Mouser shipping upgrade - anyone had this happen?

[sfr]

I like to order from Steve at SmallBear, but when I need other non-stompbox parts that he doesn't stock, I'll order from Mouser, just to have all my stuff in one order. Although understandable, I don't like how they don't tell you what shipping is when you place your order, and I'm often surprised by how much it is, so I go with the cheapest option - which generally means it's delivered by mule or something because it sometimes takes a real long while.  Anyway, I just got an email telling me how I'm a valued customer and my order was upgraded to UPS 3-Day or something like that, free of charge.  Never had this happen before - anyone else?  I wonder if it's because it's a relatively large order (at least for me) or if I'm there lucky one hundredth customer, or what.  Certainly wouldn't mind making it happen again, although I don't see myself needing to order from anywhere other than Smallbear for a long while.

[Xlrator]

I don't know about that, but I have ordered things from them and wanted to return it or exchange it. When I called them, they said it's not worth it to send it back. They gave me a refund and said I can keep the part for myself, sell it, use it, or throw it out!! This ws a $10 switch! It's probably pennies compared to the large orders from big-scale manufacturers that order $10,000 at a time. If anything, it's probably the same deal, they can cover the cost.  

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

Large companies can get a remarkably good rate with UPS, FEDEX etc (for a start, they are loading a full truck at one end, rather than running around town!) so, the UPS price (constant for weight up to a fair whack) prob beat the alternative.

[aaronkessman]

i had a mouser order a couple weeks ago - pretty small, it was about 20 bucks and they upgraded to 3 day. i dont know why, but it was really great cuz all my parts came at the same time (weber and hoffman send their stuff same day)

Aaron

[tauscj55]

same thing happened with me about two weeks ago... about 20 bucks worth of parts, I picked ground delivery and had it shipped ups 3 day for the price of the lowest shipping method.  not bad, not sure why though.  Don't complain, i guess...  :wink:

[BillyJ]

I had this happen to me once. It wasn't as much of a blessing though as I was wating for some funds to clear and had put the opder in COD.
So I had to scramble to getthe funds together three days ahead of time or some such....Oh well it was cool to get my junk quicker.

[Xlrator]

It would be cool if they threw in some Mouser t-shirts or stickers to put on my pedalboard.