SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T04:11:16-06:00SparkFun Electronicsbrennen on Free Shipping! brennenurn:uuid:9409bb3d-08b6-2999-3e8e-05dbaa0c01e42013-11-08T08:36:14-07:00<p>I think we're probably not going to do this, if for no other reason than that it'd be painful to figure out who would have been eligible and a mechanism for refunding those dollars. Your order, for example, used a shipping method that wouldn't have been free under the current plan. It seems like the only approximately fair way to go about this would be to assume that everyone who might have had the option would have taken it, and then refund them the full amount they paid (rather a lot more money than the low-end free option, in many cases). And then of course there is the question of what to say to the people who ordered (certain-period-of-time + 1 day) ago, whose shipping also might have been free if they'd only waited that one day, and the question of how our accounting should handle this change in revenue for all the (certain-period-of-time) orders...</p>
NicoSimon on Free Shipping! NicoSimonurn:uuid:2206c19e-3851-48d9-a6e2-43d91c94bbaf2013-11-07T15:35:14-07:00<ul>
<li>Hola, yo he realizado pedidos y siempre llegan bien... Escoge siempre USPS y no tendrás problemas con aduanas en Argentina. (por cierto, intenta escribir en inglés :))</li>
<li>Hi, I have placed orders and they always arrived ok... Always choose USPS and you'll never have problems with customs in Argentina. (btw, try to write in english :))</li>
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Customer #31360 on Free Shipping! Customer #31360urn:uuid:8b71831f-7592-5210-5f14-a975e5e89b322013-11-07T09:24:15-07:00<p>Awesome news! Upcoming order awaits...</p>
MorfeoMatrix on Free Shipping! MorfeoMatrixurn:uuid:b4e6dbee-32da-b020-4490-f47710f5383c2013-11-06T10:26:11-07:00<p>Hola compatriota, cómo está el tema de recibir cosas de afuera por correo ahora en Arg.? llegan o las intercepta Moreno ???
Saludos, José Luis.</p>
ER on Free Shipping! ERurn:uuid:2eccc524-791d-0686-b7c7-61dd62fba7272013-11-05T10:35:06-07:00<p>This is a long time coming so I will be looking for some stuff from Sparkfun...I have shopped other places, like www.prplsqrl.com , to get things with free shipping cause I tend to buy a lot of things at one time.</p>
trevor on Free Shipping! trevorurn:uuid:b944b2ce-9ac0-8268-a8d6-1985d8cff7962013-11-04T15:24:59-07:00<p>The <a href="http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Redshirt" rel="nofollow">redshirt</a>? Yes, that's Nate.</p>
Erazmus on Free Shipping! Erazmusurn:uuid:2ae53ff5-7d5c-5da5-639e-02a42473b7912013-11-02T10:12:40-06:00<p>I wouldn't be surprised if they ran the numbers on previous orders to find the optimal price point.</p>
Erazmus on Free Shipping! Erazmusurn:uuid:7a49dcac-0354-75fe-ca01-9ad221deac4a2013-11-01T16:02:57-06:00<p>$150 order on October 14th, and my shipping came to $46!!! If I'd have waited a week, I'd have got my shipping for free! What's the chance of Sparkfun pulling an Apple and rebating customers who paid for shipping for a certain period of time before they rolled out the offer?</p>
Conn on Free Shipping! Connurn:uuid:7c632350-dc4f-c4ac-9a06-8dffa5b0c5652013-11-01T15:53:49-06:00<p>Is that Nate behind batman?</p>
Frencil on Free Shipping! Frencilurn:uuid:dd0858bd-f8ee-1e5c-d90f-f62657deccc02013-11-01T09:50:57-06:00<p>This is our third go-round at free shipping. Once last Cyber Monday (Monday after Thanksgiving) for just a day, then a week in July. Each time was to test the waters to see if we could afford to do it long term. It took us a while, while working on lots of other projects, to figure out how we wanted to run it, so now here it is. It's open-ended so you can expect to be around for an undetermined amount of time. Also, we won't go turning it off at a moment's notice should we suddenly need to. There will be a fair warning with plenty of time to enjoy it while it lasts.<p>Until then, there's no deadline. We just have a free shipping program now. =D</p></p>
scharkalvin on Free Shipping! scharkalvinurn:uuid:981bd36f-b273-fca2-fe11-8e7238d9c2c02013-11-01T09:15:45-06:00<p>Actually Amazon just raised the bar to $35.</p>
t-storm on Free Shipping! t-stormurn:uuid:8d7668a0-5772-c58f-a9ae-c221e45b95672013-11-01T08:33:47-06:00<p>That is awesome. My average order over the past 4.44 yrs is $58.68, so you just made an extra $1.32 per order!</p>
marc.andela on Free Shipping! marc.andelaurn:uuid:ba4a8bfc-6902-6e1b-b465-ef7f1e1445002013-11-01T06:42:19-06:00<p>One week after I bought something in the sparkfun there is always a free shipping promotion.
There is a way to predict the free shipping promotion ?</p>
Customer #349112 on Free Shipping! Customer #349112urn:uuid:904fd53f-81a0-9dbb-c9bb-dec7c1d530bd2013-10-31T20:15:23-06:00<p>Also note the ASCII version sparkfun logo in the code too
EDIT: The promo code in the translation of the ROT13 text has already been used :(<p>___ _ ___
/ <strong>|_ __ __ _ _ <em>| |</em>| __| _ _ _
__ \ '_ \/ <em>` | '</em>| / / <em>| || | ' \
|</em></strong>/ .__/__,<em>|</em>| |<em>__| _,</em>|<em>||</em>|
|_|</p></p>
Jamster on Free Shipping! Jamsterurn:uuid:3d0098fa-4bc4-7dba-6284-ce1b9aba99ec2013-10-31T17:46:10-06:00<p><a href="https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/assets/a/f/e/5/c/526ea069757b7f57708b4569.png" rel="nofollow">Uno</a>
<a href="https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/assets/f/1/b/8/9/526ea069757b7f5d6c8b456a.png" rel="nofollow">Dos</a></p>
Customer #236122 on Free Shipping! Customer #236122urn:uuid:28d96b6b-2171-48a6-bedb-db42383f17c32013-10-31T17:43:06-06:00<p>Now you tell me!!!!??? I just placed and order two days ago. Sheeesh!</p>
Jamster on Free Shipping! Jamsterurn:uuid:76d3eac7-6979-78e4-426f-87d466df73082013-10-31T17:41:42-06:00<p>Ok so I'm in their source code and I will have the answer soon >:)<p>Btw Sparkfun IT: ROT13...? Really...? Obvious ;)</p></p>
BB on Free Shipping! BBurn:uuid:3a982859-32ca-9811-133c-7cb555c7d7fc2013-10-31T17:32:28-06:00<p>Not to sound ungrateful, but I think this is a <em>necessary</em> change that was a <em>long time coming.</em> Given the premium price of many generic parts, and the larger availability of parts from competing vendors, you've gotta stay competitive. Shipping charges from Sparkfun have, in the past, made me seek out other vendors because I don't want to be paying 1/3rd-1/6th the price of what I'm buying in additional shipping. It really adds up, and is especially amplified for smaller orders.<p>I'd actually prefer the threshold reduced to $25 like Amazon does to encourage more impulsive purchases, but I realize you guys don't have the same large distribution network to make it happen. Perhaps non-bulky goods could qualify for something like that. Still, at least with this change we can consolidate our orders to avoid getting dimed by the freight charges.</p></p>
l0gikG8 on Free Shipping! l0gikG8urn:uuid:770cb845-059e-bb9d-096d-d13f0451ea1d2013-10-31T16:37:14-06:00<p>To catch the ghost, (at least in Firefox, haven't tried other browsers)
1) Click on some hyperlink like the up-vote number in the comment headers and keep your mouse button held down
2) Wait for the ghost to appear and stop moving
3) While continuing to hold the mouse button down, move the cursor on top of the ghost
4) Let up on the button and re-click as fast as possible
5) You should now have a captured ghost you can move around along with a little circle with a line going through the middle.</p>
RobertC. on Free Shipping! RobertC.urn:uuid:3e3305e7-c4c7-b54c-a435-9813582830d42013-10-31T15:21:59-06:00<p>I wouldn't recommend it.</p>
xkcdFan1011011101111 on Free Shipping! xkcdFan1011011101111urn:uuid:4bb8fcdd-535a-a703-19f9-e157de5e77a52013-10-31T15:17:41-06:00<p>It's possible to spend less than $60 on an order??!?!?! >8-0</p>
Isdale on Free Shipping! Isdaleurn:uuid:a947d81b-5653-ba17-aa6d-7abfd0dc1a012013-10-31T15:14:05-06:00<p>Woot!!!
While I do technically live in the USA most vendors do not include Hawaii (or Alaska) in their FREE SHIPPING.
This new service makes Sparkfun even more my favorite vendor.
Thanks!!
(and come on back soon!)
<a href="http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/2013/10/sparkfun-national-tour-visits-maui-october-2013/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mauimakers.com/blog/2013/10/sparkfun-national-tour-visits-maui-october-2013/</a></p>
andy4us on Free Shipping! andy4usurn:uuid:8915c1a5-3f79-a98d-cf04-5302a9bfc9752013-10-31T14:02:27-06:00<p>My $61 order has already been shipped for free. I also managed to use the small sat discount code for one last time ;)</p>
Customer #349112 on Free Shipping! Customer #349112urn:uuid:7fd11cb3-c426-8599-c208-a71dbf4726b02013-10-31T13:52:04-06:00<p>Never mind, I clicked on the ghost again, and got every item on the site. But I had to pay for shipping because it came out to $499.99<p>EDIT: The ghost was in the box, and now it's flying around my house. It's now 10 times harder to catch,,and drops heavy, metal exclamation points</p></p>
bphobby on Free Shipping! bphobbyurn:uuid:a3cf24f7-e974-5681-cde1-34051584ee182013-10-31T13:49:28-06:00<p>Really? When I finally clicked on it I got a supermodel and a speedboat. Unfortunately it was in that order. Now I have to figure out how to get the boat out of my cubicle and then clean up the squished supermodel.</p>
Customer #349112 on Free Shipping! Customer #349112urn:uuid:e1eb6d75-3d45-2bd7-03a3-a2f9d6f77b602013-10-31T13:43:18-06:00<p>It does the same thing if you click on it too</p>
scharkalvin on Free Shipping! scharkalvinurn:uuid:5b651f62-2543-5e9a-eea3-73201c8e92422013-10-31T13:21:19-06:00<p>It does that if you DONT click on it.</p>
Customer #349112 on Free Shipping! Customer #349112urn:uuid:23ab1852-b4c4-05a1-a1f3-9fa8f6de82b82013-10-31T13:01:00-06:00<p>OK, I finally clicked on the ghost. I was very disappointed. No gift card or reward or anything like that. It just gets spooked and flies off the screen.</p>
Customer #466449 on Free Shipping! Customer #466449urn:uuid:89d57d24-05c8-35cb-7d18-4ed5cfe636362013-10-31T12:29:17-06:00<p>OK, thanks for the info.</p>
superkittens on Free Shipping! superkittensurn:uuid:e95abce5-3db4-d221-bb6a-d483b8e1689f2013-10-31T12:19:59-06:00<p>This needs moar upboatz</p>
jma89 on Free Shipping! jma89urn:uuid:bf8e47e8-9ff1-38df-6a21-b2badeb44b8d2013-10-31T12:10:32-06:00<p>How to catch the ghost:<p>Let your cursor sit vewwwy still. Ghost will show up nearby.</p><p>Scroll away from the ghost and gently move your cursor over/under it.</p><p>Ghost moves into position</p><p>Scroll so you are over the Ghost.</p><p>Click the ghost.</p><p>[redacted]</p></p>
Frencil on Free Shipping! Frencilurn:uuid:c00f152b-372f-30e9-0927-37021fcb64642013-10-31T12:10:02-06:00<p>All customers world-wide. And there's no set date for the program to stop... it's open-ended.</p>
scharkalvin on Free Shipping! scharkalvinurn:uuid:3cbaabe5-c5d6-1773-fedc-a4ef4d0d5ce92013-10-31T11:45:28-06:00<p>That ghost reminds me of a unix game that had cockroachs running all over the screen.</p>
Customer #466449 on Free Shipping! Customer #466449urn:uuid:16a36f0a-8bb1-e783-19cb-62934d0468bc2013-10-31T11:26:00-06:00<p>How long will there be free shipping for? Also, does this really apply to customers ALL around the world as I think it was last time? (I am from Argentina so... I want to know)</p>
Frencil on Free Shipping! Frencilurn:uuid:619615fd-9e48-548d-1bdf-33e4a0ed802f2013-10-31T11:19:41-06:00<p>Not your order cost, your <em>shipping</em> cost. $500 in shipping alone... that's a whole lotta cheese.</p>
sgrace on Free Shipping! sgraceurn:uuid:65bfcdff-bf60-7edd-d22d-730899633f482013-10-31T11:14:21-06:00<p>Ghost in the machine, right?</p>
Pistachio on Free Shipping! Pistachiourn:uuid:2cb222ea-dc7d-67dc-e18b-e2d3e74cd9102013-10-31T11:02:30-06:00<p>I see myself accidentally proceeding through checkout with $60+ of stuff trying to catch this darn ghost</p>
172pilot on Free Shipping! 172piloturn:uuid:d6458a4c-22e4-816b-d371-5936a328c64e2013-10-31T10:58:25-06:00<p>You ask "What are you building" because my order is over $500?? I'm not building ANYTHING, I just clicked on EVERYTHING trying to get that darned ghost!! :-)</p>
chartle on Free Shipping! chartleurn:uuid:9d4726fd-2a82-d200-8744-0ca5a803b20c2013-10-31T10:43:52-06:00<p>I'm close too, just don't cross the beams. :-)</p>
Nicholas2 on Free Shipping! Nicholas2urn:uuid:7ff8759a-4fc2-7c0b-0b55-4309bf9fe7a82013-10-31T10:28:44-06:00<p>if only the ghost did something other than close windows when I clicked it :D</p>
Frencil on Free Shipping! Frencilurn:uuid:f758d46a-8fdd-eb94-fe2e-64a8f3491afb2013-10-31T10:25:16-06:00<p>Pretty much, yeah. There's no guarantee that we'll be running the program exactly like this until the heat death of the universe, but it's open-ended.</p>
Flecko on Free Shipping! Fleckourn:uuid:abc788b3-5eee-609e-9d43-19f2dfae5bc72013-10-31T10:19:36-06:00<p>Is this free shipping on orders over $60 from now on? Because that is amazing.<p>Also, I am so close to catching that ghost.</p></p>
Erik-Sparkfun on Free Shipping! Erik-Sparkfunurn:uuid:e89b8fa8-e8be-6ae0-9a16-acaad22453982013-10-31T10:18:48-06:00<p>What ghost?</p>
Alexander88 on Free Shipping! Alexander88urn:uuid:79db3fcb-8092-a771-17c6-305b1533a89b2013-10-31T10:13:30-06:00<p>Sooo... what's up with a ghost? =)</p>