Re: [APD] Just a heads up

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

All that really matters is the cost of getting the item into your house. How it' breaks down into unit costs, delivery or shipping charges. Who cares how a compnay covers it's costs and profits. That's their probelm. What matters is what it costs you, including the time and fuel to drive down to the store, if that's how you buy things.
 
My rule of thumb, always check the shipping and delivery charges when figuring costs of ordering on line. If you can't know the costs, and costs matter, then don't make the purchase. There are few things that cannot be gotten at more than one place. Although of those that can be gotten at only one place, AES is one joint tthat probably has a number of them.
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: "Kettle, Sean" <skettle at snclavalinprofac_com>
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:46:32 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] Just a heads up


I can understand a slight mark up for packing materials and potentially
for a salary for someone to physically do it.  Used to be in the old
days that was simply the cost of doing business... Now it's a charge
customers are expected to pay.

BUT

A lot of times, like on eBay, its even beyond that.  I get so frustrated
when I get an eBay purchase and see the actual shipping charge on the
package... It makes me not want to buy online anymore.   But then I see
something cool I just "have to have" 

-----Original Message-----
From: aquatic-plants-bounces+skettle=snclavalinprofac_com at actwin.com
[mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces+skettle=snclavalinprofac_com at actwin.com]
On Behalf Of Jerry Baker
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:42 PM
To: aquatic plants digest
Subject: Re: [APD] Just a heads up

Liz Wilhite wrote:
> I realize that inflating shipping charges is a common ploy on eBay to 
> boost profits, but I had actually expected that a reputable business 
> would not be charging that sort of price for a small, lightweight 
> parcel sent through the mail (not priority, not express, just plain 
> old mail).  I will not be ordering from them again.

Thanks for the pointer. I don't know why a lot of places do this. I
suppose it's just greed. I can't speak for Aquatic Ecosystems, but I can
speak for my former employer. Whenever we shipped replacement parts to
customers we got the price from the UPS software and added 50%. When I
inquired I was told that shipping is a service like anything else and so
we need to make a profit.

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Jerry Baker
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