct me, if I've misunderstood. It could be a language barrier, as English isn't the native language of the flag displayed in your profile.

You have misunderstood, but at such a fundamental level of something simple that I don't think explaining it again will fix it; I think we should cut our losses.

[Zero999]

Some people, believe that others are there just to serve then.


Ridiculous claim

You're missing the point, buying stuff off of ebay is ... iffy at best. It was nice to have a reputable source and now their "free delivery" is prohibitively expensive.

He's also right they overpackage like crazy.

No, you're missing the point. There's no such thing as free delivery. Ebay sellers include it in their price. The price of some of the items sold by RS Components is so low, they were making a loss, when they didn't charge for delivery, so they started charging.

You're being that literal? You must be banned from shops for annoying managers when you see "buy one get one free" offers!

Don't be that guy who goes after customers (aggressively) for having an odd number of such items, that guy is a douche!

What are you talking about? Shops having buy one get one free offers doesn't bother me. You appear to be the one who has a problem with business owners choosing what model best suits them. It wouldn't bother me if the delivery charge was unreasonable, but it isn't. It's well within the market rate. If the original poster deems it to be too expensive, then they're welcome to go elsewhere.

RS Components are a business who's job it is to make money. Serving the customer is all well and good, but they're no reason why they should be obligated to do so, if it doesn't make them money. They probably believed free delivery would boost orders, which would compensate for the losses made on small, unprofitable orders, but it appears as though they've realised it costed them too much in low value orders, which resulted in a loss, rather than profit.

Sorry I thought there might be some logic to it, I see it now

IT'S NOT FREE DELIVERY IT'S SIMPLY INCLUDED! GAHH!!

and

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE IS EXACTLY THAT, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE OTHER UNIT.

Forgive me, your position is the pinnacle of reason.

You're not making any sense.

If shops want to sell two for the price of one, they're free to do so.

If RS Components want to charge extra for delivery, they're free to do so.

If ebay sellers want to include delivery in the price, they're free to do so.

You're the one who's saying implying RS Components should be providing free delivery, so by extension do you mean shops should always give you an extra item for free.

Please correct me, if I've misunderstood. It could be a language barrier, as English isn't the native language of the flag displayed in your profile.

You have misunderstood, but at such a fundamental level of something simple that I don't think explaining it again will fix it; I think we should cut our losses.

Alright. I gave you the benefit of the doubt, but it appears you were just trolling. I now know not to take any notice.

[tggzzz]

...

Alright. I gave you the benefit of the doubt, but it appears you were just trolling. I now know not to take any notice.

Hmm.

You might find these relevant...
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477552/#msg4477552
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477636/#msg4477636
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/building-my-own-scope/msg4477969/#msg4477969
but you might also find them boring.

Best not to waste too much time.

[HobGoblyn]

I use mouser at €50 for free delivery that’s not hard to crank up these days anyway

I usually buy enough from wherever to get free delivery too.

But more often than not, I bump my order up with things I think I might need, which often turn into things that so far I’ve never touched.

[armandine2]

But more often than not, I bump my order up with things I think I might need, which often turn into things that so far I’ve never touched.

Yep, know that feeling

[nigelwright7557]

Bring back the days when most towns had a component shop tucked away somewhere,unfortunately, first  the spread of maplins  then the love of online shopping has made them a rare breed.O to be able to wander down the road  and pick up the bits you needed.Then again at the time the only other option was a visit to the post office for a a postal order,mailing your order off and waiting 2 or 3 weeks.

I used to have a Maplins just down the road.
Handy if I was short of a resistor or two to complete a job.
But incredibly expensive which put many people off.
£12 for a HDMI cable when they are a couple of pounds on ebay probably killed them.
I remember going in numerous times to just me as a customer and 3 or 4 staff on in a big shop with loads of lights burning.
No wonder they had to give up, it just wasnt viable.

The new Maplin doesn't do components so I rarely use them.
Last purchase was a £12 pc keyboard which I could have off ebay for £5.
Thought it would last longer but a couple of months and key tops are wearing off.

[TomS_]

If you think £3 is steep dont order from mouser,£12 on orders less than £33 ,with the added gamble  of hmrc getting wind of your order and demanding there cut.

Rubbish. Mouser collect the VAT on your order which makes it duty paid on arrival into the country (as long as you order from mouser.co.uk).

I've placed quite a few orders from Mouser and never had to pay an extra cent.

But they do ship from the US, which is naturally going to be more expensive than somewhere domestic, so £12 doent seem so bad really IMO.

[nigelwright7557]

(And yeah the RS packaging business - that's completely ridiculous. I have once received some SOT23 transistors - each individually bagged in an antistatic bag, then put in a small box with foam padding and the box mailed in a separate padded envelope. And all delivered together by one extremely bewildered TNT delivery guy who thought I am making fun of him until I have shown him what actually was in those envelopes ...)

I once bought 100 resistors from CPC and each one in a different bag.
I emailed them and told them off.
They also scribble in pen CPC stock codes on packets which are sometimes unreadable.

Had an interesting order from RS a couple of weeks back.
My order was for a couple of IC's.
Huge box arrived ! in it was £300 worth of inductors !
I guess I could have sold them on but I phoned them to come and collect them and send right item.

[themadhippy]

Rubbish. Mouser collect the VAT on your order which makes it duty paid on arrival into the country

Today yes,but in the past that wasnt the case ,it  changed in the last couple of years when the vat rules changed due to brexit