Digikey Canada dropped free shipping to $100CAD - Page 1
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author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 04:52:58 am
content: Just noticed Digi now offers free shipping on $100 CAD in Canada. Used to be $200 CAD.Quote

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 05:53:24 am
content: I assume the prices went up to compensate, lol.Mouser has been $100.00 for a while so matching them makes sense.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 02:00:43 pm
content: I remember times when it was $70 or $80 before Digi pumped it up to $200.

author: senso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 03:52:08 pm
content: Quote from: TheSteve on January 17, 2017, 05:53:24 am50€ for Europe, and they also handle all the customs and paper work, might be because there is no decent component distributor in Europe that carries more than 2 brands of caps and doesn't ask 20€ for each smd 20% resistor...

author: kcbanner
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 04:48:06 pm
content: This is great news!

author: EmmanuelFaure
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2017, 09:03:38 pm
content: Quote from: senso on January 17, 2017, 03:52:08 pmYou might appreciate this :http://www.tme.eu/en/

author: Bryan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2017, 02:19:34 am
content: Although Digi Canada shipping prices were never bad, think it was $8.00, can't beat that for 2 day service. Think Newark used to offer $8.00 shipping but dropped it.

author: Ahrenp
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2017, 04:36:01 pm
content: Quote from: Bryan on January 18, 2017, 02:19:34 amYeah, Digikey is $8.00 (for under $100) and often arrives for me by noon the next day. Newark used to be $8 or $9 a few years ago but is now $20. Makes it easier to choose where to place smaller orders.

author: drussell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2017, 04:59:45 pm
content: Yeah, if I submit a Digikey order by 8pm my time, it has always been here before noon the next day.That's pretty darn prompt delivery for $8 / Free.

author: bombledmonk
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 19, 2017, 09:26:57 pm
content: Quote from: drussell on January 18, 2017, 04:59:45 pmConsidering Digikey is practically in Canada...https://goo.gl/maps/jyXcYu56S342

author: hugo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2017, 12:12:07 am
content: Do you guys have to pay custom fees to FEDEX ?For every single order of 50$ or more they charge me with 25$ extra ...

author: Paul Moir
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2017, 12:17:49 am
content: No. You have to make sure you choose the shipping option where they bill the HST/GST directly to you. I think if you order off digikey.com instead of digikey.ca that can happen. It happened to me once, but I can't remember the exact circumstances.I have also had FEDEX screw up and charge me brokerage & HST when it was prepaid already, but that was with a different (and far less savvy) company so I'm not certain who was at fault.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 20, 2017, 04:37:31 am
content: Never paid anything extra and i had orders in thousand dollars. But yes i only use Digikey.ca