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Re: Shop at Home Shipping Rates
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Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:35:02 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Justin Pankey wrote:
> Now that the free shipping is over at LSAH, I find myself again very distressed
> about their shipping rates. Remember when we could buy all we wanted for a flat
> maximum rate...I think it was like $10 or $15? This new 5% of the order total
> prevents me from making orders I otherwise would. Yes, I'm sure Lego takes a
> loss on shipping at these rates, but it's really not a loss overall. Obviously
> they make a profit just selling wholesale or they wouldn't be in business at
> all, so selling at full retail making a SIGNIFICANTLY higher profit, they should
> be able to ship a little cheaper.
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> To further fuel my fire today I took a look at their shipping rates to other
> countries around the world. ALL of these countries still have a maximum flat
> rate except the U.S. and Canada. I say we organize a protest ;o)
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> Your thoughts.....
Back when S@H's shipping setup was more advantageous (ie, lower), their prices
were higher -- like 10% over retail, I think. I don't order a lot on S@H, so I
could be mis-remembering.
Also, remember -- there are different costs for selling wholesale vs. retail.
With wholesale operations, LEGO moves a lot of product in a single transaction.
With retail sales, each transaction is a lot smaller. Instead of shipping
entire palettes of product, they end up having to put a couple of sets in a box
for each sale. Retail is a much more expensive operation than wholesale,
Steve
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| (...) Yes, I remember that now, but it was quite a while ago. For the past few years they've sold at regular retail with the flat shipping rate. (...) A very valid point, but I'm not referring to retail outfits like Walmart, TRU, Target, etc. I'm (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| Now that the free shipping is over at LSAH, I find myself again very distressed about their shipping rates. Remember when we could buy all we wanted for a flat maximum rate...I think it was like $10 or $15? This new 5% of the order total prevents me (...) (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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