Re: Am I paying too much?
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Re: Am I paying too much?
S. Lee wrote:
>
> I'm sorry to bother all of you again so soon, but I have another
> question. Recently I ordered a few parts from Mouser Electronics to make
> a parallel TI-PC link cable. The parts added up to a total of about
> $8.50(thanks to Pete for the part numbers). I decided to have it
> delivered via UPS Ground Shipping, and pay C.O.D. Thinking that the
> final cost(including shipping and etc.) would add up to around $10, I
> placed the order without even thinking about the cost. Then later it
> came to my mind and I decided to email Mouser about it. I listed the
> parts and their costs, and I asked them what the final cost would be
> with the shipping and C.O.D. charges. In a reply Mouser Elec. told me to
> add approx. $4 for shipping and around $5 for C.O.D. charges. This seems
> a bit outrageous, since the costs of the parts themselves don't even add
> up to $9. Did I just get ripped off? Or did I make a bad choice by
> deciding to pay C.O.D.? I'm a high school student, I don't have my
> personal checks and my parents are not too eager to write me a check for
> $10 for an accessory for a calculator that seems to work just perfectly
> by itself. I thought there wouldn't be a charge for paying C.O.D.,
> because in the "Ordering Info" part of Mouser Electronic's page I read
> that only shipping charges are added to credit card/C.O.D. payments. I'm
> really confused. It seems like a lot of you bought parts from Mouser
> Electronics one time or another, can someone please shine some light on
> this subject?
You know... for the price of ten-fifteen dollars.. (including shipping).
you could buy an already built parallel PC-TI cable... I was thinking
about buying one but I added up the price of buying everything, for me,
it came to around 4.50, so I stuck with building it, and still in need
of getting it to work. Grrr...
well the web site to buying one is:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7157/ti85.htm
-(: Modem Boy :)-
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