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Subject: 
US TRU shipping prices
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lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
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



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: US TRU shipping prices
 
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
 
(...) 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
 
(...) 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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