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Re: Amazon Supply

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Originally Posted by arizonafoxx View Post
The free 2-day shipping on orders of $50 could be a mcmaster killer. Especially when mcmaster will often times create multiple packages and charge you shipping for each. If I can save an average of $20 (2 boxes) in shipping costs per shipment I will always look at amazon first. Price looks pretty close to the same though
I imagine it is free in name only -- it's just subsidized by the premium you pay for ordering from a McMaster or SmallParts. Much like McMaster shipping is generally cheaper than it is to have any other supplier overnight things to your door.
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