There also appears to be no such thing as prime 2 day shipping anymore. Often times I could order something today and have it tomorrow on prime 2 day shipping. 2 days at the very least. Now days it takes a week or longer. Not a lot of point in paying for prime anymore.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 15, 2022, at 8:45 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > WIX is a safe bet for industrial engines, I would avoid Hastings. I used WIX > for years in the generator business and never once had an issue. > > I’m a bit peeved at shippers, too. > > I have a 30” Apple Cinema Display I want to move from Tampa to Flagstaff. I > have an official Apple shipping box for one in Flagstaff. Because the > shippers base most of their costs on volume and not weight, it would cost me > $130-$140 to ship an 8 pound empty box from Flagstaff to Tampa. Once a > monitor is in it, it would only add about $10 for the additional weight. > > So now I’m just going to have to pack it myself in some sort of non-standard > box. It’s still going to cost a boatload of $$ to ship it, but at least I’ll > only have to do it in one direction. > > Then I just have to hope the carrier doesn’t destroy it as they often do. > I’ve already had two Mac Pros smashed by carriers when shipped in factory > boxes. > > -D > >> On Jan 15, 2022, at 7:11 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Shipping is such a crap shoot. I ordered a bunch of stuff from Rock Auto >> for the snowmobile club on Thursday, oil filters (box 1 of 3) showed up >> yesterday afternoon... >> As a side note we saved a BUNCH of money going with Rock auto. Oil filters >> for a 12v Cummins were $7 each for WIX, Hastings Fuel filters $5 each!I >> bought windshield wipers for all four groomers, the most expensive was $6 >> for 26", the wipers alone would have been 4x the price at FLAPS... >> -Curt >> >> On Friday, January 14, 2022, 03:40:47 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> I ordered a bunch of parts from Naperville a couple of weeks ago. Finally >> got notice it shipped. FedEx shows it delivered by today. Yesterday I check >> tracking and it shows in Lenexa KS. Makes sense. Just now sitting here in my >> office I see the FedEx truck coming down the road. I figured I could now >> head out to that shop and finish up the car that is on the lift. FedEx truck >> rolls on by but doesn’t stop. I check tracking. Still says expected delivery >> today but now it’s in Sioux City Iowa. Wtf? >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
