Mouser (was: Re: [sdiy] Push buttons with nice LITE action)

[Andre Majorel]

On 2009-03-21 12:56 -0000, Mike wrote:
> 
> > The real turn around from Mouser on shipping to Canada is it is now
> > FREE on orders over $200.
> > And due to some weird glitch between FedEX and Mouser they don't
> > charge any brokerage, GST or PST when it arrives.
> > A true anomaly when importing anything into Canada.
>
> Warning !
> 
> In the UK, they deliver and a VAT invoice arrives from FEDEX
> some time later. I nearly got stung by this when doing a MIDIbox
> group bulk order: I was just about to send out the invoices when
> they all went up by around 20%.  17.5% VAT and an admin fee

Likewise in France (only here, the billing is handled by Coface
for added unpleasantness).

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André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>