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Shipping to Botswana is Insane
vinaduro:
I've been eyeing one of those beautiful BM235s for a while now, and I eventually decided to get one. I added it to my cart, and clicked on calculate shipping, and it came to AU$80.... AU$80?? That's just crazy. So I decided to hell with that, There is no way I'm going to be extorted like that just for shipping!!!
So instead, I'm buying a ticket to Australia, and fetching it myself.
Actually going for my brother-in-law's wedding, which is taking place in Tasmania, but having the MM shipped to him in Sydney. I can't wait to see 'Strahlia, it's going to be a blast. I obviously also can't wait to get my fancy new MM. My current multi meter (haha) is about 15 years old already, so definitely time for an upgrade.
james_s:
International shipping to everywhere is insanely expensive these days. I don't know about other countries but USPS eliminated the surface option years ago and now only offer the high priced air services.
SiliconWizard:
Yep. Except, "oddly" enough... from China. For which shipping costs haven't changed a whole lot.
vinaduro:
Yeah dude, shipping from the US to here is hectic. Sometimes the shipping through Amazon is 1.5x the cost of the actual item. That's what we get for living in a third-world country. It is an extremely beautiful third world country though, and I wouldn't give it up for the world. :-)
vinaduro:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 04, 2022, 08:19:08 pm ---Yep. Except, "oddly" enough... from China. For which shipping costs haven't changed a whole lot.
--- End quote ---
Cheap shipping from China has saved my bacon a few times, so I'm not going to complain. :-X
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