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Re: Enough already
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 03:01:23 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Stanley writes:
> D. Jezek <danjezek@REMOVEaloha.net> wrote:
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Ben Roller writes:
> > > In lugnet.dear-lego, Dan Jezek writes:
> > > > I thought shipping was free on all items?
> > >
> > > Well, technically it is. But, S@H charges 10% more than retail, so most of • us
> > > just consider that 10% a shipping cost.
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> > Depending on location. Here in Hawaii, retail costs are about 10% more than
> > S&H prices. For example, the super street sensation is $149.99 here at TRU.
> > When the 6090 royal knight's castle first came out, it was $159.99. So it
> > actually comes cheaper to order from S&H here than to go buy it at a store
> > even with the shipping costs.
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> Then it shouldn't bother you, although I pity you those prices.
No, not at all :-)
What bothers me is how much ebay sellers ask for shipping. This other day, a
guy wanted 5 bucks to ship a Message Decoder which only contains 32 pieces.
After I politely pointed out to him that a set this size can fit nicely into
one small postal envelope, he agreed to cut down the shipping to a buck.
> It does bother me, though. Most companies cut you a break on price
> when you order large quantities. Given the "built-in" nature of
> shipping costs at S@H, it only makes logical sense that they would
> also. Maybe the reason they don't, or haven't thought about doing
> it before, is that it is still fairly unusual for someone to call up
> and order 30, 50, 150, or more of something. I know the last time I
> ordered more than 50 of something it seemed to shock the lady on the
> phone..
If they charged shipping costs depending on the number of items, they would
have to have a database of every set available and how much it would cost for
each single set to ship 1, 2, 3 ... 50 copies of. Why not just charge a flat
fee for a set even if the customer has to pay more? It comes up cheaper to
them.
Speaking of S&H, yesterday I called if they have 5571 still available and they
said that it's discontinued. But they had it 3 months ago. Back then, the
lady said that they have "limited quantities" and didn't want to say how
many. Maybe they will pop up again.
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| (...) Then it shouldn't bother you, although I pity you those prices. It does bother me, though. Most companies cut you a break on price when you order large quantities. Given the "built-in" nature of shipping costs at S@H, it only makes logical (...) (27 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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