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Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (Claghorn) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:26:46 +0000

Yep, their web pages are definitely designed for corporate purchasing agents who understand the jargon. Somewhere in there they demanded a fax number as well (I don't have a fax number, so I just used my phone number again). But the parts all seem to be very nice. I'm real close to being able to print again with all new carriages and a direct drive in Y, just have to get the bed level fixed up, and I may have to do something about the hot end possibly being able to wobble slightly in the new mk5 extruder (but there are lots of hints about fixing that scattered around this forum).

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (jagowilson) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:03:35 +0000

Was anyone else frantically trying to figure out what in the world to put in the customer POI field? Took me a few minutes to realize it was for my *own* reference.

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (pirvan) — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:22:58 +0000

Claghorn wrote:

I guess I just don't understand big business :-). Misumi still hasn't charged my credit card and I've got all the parts installed already, but they did just spend $1.15 in postage to send me an invoice that says they'll probably charge my card sometime in a week or so. At least I now know the UPS ground shipping charge was about $13.

YEah, I remember, that was weird for me too. I got the parts, but the CC wasn't charged for nearly a month. I think it has to do with how they invoice. Their entire system is based on purchase orders and 30 day terms.

Anyway, it's nice to know you can inspect what you got before getting charged

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (Claghorn) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:30:00 +0000

I guess I just don't understand big business :-). Misumi still hasn't charged my credit card and I've got all the parts installed already, but they did just spend $1.15 in postage to send me an invoice that says they'll probably charge my card sometime in a week or so. At least I now know the UPS ground shipping charge was about $13.

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (elmoret) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:33:35 +0000

I disagree about McMaster being universally more expensive - for example, I just specced a standard 10mm shaft collar: $1.97 from McMaster, $2.09 from Misumi. An 80MXL belt: $2.57 from McMaster, $3.30 from Misumi. I'd say they're pretty similar, it just depends on the specific part.

My point is they all have significant markups - that knowledge comes from a few years of sourcing directly from manufacturers, both here in North America and in Asia.

Misumi's gross profit in 2014 was $74 Billion on $190 Billion in revenue. Net profit was $18 Billion.

They're doing just fine.

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (jagowilson) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:30:41 +0000

I just ordered 8x LMU8 bearings from these folks because some of the cheap Chinese ones I got have developed slop and squealing (which I've sadly narrowed down to the bearing and not any other component )

Glad to hear it will be high quality stuff. At almost $6 a bearing, it better be!!

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (pirvan) — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:23:20 +0000

elmoret wrote:

Their profit is made on the markup on their products.

I disagree with that, I bought a whole bunch of things from Misumi, and their prices are much more reasonable that McMaster Carr, or Harbor Freight, or Grainger. Also the quality of the product is excellent and service is excellent.

Sure, they're not as cheap as the China/eBay shops, but then again, they're US based, and the quality more than warrants the small premium.

Re: Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (elmoret) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:00:23 +0000

Their profit is made on the markup on their products.

Misumi Packaging :-).

null@example.com (Claghorn) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:56:11 +0000

I just unpacked a bunch of stuff I ordered from Misumi to do the new carriages and Y direct drive mods to my SD2, and can't believe how insanely packaged it all was. One big box with inflated padding, with small boxes (sealed with mass quantities of packing tape) or padded envelopes inside. The shafts I ordered were in the smaller boxes with Styrofoam peanuts, holding rolled up foam sheets, holding sealed plastic bags holding the shafts. The bearings were merely inside plastic bags inside the padded envelope. Hard to believe they can make a profit as much as they spent on packing everything (or course, I still haven't found out how much the shipping charge was because their web pages don't include that, and they still haven't charged my credit card).

Everything certainly looks very nice and high quality. The shafts are certainly very straight and shiny. I'll see how it all goes together in the coming days.