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Originally Posted by truckster
I wanted to buy a set of Hella headlights from Summit yesterday, but Summit's price for 2 was 95.20 (no free shipping) and Amazon's was $84 and change... shipping included (with the Prime account). Businesses that want to compete are going to have to come up with a better business model.
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I've often run into this same issue...fortunately for me I have big retailers close by...Summit is only a 45 minute drive. So sometimes I can choose convenience over value.
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Originally Posted by Boog
That shipping and "handling" fee is suspect. Just how much "handling" does it take to prep something to be shipped, well besides slapping a label on a box or envelope?
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You got that right Boog...Lately it seems it's just another markup line item that everybody likes to just add on as profit. I purchased an item off eBay recently that was local to me ( nearby, in the same city ). Before I won the item, I contacted the seller and negotiated via email/ebay-messages that I would do a local pickup and he agreed.
Once I was ready to go pickup the item ( a set of surround speakers $160 ) I called the guy on the phone to confirm everything and he couldn't understand why I wasn't willing to pay shipping. He kept trying to explain that the shipping costs were noted in the eBay listing and so that was the deal. I then kept replying that I was picking up the item, there was NO SHIPPING costs involved!
I did not pay shipping!
-klb