[Mccoypottery-talk] shipping

[mccoy@mccoypottery.com]

Hello:  i agree with Barb that the cost of proper safe packing and
shipping is not cheap nor a rip off, nor a way for the seller to make a
profit.  It is not inexpensive to ship fragile large items such as cookie
jars etc.  A proper job of packing requires, sound new boxing materials,
double boxing and packing materials, then the cost of shipping is a
weight, zone and manner of shipping determination.

Taking it a step further, I ordered an 8oz. box of a British gravey mix
called Bisto.  The item was $4.00 and the shipping was $8.00 coming from
west coast to midwest. It was packaged well and the shipping weight along
with the priority mail (cheaper than First Class) was not out of line.  I
just tried to reason the cost of a product at half the cost of packing and
shipping. Then I had to determine just how bad I wanted the item.  Cheers!
 Terry

> I'm not sure if I posted this here before or not, but a story about
> shipping.
>
> Last year I bought a cookie jar on a live auction without checking the
> shipping prices. When I went to pay, the shipping charges were
> $25.!!!!!!  I couldn't believe it, but figured it was my fault for not
> checking it out first.
>
> Well I get the box and it's the wrong jar.  I call them up, of course they
> apologize and say send the jar back and tell us how much it costs to ship.
> We'll send right jar and also a check for shipping costs.  HAH, I figured
> it was going to cost me $25. no matter what.
>
> Well surprise-surprise .. it actually did cost me $22.50  to ship the jar
> back to them via UPS, the same way they sent it to me. So -- shipping may
> not always be a rip off. And it only went from somewhere in Indiana to
> Oklahoma (and back).
>
>
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