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Offline SilverSolder

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #100 on: March 17, 2021, 01:59:39 pm »
I placed an order with Mouser yesterday and they are telling me 2-5 days to ship.  I hope the same day shipping isn't a thing of the past.

I think it is gone.  I "resigned" my Amazon Prime membership, as shipping is now so slow that it no longer confers any advantages.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #101 on: March 17, 2021, 03:48:48 pm »
I think it is gone.  I "resigned" my Amazon Prime membership, as shipping is now so slow that it no longer confers any advantages.

It is really disappointing.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #102 on: March 17, 2021, 09:20:12 pm »
I think it is gone.  I "resigned" my Amazon Prime membership, as shipping is now so slow that it no longer confers any advantages.

I never saw the value in Prime to begin with, and sometimes it seems like I'm the only one out there who doesn't have it. I already get free shipping, I just wait until I need enough stuff to qualify. The only advantage Prime offers as far as I can see is faster shipping and I don't care about that. It would be cheaper to just pay for faster shipping on the occasional order where I'm in a hurry.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #103 on: March 17, 2021, 10:12:37 pm »
I think it is gone.  I "resigned" my Amazon Prime membership, as shipping is now so slow that it no longer confers any advantages.

I never saw the value in Prime to begin with, and sometimes it seems like I'm the only one out there who doesn't have it. I already get free shipping, I just wait until I need enough stuff to qualify. The only advantage Prime offers as far as I can see is faster shipping and I don't care about that. It would be cheaper to just pay for faster shipping on the occasional order where I'm in a hurry.


I've reached pretty much the same conclusion.  The benefits of Prime shipping were:  (1) faster, (2) no need to wait for $25 limit, i.e. faster again, (3) no need to care who the seller is or what warehouse it comes from. 

TBH I think it at least paid for itself, for me.

But now that (1) is no more, I've reached the conclusion that two out of three is not worth the $120 cost...  as you said, you can just pay for the shipping out of that budget on the occasions when you really do need it fast...

I've also found I like eBay better in these crisis times.   At times of crisis, the thousands of little guys seem to collectively do a better job at keeping up than the over-optimized big guys!
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #104 on: March 17, 2021, 11:10:05 pm »
I use Prime as my only source of movies outside of anything that might just happen to be on YT. I don't have a TV subscription, Netflix etc. Prime Video provides the variety I need since I rarely watch much anyway. If I had Netflix (I used to) it would either be a waste of money or a waste of my time or both. Generally, the programming doesn't interest me.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #105 on: March 17, 2021, 11:49:48 pm »
Prime seems to have recovered over here in Blighty, including same day, and it's been reliable for some time, although it was quite unreliable for a period last year.

Prime Now, the 2-hour window grocery side, I don't think has ever recovered, it now seems to have rebranded itself into Amazon Fresh.

Getting delivery slots for any grocery shop has never been easy since the pandemic started.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #106 on: March 18, 2021, 01:06:04 am »
I use Prime as my only source of movies outside of anything that might just happen to be on YT. I don't have a TV subscription, Netflix etc. Prime Video provides the variety I need since I rarely watch much anyway. If I had Netflix (I used to) it would either be a waste of money or a waste of my time or both. Generally, the programming doesn't interest me.

Yeah, I used to watch movies on Prime as well.  But the quality of the non-paid movies were spotty, I ended up paying for many of the ones I watched.

Let's see how it goes, if the numbers don't make sense I'll rejoin!
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #107 on: March 18, 2021, 01:27:45 am »
There were a few months last year when Amazon was having a hard time around here (Sacramento) and things sometimes took a week.  But since last fall we've been back to 1-2 day delivery on most things.

I'm not trying to hold Digikey and Mouser to the same bar as Amazon, but both seem to have gotten dramatically worse in a short period of time.  I get that we had some big storms but that was weeks ago.  I wonder if they're having trouble hiring in their warehouses - those jobs can't pay a ton, and with unemployment now being extended for who knows how long maybe people just don't want the jobs.  It's a good thing for them shipping from China is either slow or expensive.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #108 on: March 18, 2021, 05:34:19 am »
I played around with the streaming for a while at my friend's place and wasn't too impressed. IIRC there was no way to browse just the free movies, they were all mixed in with the stuff that costs money. I just don't buy enough stuff for Prime to make sense, maybe it's a good deal if you order a lot but I probably place 5 or 6 Amazon orders a year. It used to be it could make sense for buying small items but then they changed a lot of those small items to "add-ons" that you can't get free shipping on their own anyway.

A bigger issue than all that is the support. It used to be Amazon had fantastic support, you could easily email or call them and they were friendly and efficient. Now you can't even email them anymore, you have to use one of those stupid automated chat systems that eventually will connect you to a chat center in India or someplace. The last time I dealt with it I had a device I bought that was defective, the manufacture told me they don't support things sold by Amazon and Amazon tried to pass the buck to the manufacture. I complained and the guy authorized a return but acted like he was doing me a one time favor. For a company that claims to be "customer obsessed" color me unimpressed. Their support is no better than anywhere else anymore.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #109 on: March 18, 2021, 12:49:21 pm »
IIRC there was no way to browse just the free movies, they were all mixed in with the stuff that costs money.

It is possible to show the stuff that's included:



which is great because there's a lot of crap on the main Prime Video page I have no interest in and rarely want to buy. It is a bit of detective work to find movies I'd like to watch. The suggestion algorithm has come up with some interesting movies I hadn't heard of and enjoyed.
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #110 on: March 19, 2021, 12:52:27 am »

Yes, I've seen a few movies that I wouldn't have normally, as well.  I've found quite a few surprisingly good Asian movies, for example.  But - time to give it a rest - if you keep doing the same thing all the time, nothing ever changes - almost by definition!  :D
 

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Re: Something is wrong with mouser
« Reply #111 on: March 19, 2021, 01:55:46 pm »
Digikey seem to be back to normal, two days to Blighty. Mouser still rubbish, factor in a week.
 


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