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Re:Your DS18B20 temperature sensor is likely a fake, counter... by selectodude on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:31PM (#23816893)
That's actually how much it costs to ship stuff when it's not being exceptionally heavily subsidized by the utterly broken Universal Postal Treaty.
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Re:Your DS18B20 temperature sensor is likely a fake, counter... by kuschku on Monday July 13, 2020 @04:15AM (#23818401)
Orders with DHL across the EU are pretty much $4, without any other company ever handling it. Deliveries don't have to be that expensive.

Going further, if I'm in Germany, and order from a local place (e.g. a local ebay seller), I pay like $0.80 for postage on a delivery.

If I order from a reputable store... it's like 2 weeks waiting time with $15 on delivery.

In the past there used to be small stores everywhere selling every tiny part, but nowadays...

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Re:Your DS18B20 temperature sensor is likely a fake, counter... by pravda on Monday July 13, 2020 @01:27AM (#23817448)
Digikey would be charging more then $5, but competition forces them to not charge outlandish shipping rates!

It didn't used to be that way -- mail order suppliers used to charge high fake "Shipping & Handling" fees.

That's why Amazon introduced 'free' shipping.

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