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[3rd party JKor]

Their shipping. It's certainly not discounted, but their ground shipping option always arrives the next day. They must have a sweet ass deal with UPS.

[zymot]

They have everything in the universe in their catalog and everything in their catalog is in stock.The prices are good, and they have no minimum order.The online catalog is very well done.The shipping is very reasonable. I used to get it next day, now it takes two days. <$6.00 - I cannot complain.I was a happy homebrewer the day I found McMaster.com. They are one of the best resources.zymot

[SchwanzBrewer]

We use them at work. They are awesome.

[3rd party JKor]

Yeah, actually the shipping is even cheaper than I thought. I order stuff on a regular basis for my projects at work, but I usually don't really look very closely at the invoices. The shipment I got in yesterday, the shipping was only $5.25. Sweet. My brew supply order came in earlier today. I'll have to check what the shipping charge was. This one's for you McMaster:

[stangbat]

I've got an order coming today, placed on the 8th, $5.25 shipping. Pretty amazing.I'm not complaining much, but it would be nice if they could figure out a way to give you a shipping cost, or even a rough estimate when you place your order. I know they aren't going to gouge you and they charge actual shipping, but it would be nice to know when you are placing a big order.

[3rd party JKor]

I've got an order coming today, placed on the 8th, $5.25 shipping. Pretty amazing.I'm not complaining much, but it would be nice if they could figure out a way to give you a shipping cost, or even a rough estimate when you place your order. I know they aren't going to gouge you and they charge actual shipping, but it would be nice to know when you are placing a big order.

Yes, it would be nice to get a shipping estimate, but I'm not going to complain.

[DubbelEntendre]

They have everything in the universe in their catalog and everything in their catalog is in stock.The prices are good, and they have no minimum order.The online catalog is very well done.The shipping is very reasonable. I used to get it next day, now it takes two days. <$6.00 - I cannot complain.I was a happy homebrewer the day I found McMaster.com. They are one of the best resources.zymot

This, plus I'm 35 minutes from a warehouse, so I can will call my whole order. Usually, I can get everything the same day I place my order. They have it picked and packed in about an hour.

[3rd party JKor]

This, plus I'm 35 minutes from a warehouse, so I can will call my whole order. Usually, I can get everything the same day I place my order. They have it picked and packed in about an hour.

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[Dale Hair]

I think their online catalog is the best I have ever seen, it's so easy to find what you are looking for. Grainger's sucks. McMaster also has excellent customer service.

[3rd party JKor]

I think their online catalog is the best I have ever seen, it's so easy to find what you are looking for. Grainger's sucks. McMaster also has excellent customer service.

You got that right, Grainger's e-catalog is nothing compared to McMaster. If you want to see a truly awful online catalog, check out Allied Electronics.The shipping for my order came out to $12.25. Not too bad, it was a pretty big box (40x12x12?). I had a 3' piece of aluminum tubing and 200' of PVC tubing in there.

[zymot]

The shipping for my order came out to $12.25. Not too bad, it was a pretty big box (40x12x12?). I had a 3' piece of aluminum tubing and 200' of PVC tubing in there.

At some point it is easier and cheaper to pay for the gas in the UPS truck than the gas in your car. You can take a few hours to drive around to 3-4 stores to get what you want, or you can pay few bucks and get it shipped to you.zymot

[3rd party JKor]

At some point it is easier and cheaper to pay for the gas in the UPS truck than the gas in your car. You can take a few hours to drive around to 3-4 stores to get what you want, or you can pay few bucks and get it shipped to you.zymot

At this point, the time to drive around to multiple stores is worth more than the gas (and shipping). A few years ago that wasn't the case. Now, I'm happy to pay $10-$15 to get something delivered to my door.

[drewseslu]

I could not run Mattingly Brewing Company without McMaster Carr.

[gnef]

Am I the only one that was intimidated by McMaster's website at first? It was just way too much information and an overload of links.Don't get me wrong, I order from McMaster on a regular basis, and have come to appreciate the layout, and now go to the website to search for things I can't find locally.

[3rd party JKor]

I could see how it could be intimidating to the uninitiated.Although, if you have flipped through a hard copy of the catalog before seeing the website, you would be more prepared for the scope.

Edited by JKoravos, 11 July 2009 - 05:04 PM.