Hey Guys,
As you may or may not know https://www.arrow.com/ (https://www.arrow.com/) does free overnight shipping on orders over $20. I've used them a few times now and DAMN! They are a little more expensive than a couple other retailers but the FREE OVERNIGHT really makes up for it. They also have a 10% off discount running right now. so play your cards right and you and get some stuff cheap and sent overnight. just saying...
-Mike-
ps/ I am not affiliated with them. Just thought you guys might like this.
Wow, Good to know.
Thanks for the tip!
The shipping is also free on smaller orders, just not overnight. I got a 68 cent order fed ex'd to me in 3 days, free.
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
Damn that's impressive!
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man, wish we had a sticky or something with all the places people order from. I had never even heard of this place.
Quote from: flanagan0718 on September 26, 2017, 10:41:35 PM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
Damn that's impressive!
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The coupon is impressive. The International Shipping is a non-sustainable business practice.
I made my first Arrow order only very recently. I was thinking, "$1.40 total for my order and FREE shipping? WTF?" I almost feel ethically bound to eventually place a large order with them.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 02:41:46 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Yeah, clearly they have an arrangement with FedEx, but it's hard to believe it's free.
$7 worth of opamps
- $1 worth of packaging
- distributor cost of opamps
- shipping cost
has got to be a losing proposition or I am missing something. My guess is that, overall, it averages out to profitable. Like the other shipment I got of 400 Lumberg jacks.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 02:45:35 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 02:41:46 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Yeah, clearly they have an arrangement with FedEx, but it's hard to believe it's free.
$7 worth of opamps
- $1 worth of packaging
- distributor cost of opamps
- shipping cost
has got to be a losing proposition or I am missing something. My guess is that, overall, it averages out to profitable. Like the other shipment I got of 400 Lumberg jacks.
Were those mini Lumberg jacks?
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 03:15:47 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 02:45:35 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 02:41:46 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Yeah, clearly they have an arrangement with FedEx, but it's hard to believe it's free.
$7 worth of opamps
- $1 worth of packaging
- distributor cost of opamps
- shipping cost
has got to be a losing proposition or I am missing something. My guess is that, overall, it averages out to profitable. Like the other shipment I got of 400 Lumberg jacks.
Were those mini Lumberg jacks?
They were Lumberg DC jacks. I haven't checked for the Lumberg minis. I have a bunch, but I prefer full size jacks in most cases.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 03:31:44 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 03:15:47 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 02:45:35 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 02:41:46 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Yeah, clearly they have an arrangement with FedEx, but it's hard to believe it's free.
$7 worth of opamps
- $1 worth of packaging
- distributor cost of opamps
- shipping cost
has got to be a losing proposition or I am missing something. My guess is that, overall, it averages out to profitable. Like the other shipment I got of 400 Lumberg jacks.
Were those mini Lumberg jacks?
They were Lumberg DC jacks. I haven't checked for the Lumberg minis. I have a bunch, but I prefer full size jacks in most cases.
That's a great price when you get over 250. The plight of the little guy LOL. I don't believe I will get to 250 pedals in this life time. My wife would probably punch my card before it was time if I had built 250 pedals.
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 03:46:18 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 03:31:44 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 03:15:47 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 02:45:35 AM
Quote from: BrianS on September 27, 2017, 02:41:46 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 26, 2017, 10:38:57 PM
Yep, I've been using them more lately as well. They recently had a code for $50 off if you spend at least $150. It also included free overnight shipping, which is amazing.
I don't get how they do free International shipping, though. Part of a recent order came from the Netherlands. They shipped it in a box that was probably 7"x9" via FedEx International Overnight. Contents of the box: 2 DIP ICs worth $7.
I was out in front of my house when my Netherlands order of Wima film caps arrived and I talked to the FEDEX guy about how they could provide free shipping. He said they must do a bulk like shipping contract which benefits both the company and FEDEX. So apparently this isn't an off the wall business plan. The only time I use someone else besides Arrow is when they don't have the part I need. I wished I would of had $150 worth of stuff to buy to use that $50 coupon ☹️.
Yeah, clearly they have an arrangement with FedEx, but it's hard to believe it's free.
$7 worth of opamps
- $1 worth of packaging
- distributor cost of opamps
- shipping cost
has got to be a losing proposition or I am missing something. My guess is that, overall, it averages out to profitable. Like the other shipment I got of 400 Lumberg jacks.
Were those mini Lumberg jacks?
They were Lumberg DC jacks. I haven't checked for the Lumberg minis. I have a bunch, but I prefer full size jacks in most cases.
That's a great price when you get over 250. The plight of the little guy LOL. I don't believe I will get to 250 pedals in this life time. My wife would probably punch my card before it was time if I had build 250 pedals.
I bet if you did a group buy, you could get 5 people in at 50 pcs each.
Free overnight sounds great. Shame it's another one of those serious supplier sites that I can't seem to find what I want easily on.
All electronics component suppliers mystify me, at some level - how anyone is expected to keep track of such inventory either as seller or customer, and how they deal with customers ranging from industry to us pipsqueaks. (And I remember looking at paper catalogs from Digi-Key, what a nightmare.) But Arrow is a whole order of magnitude bigger than Mouser. They claim $23 billion in revenue yearly. I'm amazed they even take orders from us - they probably don't charge shipping because it's not worth it to them to enter a few shipping costs into their order database.
Clearly, Arrow is just a fake business front for a Bond-movie supervillian. :P
By the way, they stock the Hammond 1590K430, which is a zinc-alloy 1590B (and more than twice as heavy as aluminum!) I'm buying one so I can check it out. 8)
Quote from: Willybomb on September 27, 2017, 06:38:20 AM
Free overnight sounds great. Shame it's another one of those serious supplier sites that I can't seem to find what I want easily on.
I agree. Their site navigation isn't as smooth as Mouser or Digikey.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 27, 2017, 11:48:26 AM
Quote from: Willybomb on September 27, 2017, 06:38:20 AM
Free overnight sounds great. Shame it's another one of those serious supplier sites that I can't seem to find what I want easily on.
I agree. Their site navigation isn't as smooth as Mouser or Digikey.
I actually think it's on par with Mouser or Newark. I ordered some caps last night. It was my first time ordering from them. It seemed very intuitive to me. I was able to select film caps with 5mm pitch and 63V rating with 5% or 10% tolerance made by EPCOS and filter down in just a few seconds. Same way I would do it at Mouser.
I've used Arrow a few times and have always been happy. Ordering on Arrow is like anything else, it just takes getting used to. I'm sure we all remember our first time navigating through Mouser or Digikey. What I do find hilarious is the packaging. Getting a 2 ft tube for one IC. Seems like there is a little waste in their process, but prices are good, and I like free shipping :)
Quote from: Willybomb on September 27, 2017, 06:38:20 AM
Free overnight sounds great. Shame it's another one of those serious supplier sites that I can't seem to find what I want easily on.
I know this is going to sound like a hassle but you can copy a manufacturer part number off Mouser and search that way.
And yes their site is not so user friendly. It is getting better from my experience. One thing that you can totally disregard, or at least for me, is using an iPad. The pull down search menu doesn't work for me at all. But since I'm a miser and can get one or two parts, if needed, shipped free I can deal with the website.
Quote from: dan.schumaker on September 27, 2017, 12:59:04 PM
I've used Arrow a few times and have always been happy. Ordering on Arrow is like anything else, it just takes getting used to. I'm sure we all remember our first time navigating through Mouser or Digikey. What I do find hilarious is the packaging. Getting a 2 ft tube for one IC. Seems like there is a little waste in their process, but prices are good, and I like free shipping :)
+1 on this. I got one resistor (same order but I guess they couldn't get it in the box LOL and I know it was shipped from another location) in a box that could have held probably 5000 to 10000. They are certainly keeping my recycling contractor in business.
So I got shipment 1 of 3 (insane) yesterday from my first Arrow order. This included a bag of 200 100n box caps. It looked to me like there couldn't possibly be 200 caps, and I noticed a sticker on the bag that said something to the effect of, "This item counted electronically by weight". Turns out I got 180 caps instead of 200.
These were 4.2 cents each, so we're not talking big bucks, and I don't *need* 200 for a specific project. Would you guys email support and let them know? I definitely don't want them to ship me the 20 caps, as it would be a huge waste of carbon. And even a store credit wouldn't be all that compelling, as we're talking <$1.
What do you guys think?
10% seems like a significant error. They may appreciate a heads up that their weights are off.
Quote from: culturejam on September 29, 2017, 02:05:11 PM
So I got shipment 1 of 3 (insane) yesterday from my first Arrow order. This included a bag of 200 100n box caps. It looked to me like there couldn't possibly be 200 caps, and I noticed a sticker on the bag that said something to the effect of, "This item counted electronically by weight". Turns out I got 180 caps instead of 200.
These were 4.2 cents each, so we're not talking big bucks, and I don't *need* 200 for a specific project. Would you guys email support and let them know? I definitely don't want them to ship me the 20 caps, as it would be a huge waste of carbon. And even a store credit wouldn't be all that compelling, as we're talking <$1.
What do you guys think?
Strange I got my order the other day and it had a bag of 100 x 100nf caps with the same sticker. But it actually had 112 in there. Lol
I would maybe call them and just give them a heads up. The will probably give you a credit or something. Did the pack slip say the other 20 were in another box or something?
Quote from: flanagan0718 on September 29, 2017, 02:38:04 PM
I would maybe call them and just give them a heads up. The will probably give you a credit or something. Did the pack slip say the other 20 were in another box or something?
No, the slip says 200 in that shipment.
If you got 112 from 100, and I got 180 from 200, seems like +/- 10% is not that uncommon. That's pretty sloppy.
Quote from: culturejam on September 29, 2017, 02:41:26 PM
Quote from: flanagan0718 on September 29, 2017, 02:38:04 PM
I would maybe call them and just give them a heads up. The will probably give you a credit or something. Did the pack slip say the other 20 were in another box or something?
No, the slip says 200 in that shipment.
If you got 112 from 100, and I got 180 from 200, seems like +/- 10% is not that uncommon. That's pretty sloppy.
Yeah, That is a pretty big variance. I wonder if they just need to re calibrate their scales or something. were your caps loose or cut tape? mine were loose.
Quote from: flanagan0718 on September 29, 2017, 02:45:25 PM
were your caps loose or cut tape? mine were loose.
Loose. I think the only way you can do the by-weight thing is with loosies. The tape/reel parts can be counted by the foot (or cm, as the case may be).
That's mega sloppy if they are going by weight.
Accurate counting scales are cheap. I wouldn't have expected them to be off by more than a piece, MAYBE two.
But everything about them seems a bit inefficient. The packaging and shipping is goofy.
Okay, so three packages in total to send me about 400 box caps. That's dumb. And two of them are coming from Netherlands. Double dumb.
And now, the two international packages require a signature, which of course I am not around to provide during weekdays at 10am. And of course, they do not allow for digital signatures, so now I have to sign the door tag and wait. Lame.
So the pricing is pretty good on some things, but overall Arrow seems kind of disjointed and sloppy.
I had a good experience. Ordered 3 Hammond enclosures and they were at my door in less than 24 hours. Though, I do work evenings and am around to answer the door.
Genuine Hammies are nice. Black textured powdercoat looks very classy.
Quote from: jubal81 on September 30, 2017, 03:29:44 AM
I had a good experience. Ordered 3 Hammond enclosures and they were at my door in less than 24 hours. Though, I do work evenings and am around to answer the door.
Genuine Hammies are nice. Black textured powdercoat looks very classy.
That Black textured powdercoat is tough, too.
I really wish Hammond would do a gloss black enclosure as well, but alas, no.
Quote from: pickdropper on September 30, 2017, 04:27:58 AM
Quote from: jubal81 on September 30, 2017, 03:29:44 AM
I had a good experience. Ordered 3 Hammond enclosures and they were at my door in less than 24 hours. Though, I do work evenings and am around to answer the door.
Genuine Hammies are nice. Black textured powdercoat looks very classy.
That Black textured powdercoat is tough, too.
I really wish Hammond would do a gloss black enclosure as well, but alas, no.
Whew, man. I'm going to go at it with the laser tomorrow. What happens if you laser too hard?
Quote from: jubal81 on September 30, 2017, 05:14:42 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on September 30, 2017, 04:27:58 AM
Quote from: jubal81 on September 30, 2017, 03:29:44 AM
I had a good experience. Ordered 3 Hammond enclosures and they were at my door in less than 24 hours. Though, I do work evenings and am around to answer the door.
Genuine Hammies are nice. Black textured powdercoat looks very classy.
That Black textured powdercoat is tough, too.
I really wish Hammond would do a gloss black enclosure as well, but alas, no.
Whew, man. I'm going to go at it with the laser tomorrow. What happens if you laser too hard?
If the power is set too high or the speed is set too slow, you'll get melt-back beyond the area you are actually lasering which makes the artwork look defocused and lousy. I've been dealing with that a bit as we got a new 50W Epilog at work and I'm used to the 30W Epilogs that I've always used. I found that the difference in laser strength isn't fixed by a simple 60% of powder adjustment. What also factors in is that the 30W laser is older, so there is likely some power loss on the tube.
I've also noticed that it varies based on what the finish is (I use a lot of transparent finished enclosures, which have a thinner coat. I'm fairly sure the black textured powder coat on the Hammond is made of ground up industrial grade diamonds dipped in titanium, so it can probably take more power.
Quote from: culturejam on September 29, 2017, 02:05:11 PM
So I got shipment 1 of 3 (insane) yesterday from my first Arrow order. This included a bag of 200 100n box caps. It looked to me like there couldn't possibly be 200 caps, and I noticed a sticker on the bag that said something to the effect of, "This item counted electronically by weight". Turns out I got 180 caps instead of 200.
These were 4.2 cents each, so we're not talking big bucks, and I don't *need* 200 for a specific project. Would you guys email support and let them know? I definitely don't want them to ship me the 20 caps, as it would be a huge waste of carbon. And even a store credit wouldn't be all that compelling, as we're talking <$1.
What do you guys think?
sounds to me like you could write them an email to just let them know, without demanding the 20 caps. I'm wondering if the counting is done at Arrow or the cap manufacturer. were those Epcos caps?