Texas Sheepdawg wrote:As for cost, where I run into cost issues is having to order from several different sources making shipping costs some what of an issue. If you could order a majority of your components through one supplier and have the parts shipped in one shipment will keep shipping costs at a minimum. But reality dictates that this is usually not possible. Call in your orders and try to keep as many orders as possible limited to USPS priority or first class.
+1. Some times I'll pay a percent or two more for components I could get cheaper from multiple dealers, to get as many as possible from one and save it back on shipping.
Boy, if the states ever get so budget starved that they start seriously enforcing their sales tax for online, out-of-state purchases, that'll take a big bite out of the advantage of online purchases. As soon as that happens, I'm going to beg, borrow, or steal the front money to partner in opening up a brick-and-mortar AR parts store. We don't have any here with anything approaching a working inventory. Great retirement job.
Hoot