[NSRCA-discussion] McMaster-carr

[Koenig, Tom]

I suspect it's the 'retail' guy like myself-too small to bother with, and you may be right-it may have to remain 'continental US'

On the other hand-I have nothing but praise for the US Postal service. I have NEVER lost anything that I had ordered-and I can order stuff from the US and receive it down here in AUS within 7 days . I order stuff for my guitars and basses-not to mention modelling goods all the time. I actually get stuff quicker from the US than I can order it from my local hobby shop.

Weird but true! And its all US postal service. Man....I even receive the K-Factor before some of you guys get it locally!!!!

Too bad about McMaster for me however. I used to receive stuff from them within 3 days!!

Tom

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At work we buy from Mcmaster all the time without problems....so it must
be only related to overseas orders and not out of the US orders.

Chad

Adam Glatt wrote:

>I suspect it has more to do with the various problems that arise from
>overseas commerce.
>1.  Impossible to verify credit card payment
>2.  Postal service shipments are lost at a rate of about 40%
>3.  Courier shipments are impossible to quote properly, both time and cost
>4.  The customer more often than not complains about high brokerage
>fees, high taxes, and high shipping rates
>5.  After you've shipped 40% of shipments twice, at great cost to the
>business, you begin to suspect that all overseas customers are crooks
>and just claiming no receipt
>
>-Adam
>
>Koenig, Tom wrote:
> 
>
>>Hi again all,
>>
>>For the benefit of all the 'overseas' guys ie. not living in the U.S
>>
>>Last week I asked for a bit of help from the 'list' when I was
>>searching for a particular size machine screws. I was reminded of
>>Mcmaster-Carr. I searched and quickly found what I was looking for.
>>Having previously used Mcmaster-Carr ( many times) -I was somewhat
>>disappointed when they informed me that they will no longer deal with
>>'overseas' orders.
>>
>>This is BAD news for guys like myself- I have found their service to
>>be exceptional in the past-and they were so handy for all sorts of bits.
>>
>>There you go-if you are outside the US-you can no longer purchase from
>>McMaster-Carr. I suspect its a case of National security gone mad?
>>
>>Tom
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