ADI always does that, I guess it's due to the high cost of inventory but I can't tell you how many items I've ordered that came in from somewhere else. And we have the main ADI warehouse not more than 5 miles away.
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That's my biggest problem with them. I made an order with a half dozen parts and they all came from different places. All with separate shipping charges. Some of the items cost more to do than the part.
Hi,
The way to get around shipping charges with ADI is to order them from the store close to you. You place the responsibility and shipping charges with them. You will have to pickup at that store the various parts when they do come in. This is how you can 'escape' their shipping. If you have them shipped to you, they will ship them from all over and they surely will stick 'you' with all of 'their' shipping charges. Basically, they are putting 'their' burden of shipping back onto the customer.
Another favorite trick of ADI, is when you order their sale items, they 'seem' to have a problem getting them to you before the sale date is over. Then, when they come in after the sale date expiration of 2 weeks or month, the salesman's favorite line is " 'The Computer' won't let me bring 'em down that low, the best I can do now is $XXX." What you have to do is first ask how much stock they have presently and where the location is (they can find out which store has what and how many). Then you do have to actually put thru the invoice. It is best to pick them up also before the sale date. If you pick them up after the sale date at 'will-call, then that ADI employee will stick you with an invoice with a higher price...or you will hear "'The Computer' won't................."
Unless you shop ADI for sales or for special items that only they actually carry, you will get taken most of the time. By the way, it is not true that only ADI sells Honeywell ... and no, I will not uncover that secret to anyone; just think 'outside' the 'box' , and you will figure it out. ' Hope this has helped someone to beat out that large corporation.
Hell I have ADI's main store 2 blocks away and the primary warehouse in Coppell less than 5 miles away and they still have to ship half the orders I've sent
Consider yourself lucky
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