Members mike.sartori Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I got my enclosures and PC boards days and days ago, COME ON SMALL BEAR! I WANNA BUILD SOME PEDALS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members comfortablynumb Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I got my enclosures and PC boards days and days ago, COME ON SMALL BEAR! I WANNA BUILD SOME PEDALS! Yes. This is the main reason I usually order from PPP. They're good people there but the wait time gets me sometimes. I believe they only ship orders on Fridays so take that into consideration next time you order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pbone Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yes. This is the main reason I usually order from PPP. They're good people there but the wait time gets me sometimes. I believe they only ship orders on Fridays so take that into consideration next time you order. {censored} thaaaaaaaaaat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TweedBassman Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 i think it's tuesday/thursday or tuesday/friday or something; and if you order wednesday night, you're not making it on thuurs/fri batch so it'll take about a week to ship. sucks for sure... but where else are you gonna find some of that stuff? PPP for the usual stuff, small bear when you really gotta dig for unusual parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members comfortablynumb Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yeah you just have to suck it up if you need anything remotely scarce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SonicVI Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I only use Small Bear when there's no alternative or I don't need the parts as soon as possible. With Mouser it takes two days vs two weeks with Small Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cloudscapes Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I've ordered *checks* 16 times since 2006 orders ranging from twenty bucks to $250. theyve always been real quick about it (two weeks before I recieve it from when I ordered, max) and I'm a country away. odd........... maybe its because I consider 10 days to be relitavelly quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Optimus Prime Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I ordered some stuff Monday, it shipped yesterday and will be here tomorrow. I usually order from PPP, but they don't have all the resistors I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 smallbear are extremely busy so it takes a little while.i use them cause they have a lot of stuff and its easy to find on the site.ppp is fine for boxes and 3PDT's but they dont have {censored} all compared to smallbear..then sb has {censored} all compared to mouser and allied, but they still stock NOS and Germanium trannies which the big guys dont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L_Z_nut Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 ^ Only 5 more posts to being more pathetic Neddy j/k Never had a problem with them shipping stuff to Canada. About/less than a week, and probably only 1 in every 10 packages had the wrong/missing part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 3 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yeah I already got the enclosures, jacks, switches and knobs I ordered from PPP, I got the PC boards I ordered from BYOC, but no components yet. I am looking to build some wicked sweet DOD 250's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SUPER VELCROBOY Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 smallbear is indeed slow, but smallbear overall is good for the community because it serves the demand of the diyer. If it's enclosures and pc boards, i can recommend you a lot better places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YourHerodDGC Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 smallbear? Whenever I order from them, my stuff gets there creepily fast. Like it almost seems impossibly fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 everything me or amp_surgeon have ever ordered from small bear got here FAST. hes not so quick with answering emails, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dap99 Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yeah, SM is hit and miss. I really like Steve, he's called me when the post office was running slow - he's in Brooklyn so NYC + Civil Service jobs = tough {censored} for you buddy! But I do notice that if you don't order early in the week, it'll be at least a week before you get your stuff. Also, more often than not, something is missing from my orders - so make sure you take stock before you put your stuff away. PPP is 100% w/ me so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I've ordered 2 or 3 times from SmallBear and it's always been ~ 1 week before stuff shipped. No bid deal usually, I just don't order from them when it's time sensitive. I DO like buying from 'the little guy' whenever possible though, and there is the added convenience of having the "good parts" all picked out vs. having to dig through Mouser/Digikey's catalogs. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Also, more often than not, something is missing from my orders - so make sure you take stock before you put your stuff away. always,every single order ive made has had missing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 just got home from work, STILL NO PARTS FROM SMALL BEAR!!!! :mad::arg::arg::arg::arg::mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted April 25, 2008 Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ya i like Steve as well, real standup kinda guy but ill have to admit that it does take quite a while to receive parts. Im in NY as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted April 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ya i like Steve as well, real standup kinda guy but ill have to admit that it does take quite a while to receive parts. Im in NY as well I'm only 3.5 hours away (from the city), it's ridiculous. I have pedals all wired up, with un-populated PCB's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members comfortablynumb Posted April 25, 2008 Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 I hate to bring it up but almost every order of mine has had missing parts as well. I do want to mention an exchange I had with Smallbear a while back, though. I had ordered something which took forever to get here and it was missing the most important parts I needed. It was also the 2nd or 3rd time I had missing parts. I'd emailed them before a couple times and had never gotten responses. I did eventually get replacement parts but never got any kind of confirmation from them that I had problems. Packages just showed up later with me wondering the whole time. Anyway, I send them a nasty email because I was sick of not getting answers and missing parts. I demanded they overnight my parts and actually answer my emails. They did overnight them (though it still took 3 days because overnight doesn't really mean overnight in USPS world) and I finally got a response from them. I apologized for being so nasty but I hope they got the point. I understand being busy.. I've been apart of home businesses that take over your life but you have to make time to communicate with your customers and you have to make sure you at least double check your list when packing orders. Forgetting that many parts is just unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SUPER VELCROBOY Posted April 25, 2008 Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 well i think there is going to come a day when smallbear wishes its customer service had been better. That day is sooner that you would think. Guys like PPP and effectsconnections and others will sooner or later out compete smallbear for the diy business, and smallbear will be a blip in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faldoe Posted April 25, 2008 Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 Small Bear can be fast of slow. Lately then have been messing up my orders... They're $10 for a 3DPT switch is outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armoredfist316 Posted April 25, 2008 Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 Ive ordered a few times and I dont ever recall it taking anymore than 4 days. Usually I have the stuff within a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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