Finalnight
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- Mar 5, 2003
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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Finalnight
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Finalnight
Leave neg or neutral, if anything I usually upgrade people's shipping for free because I don't trust the option they paid for.
WTF?!? Then WHY OFFER IT.
please go spread your lies elsewhere.
Look at my ebay and heatware feedback before you call me a liar.
I offer the cheap shipping option to get the bids, but end up with a good profit anyway, its a loss leader tactic.
You are extremely disrepectful and your comment was uncalled for.
It makes absolutely NO sense. If you were going to include a better shipping method at the same price it would be more inticing to do so...if you are only charging those that pick the upgrade you are screwing your customers.
What?
Finalnight's tactic-
$20 BIN, $3 ship looks more enticing than $20 BIN $5 ship, encourages people to buy (that's his theory anyway).
When prompted with checkout, buyer is presented with $3 first class or $5 priority. Seller bumps all first class postage to priority anyway.
If anything, I view it as price discrimination. As long as he's profiting he doesn't care. It's not necessarily "screwing the customer", merely maximizing the amount they are willing to pay for shipping.
i got the idea from his posts that he will charge say $2 for first class, and the buyer will pay $2 for first class, but he will actually pay $5 to ship it out priority.
CORRECT SIR!
Its called taking care of the customer and proactively avoiding problems.
remember: Always underpromise and overdeliver.
Its no different that ticket agents who see that a customer has long legs or is being polite, etc, and upgrading them for free. Its only pricing discrimation if I am basing upon race, religion, etc.
Many online retailers do this, I ususally get it with a faster than advertised service at Amazon, BN, buy.com, etc.