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<blockquote data-quote="TreverT" data-source="post: 161709" data-attributes="member: 373"><p>I can't speak to this transaction one way or another, but I can say that it is VERY easy to be surprised on shipping charges. They're all over the place and trying to do accurate calculations in advance is a waste of time in many cases. Something a state away might cost $5 but the same box going to CA might be $9, plus there is the question of different types of mail people prefer, not to mention the costs of boxes, packing materials, and working time spent boxing and taking the packages to the PO. Really, $5 more than the postage price probably doesn't cover his working time expended in the shipping process - That's why it's calling "Shipping AND Handling". I know we routinely add in a few extra bucks to shipping charges to cover these costs, because boxes and packing aren't free and trips to the PO are lost working time. If this fellow is trying to get rich by being a cheat, he'd do much better on Wall Street than by banking on $5 overcharges snuck into the occasional pipe shipment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TreverT, post: 161709, member: 373"] I can't speak to this transaction one way or another, but I can say that it is VERY easy to be surprised on shipping charges. They're all over the place and trying to do accurate calculations in advance is a waste of time in many cases. Something a state away might cost $5 but the same box going to CA might be $9, plus there is the question of different types of mail people prefer, not to mention the costs of boxes, packing materials, and working time spent boxing and taking the packages to the PO. Really, $5 more than the postage price probably doesn't cover his working time expended in the shipping process - That's why it's calling "Shipping AND Handling". I know we routinely add in a few extra bucks to shipping charges to cover these costs, because boxes and packing aren't free and trips to the PO are lost working time. If this fellow is trying to get rich by being a cheat, he'd do much better on Wall Street than by banking on $5 overcharges snuck into the occasional pipe shipment. [/QUOTE]
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