[Boatanchors] Capacitors

Sun Aug 21 10:06:21 EDT 2011

Paul, Digikey will ship free for orders sent in by mail when accompanied by 
a check or MO.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Baldock" <paul at paulbaldock.com>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Capacitors

> Usually for a small order Digikey is best because unlike Mouser they
> will still ship first class  mail and that is often as little as $2.00
>
> - Paul
>
> At 05:30 PM 8/20/2011, Dave Harmon wrote:
>>Nope.....
>>I've never paid more than $8 for shipping from them Priority 
>>mail....cheaper
>>than FedEx as well.
>>However....they have started charging sales tax in the amount of the state
>>where the order was placed.
>>I called Mouser recently and asked about this and they said a lot of 
>>states
>>are forcing this issue....it started this year I think.
>>There is some info in the internet about it...
>>http://www.newrules.org/retail/rules/internet-sales-tax-fairness
>>
>>
>>Dave Harmon
>>K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
>>Sperry, Ok.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Moses
>>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 4:04 PM
>>To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Capacitors
>>
>>Mouser has expensive shipping. I think that it is about $15 minimum. Try
>>DigiKey. They tend to charge a more fair price for shipping, but the
>>selection is slightly smaller for radio hobbiests. They still have an
>>excellent selection and good prices.
>>
>>Charlie Cheney wrote:
>>
>> >WRT Mouser, yes, they have very reasonable prices and extensive stock,
>> >but unless I missed an button during my most recent checkout, their
>> >online order site doesn't allow you to find out what shipping is going
>> >to cost, you just have to select a method blind. I was pretty shocked
>> >that a $40 order weighing less than a pound and containing no special
>> >hazardous items cost me $16 to ship to MA via FedEx ground. And I never
>> >got any paperwork telling me what I was paying for shipping, I only
>> >found it out by looking at my credit card statement. Maybe they were
>> >embarrassed to admit it.
>> >
>> >Maybe the thing to do is call in the order and discuss shipping options
>> >with a live person.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Charlie K1LDZ
>> >
>> >
>> >On 8/15/2011 7:09 PM, Al Parker wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>Hi Larry,
>> >>      Not sure where you're looking, but try Mouser.com.  Axial leads 
>> >> seem
>>to
>> >>be getting like you say, particularly in the higher voltages, but
>> >>"radial" are still more affordable.
>> >>      And they don't have a min. qty&  don't tack on extra handling, 
>> >> etc.,
>>chgs.
>> >>73,
>> >>
>> >>Al, W8UT
>> >>www.boatanchors.org
>> >>www.hammarlund.info
>> >>
>> >>"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
>> >>worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
>> >>Ratty, to Mole
>> >>
>> >>On 8/15/2011 6:49 PM, telegrapher at q.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Why are electrolytic capacitors so expensive?  Even the newer Aluminum
>>are out of this world.  I am looking for a 20 @ 450V and a 50 and 150V. 
>>One
>>is $17 and the other is either $25 or $38 for single quantities.  Almost 
>>to
>>expensive to fix and sending them in to Hayseed would run around $30 ea
>>also.  This is for a real nice Gates Modulation Monitor with a pair of 
>>nice
>>big meters on the front, one for reading transmitter on or off frequency
>>values and the other is for modulation.
>> >>>
>> >>>I have not determined that they existing caps are bad but as they are
>>probably 40 plus years old, why not fix them now instead of having to pull
>>the thing out of a rack to redo later.
>> >>>
>> >>>Maybe i'll junk it out!  NOT!
>> >>>
>> >>>Larry
>> >>>W0OGH
>> >>>
>> >>>
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