Wow...shipping and handling kills

[HomerSapien]

I just bought a "One day in the life of Ivan Desonivich" for $3.00 from amazon. Shipping was 3.50..im thinking i should have just made the drive to borders in san antonio. wow...

How do they get away with this? i know computer parts are just as ridiculous in terms of shipping. Oh well, i guess its what i get for being lazy.

 

[Windogg]

I have my copy from high school. I would've just sent it to ya.

 

[Elita1]

Ha! it certainly can.
Not to mention border tax on parcels. That's a big oomff to the wallet as well.
Last parcel I payed for was a box of baby clothes sent to me (thankyou, relatives) was about 40$ canadian, cause they didn't pay the tax. So I ended up paying for most of the stuff in the parcel!

 

[Darein]

Shipping and handling really sucks to Hawaii, since most stuff is 2 days, maybe 3, UPS or sometimes FedEx

 

[RDMustang1]

$3.50 is low, but when put on a $3 item it's high!

 

[MichaelD]

LOL@AngyMuffin! Envelope...HA!

 

[amdforlife]

i didnt like that book anyway...its worth 3 bucks..but not 6.50

 

[pulse8]

<< Shipping and handling really sucks to Hawaii, since most stuff is 2 days, maybe 3, UPS or sometimes FedEx >>



You can't get ground service in Hawaii?

 

[amdforlife]

speakin of hawaii..ive got a nice lil story here.

i was with a friend in Cali, and we saw a car's license plate that said hawaii. so he asked, &quot;hawaii...damn, wonder how long it took them to drive here.&quot; i looked at him, to see if he was joking. face as straight as ever. then i say, &quot;and just how did they get here?&quot; and he says, &quot;probably bering straight&quot;

 

[Jfur]

Darein, I hear you about Hawaii. No free shipping, a lot of places won't ship at all, many freaks who claim **USPS** costs more to ship to Hawaii, and then my favorite: idiots who don't realize Hawaii id part of the US and want to charge &quot;international&quot; shipping.
:disgust:

 

[HomerSapien]

Muffin, you must spend most of your time in the hot deals forum where it is normal to be a big meanie.

 

[HomerSapien]

Why couldnt they just put my address as the return address and use an envelope and stamp??

 

[FriedToast]

Muffin's actually right on target. I just got a DVD from someone that sent it only using one 34 cent stamp. Said that it'd worked w/ other ppl fine before. Didn't make any sense to me. Even got me some neutral HW for the trouble of complaining because I had to pay $1.05 at the PO in order to get the DVD. Go figure.

 

[PorsheBoxer]

we got 2 copys of the d2 X-Pac and it came to around 90 or so and the shippin was 12 so it was ok and it was from future shop.

 

[FriedToast]

Muffin-
I originally left a neutral HW for him. I even explained it in the HW, so ppl would know what was up. I think his neutral was in retaliation. Or maybe it was because I misspelled his name when I left HW.

I thought it was lame, too. But hey- I don't care. He's on my do-not-trade list now, so it doesn't matter.

 

[Nucleophyle]

LOL here's an extreme example of shipping overkill. KD Computers is selling 4 screws for a case fan for a whole 15 cents. Sounds reasonable until you factor in UPS ground shipping which to my location is $6.53.

That's a 4300% premium on the original purchase price! :Q

Granted, if you're bundling this with other purchases from the same company, this effect will be minimized, but there you go.

 

[Anfield]

Should have got &quot;Notes from Underground&quot;. It's a better book.

 

[FriedToast]

Yah, you're gettin' screwed.