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coad 
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I wandered over to the McMaster website to order some soundproofing for my ghia yesterday morning about 11am and the UPS guy wheels it in at 9:30 this morning! Almost 700 miles overnight and it came UPS ground. Normally that would be 2-3 days minimum.
Those boys must be humping some hellish hours to get this stuff thru the system by Christmas. |
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j.pickens
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McMaster Carr never ceases to amaze me.
My office is 15 miles from their warehouse.
If I order something from them before 1:00 pm, I get it THE SAME FRICKIN' DAY on their own truck.
I'm talking a box of hardware for $7.50 plus $4.00 shipping, for example.
How do they do it?
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hazetguy
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i just ordered some hazet stuff from new york. ordered friday morning, shipped friday afternoon, arrived today, thursday. 4 business days? amazing. usually it's 5 minimum, more often 7.
must be the holiday insanity! |
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coad
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| Hazetguy-- did you see the eBay auction that just ended for the valve adjusting tool? Seller had a buy it now of $80, but no one went for it. The auction brought $160. Then, like 15 minutes after the auction ended, he listed another one for the same $80 buy it now. |
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hazetguy
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yeah, saw that and was amazed. i know who that seller is, and if he has one, he usually has many more. i think the glitz of the first NOS one made people go crazy, then people realized it was not such a scarce commodity.
i (personally) would never ever pay that much, not even $80. $40 for me would be a stretch. |
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EverettB
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SouthernYankee
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"US $122.50 " Holy Cow! (no offence to any Hindu) lol
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coad
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I thought it was kind of dope slap to the buyer to wheel around and list another one with a "buy it now" just minutes after he bought his.
Anyone actually use one of those? Do they save time and/or effort? |
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nik
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I ordered some stuff from CB performnace on the 17th in the morning. I got the package on my door step the morning of the 19th. and that was with ground. UPS really is bustin ass.
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Gary
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When I ship I use FedEx ground because I've found them to be cheaper and more efficient than UPS. FedEx freight, though, is freaking expensive! I'm curious about that adjusting tool as well.
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static
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| I use FedEx ground because I've found them to be cheaper and more efficient than UPS. |
Your thinking will change on this, I am sure of it.
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Gary
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| I use FedEx ground because I've found them to be cheaper and more efficient than UPS. |
Your thinking will change on this, I am sure of it.
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Won't use those rat bastards at FedEx Ground no matter what |
Sorry, but I have two years of copies of shipping invoices and nary a problem. My biggest concern is that I'm going to try to use Greyhound to ship a hood.
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chipmcluk
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| i bought some parts from Wolfparts in Sweden, paypaled on a thursday, got my stuff the When people don't slack, shit arrives fast. |
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nik
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| i bought some parts from Wolfparts in Sweden, paypaled on a thursday, got my stuff the When people don't slack, shit arrives fast. |
So you got it when?
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chipmcluk
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| Sorry, the next tuesday |
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