What happened to the chip sales on megabigpower.com? Thought there were cheap packs of ~10 chips for October delivery? $98/chip compared to ~$31/chip in the H-Board seems like highway robbery.

edit: Just realized the $98/chip order ships NOW vs the October delivery of the H-Board. Will you be relisting bulk chip sales for October? I'd be interested in a few dozen chips to experiment with overclocking the chips(moar voltage!).

Dave:

This post applies only to shipments within the US...

What exactly do you mean by "USPS standard"? Do you mean USPS Priority Mail? That usually delivers in 2 or 3 (depending on destination) calendar days (but no delivery on Sundays or holidays). This does not have a money-back guarantee if delivered late. In my experience (shipping hundreds of packages a day), about 13% of USPS Priority Mail shipments were delivered later than 3 days.

Or do you mean something really slow like USPS Standard Post (previously known as USPS Parcel Post)? I sure hope not, as it's not much cheaper (actually more expensive in some cases!) than USPS Priority Mail and is quite a bit slower. For example, a 5 pound package shipped USPS Standard Post from 98203 (Everett WA) to 10001 (NYC NY) costs $14.20 and takes 8 calendar days. But if shipped USPS Priority Mail in a 12x12x5.5" flat-rate box, it costs just $1.10 more ($15.30) and delivers 6 days sooner (2 calendar days). Getting a shipment 6 days sooner is currently worth $165 per 25GH!

And for expedited ($199), do you mean USPS Priority Mail Express (previously known as USPS Express Mail)? That delivers in 1 or 2 (depending on destination) calendar days, and can deliver on Sundays and holidays if an extra $12.50 fee is paid at the time of shipment. This does have a money-back guarantee if delivered late. In my experience, 6% of USPS Priority Mail Express shipments were delivered later than the guaranteed time. As for how many destinations get a 2-day guarantee instead of real overnight, I don't have stats handy, but it's alot.

Or will you be using FedEx (directly, not through USPS) for expedited shipping, which provides real overnight delivery to (almost?) all US destinations?

Points to note:
USPS Priority Mail Express is not always "overnight" even within the continental US.
USPS Priority Mail Express is usually only 1 day faster than USPS Priority Mail.
Not everyone knows that USPS runs their transportation network 7 days a week, so Priority Mail shipped Sat is often delivered Mon even all the way across the country. Only the final delivery trucks take Sundays and holidays off, except for a few delivering the Express Mail for which the $12.50 extra fee was paid.
USPS Standard Post is much slower than USPS Priority Mail, yet is sometimes more expensive, especially if the contents can fit in flat-rate Priority boxes.


To summarize...
Dave, is free shipping going to be USPS Standard Post (2-8 days) or USPS Priority Mail (2-3 days)? If USPS Standard Post, please consider spending a few bucks extra (if that) to upgrade to USPS Priority Mail.
And what city will you ship from? Everett WA? Knowing this will help those of us in the US guess how much expedited shipping is worth to us.

For the Canadian and other international orders, we are still waiting for details on expedited shipping. I have emailed Yvonne as you suggested Dave, but have not heard anything back.

Fedex international priority would be the preferred option, as it provides true overnight service from a US drop point to a Canadian destination.

As I have a pretty standard online account, I get discounts on Priority mail that I DO NOT get on the slower parcel post (standard mail).  Often it is more expensive for me to ship slower then faster.  Past a certain weight FEDEX ground is cheaper and faster then parcel post, so I just don't use super slow parcel post much.  Really the slowest standard that people use is UPS ground which is up to 5 business days or one week and less if the package starts in the middle of the country. 

In my posts above, I used the commercial (i.e. usps.com, Endicia, Stamps.com, etc) price for Priority. Standard only has a retail price, but it looks like Parcel Select is the commercial equivalent and is just about the same price as retail Standard.

Shipping to Salt Lake City UT (860mi):

FedEx Ground: $9.01, 2 business days
USPS Standard Post: $11.64, 8 calendar days
USPS Priority Mail: $12.97, 2 calendar days

USPS Priority Mail Express: $34.08, 1 calendar day
FedEx Priority Overnight: $60.64, 1 business day

Thanks bro. That had not occurred to me. A calculator you say, huh?

Wonder why none of us thought about doing something like that?  What an amazing concept, eh?

I don't think those are the correct chips she is holding.
Could be worth a trade though, lol.