Mouser Electronics Shipping Costs and Turn-Around Time

The shipping “estimator” at Mouser.com is a little vague, so I thought I’d post the results of a recent order. In general, you’re not going to know the shipping cost or the weight of your order until after it’s shipped.

My recent order totaled $189.12 and had 33 line items, including all kids of components (resistors, capacitors, ICs, connectors, crystals, buttons, crimp terminals, etc), in quantities ranging from 2 to 250, primarily for assembling four Sanguinololu circuit boards (with some exceptions, plus some other stuff).

Selecting residential delivery via USPS to North Carolina, USA, the Mouser shipping estimator listed $6.95 for 1 pound and $9.60 for 2 pounds. I guess that the order wouldn’t weigh any more than 2 pounds. The actual invoiced shipping cost turned out to be $7.74.

Although the order was prepared the previous night, I didn’t remember to actually place it until just after 4:00 EST on January 25, 2012 — so I had just missed the same-day shipping cut-off time. The order shipped on January 26, and the credit charge (for the exact invoice amount) was posted on January 27.

The delivery tracking updates were as follows:

  • Out for Delivery, January 28, 2012, 9:55 am, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
  • Sorting Complete, January 28, 2012, 9:45 am, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
  • Arrival at Post Office, January 28, 2012, 5:08 am, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
  • Electronic Shipping Info Received, January 27, 2012
  • Depart USPS Sort Facility, January 27, 2012, FORT WORTH, TX 76161
  • Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility, January 26, 2012, 8:18 pm, FORT WORTH, TX 76161
  • Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility, January 26, 2012, 7:03 pm, MANSFIELD, TX 76063
One final note: Recently I’ve noticed that there are a number of different ways people pronounce Mouser. Recently I’ve heard Mouse-er (rhymes with house-er), Moze-ure (rhymes with rose-ure), and Mau-zer (rhymes with cows-er). So how do you pronounce Mouser? It’s pronounced Mau-zer (rhymes with cows-er), but I still like to think of it as Mouse-er.

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