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I'd like to have a rant about the cost of shipping
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<blockquote data-quote="puros_bran" data-source="post: 373773" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>It's not local shipping for the most part....</p><p></p><p>MOST online retailers of goods have fairly cheap/ free shipping..</p><p></p><p>I'll chuck this out to blow your mind a little. RL Allans will ship a box big enough to put a decently packed box holding a 10X8x2 bible to the US for free. I know what that cost them, it's got to hurt..but they do the logical thing and just eat it to prevent needing to wholesale to retailers (they do have authorized retailers in the States) preferring to deal directly with the customer. </p><p></p><p>I'll say it, The world worst used to be C&D. If you dealt with them direct it cost more per pound AND more for shipping than if you went to their retailers. I guess old man Tarler preferred not to be bothered with such. </p><p></p><p>As for the ebay shipping rates. On some orders (local and international) it is greed. On others it's just ignorance of what it cost to ship, either on the seller or the buyers part. Some sellers try to make you pay for the box, the tape, the ink pen to write with, gas money, 1/30th of a car payment.. Oh and don't forget the insurance and my time. I get paid $20 an hour at work and it take 2 hours to mail so add that in too. Some buyers think all shipping should be free, there's a happy medium. I've noticed "free shipping" rare/expensive books sell for significantly more money that "price + shipping" basically absorbing the shipping and still turning a profit off of the "I get free shipping" mindset.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puros_bran, post: 373773, member: 10"] It's not local shipping for the most part.... MOST online retailers of goods have fairly cheap/ free shipping.. I'll chuck this out to blow your mind a little. RL Allans will ship a box big enough to put a decently packed box holding a 10X8x2 bible to the US for free. I know what that cost them, it's got to hurt..but they do the logical thing and just eat it to prevent needing to wholesale to retailers (they do have authorized retailers in the States) preferring to deal directly with the customer. I'll say it, The world worst used to be C&D. If you dealt with them direct it cost more per pound AND more for shipping than if you went to their retailers. I guess old man Tarler preferred not to be bothered with such. As for the ebay shipping rates. On some orders (local and international) it is greed. On others it's just ignorance of what it cost to ship, either on the seller or the buyers part. Some sellers try to make you pay for the box, the tape, the ink pen to write with, gas money, 1/30th of a car payment.. Oh and don't forget the insurance and my time. I get paid $20 an hour at work and it take 2 hours to mail so add that in too. Some buyers think all shipping should be free, there's a happy medium. I've noticed "free shipping" rare/expensive books sell for significantly more money that "price + shipping" basically absorbing the shipping and still turning a profit off of the "I get free shipping" mindset. [/QUOTE]
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