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US TRU shipping prices
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Sun, 10 Sep 2000 12:59:49 GMT
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Is it just me or are these prices kind of steep? Does anyone know an e-tailer
of any size that charges higher ones?
To me, these prices make Pitsco shipping start to look reasonable (it's not,
but you get the idea)
http://www89.toysrus.com/handler.cfm?
sn=pg_zoom&gid=ID689&int_product_id=ID22032#
(unwrap it, then click on "click here" to review our shipping prices. They
make it hard to set up a link to the page. Gee I wonder why? :-)
I dunno if BrickWise(tm) could somehow track how onerous shipping charges
are... it DEFINITELY is a factor, especially if the per item charge is
substantial so that adding items doesn't help bring the shipping down to a
reasonable per unit level.
++Lar
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Actually, Zany Brainy is higher. They charge the $3.00 base fee, plus $1.50 per each "small" item. I found this out by trying to order 100 Oasis Ambush sets when they were on sale. The sets would have cost me $400. Shipping would have cost me $153. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: US TRU shipping prices
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| (...) OOPH! That is outrageous! (...) I think this would make a great addition to the BrickWise(tm) shopping report. Larry is right in that shipping is Definitely a factor. It takes the edge off of a lot of sale prices. Eric Kingsley The New England (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: US TRU shipping prices
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| (...) Wow, that's nasty. And the URL it actually goes to isn't all that complicated, (URL) it's got this annoying "Close window?" thingie that pops up whenever the page loses focus. (...) It's possible -- if it's defined well and pick-apart-able (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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