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Tequipment US to UK via Borderfree - experiences?
Wuerstchenhund:
I'm considering buying stuff from Tequipment, which appears to be one of the commonly recommended sellers in this forum. So I went to their website, only to be notified that they ship directly to the UK, all-inclusive, via Borderfree. Now I didn't know Borderfree, so I did some googlin', and it appears that they offer something akin to the ebay Global Shipping Program, i.e. US sellers ship to a hub in the US and then they take care of the international portion.
What's frightening though is the amount of negativity users of this service seem to be reporting. Based on the reviews and complains, Borderfree must have managed to be even more inept in shipping stuff than the usual carriers. But the amount of complaints varied between the countries the items were shipped to, with lots of negatives from Canada and a slighly better result shipping to the UK.
So I'd like to hear from others in the UK who ordered from Tequipment via Borderfree.
Thelanie:
Wow im astounded by all the replies, thanks for sharing your ideas/experience with me, i will deffinitely check out some of the programs you have suggested, Putty i already use for my Raspberry pi and such but it is not the solution we are looking for work, but i will try the other programs suggested, thanks a lot! :-+
OwO:
Yes that looks like it might work. Although I'd change the value of R26, as it is it seems a little too low ;)
Also that's a strange choice of op-amp, you need low distortion in this application but have plenty of power voltage margin, so maybe choose one that's not rail-to-rail IO?
Cerebus:
Ooh. Judging from the OP's headline question and the two replies so far something has either gone very screwy with the forum software or the brains of Thelanie and OwO.
Anyway, back on topic. I too would be interested to hear people's experiences. I nearly bought from Tequipment recently but managed to get the same headline price from Telonic in the UK (including VAT but before adding duty and carriage charges to the UK via Borderfree) so I took the hassle free route of using the UK native supplier with free next day delivery. I'd consider Tequipment again but I'd like to have some confidence in Borderfree before dipping my toe in that water.
Wuerstchenhund:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 25, 2020, 12:50:58 pm ---Ooh. Judging from the OP's headline question and the two replies so far something has either gone very screwy with the forum software or the brains of Thelanie and OwO.
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Looks that way. I'd guess it's a software glitch as it's really difficult to reply to the wrong thread even if intentional ;)
--- Quote ---Anyway, back on topic. I too would be interested to hear people's experiences. I nearly bought from Tequipment recently but managed to get the same headline price from Telonic in the UK (including VAT but before adding duty and carriage charges to the UK via Borderfree) so I took the hassle free route of using the UK native supplier with free next day delivery.
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Made the same decision, just ordered a Rigol DP832 from Batterfly.
--- Quote ---I'd consider Tequipment again but I'd like to have some confidence in Borderfree before dipping my toe in that water.
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I'll certainly buy stuff there when I'm in the U.S. but at the moment I don't trust Borderfree, also their shipping and tax charges push the price above what I'd pay in Europe.
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