[Boatanchors] Electronic Goldmine parts

Wed Mar 5 12:11:55 EST 2014

Just remember, no good deed goes unpunished.

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From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of revcom at wbsnet.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:01 PM
To: Bill O'Brien
Cc: Boat Anchors List; Pete Lancashire
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Electronic Goldmine parts

Well.....sorry I even mentioned it.  Was a good deal for me as got some real nice knobs at, I thought, a good price.

I paid $11.54 Shipping if that helps any, for 3 bags of knobs.  Which I thought was not unreasonable.  I just shipped a package to Wichita KS from here, small box via UPS, freight charge is $20.54????

Shipping has become a major expense in our business, we get 8-10 boxes a day in our operation and freight charges amount to nearly 10% of the cost of goods, even with bulk shipping.....

Sorry........

Rod
KØEQH

> Pete, tell us how you really feel! :-) Buying products shouldn't 
> require copious amounts of lubricant and the services of a proctologist.
> Unfortunately, in this age of gotcha, it does. Just wish Rod Hogg had 
> mentioned how much shipping he paid. Somebody hand me a rotten egg. 
> I'm getting angry again. ;-)
>
> -O'B.
> ex-KA2MKI
>
> On 3/5/2014 11:06 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote:
>> You to can buy one ..  but wait there's more ... Only $9.95  and in a 
>> very small font plus S+H ...
>>
>> To a lot of people making a bit of "hidden" profit on each sale is 
>> much more important the keeping a good customer who will come back.
>>
>> Today it is even worse, there are not entries on an MBA's spread 
>> sheet called "customer satisfaction" on a column on the bottom right 
>> that says profit.
>>
>> I've bought via the E over 1,000 items 75% Test & Measurement, %10 
>> Manuals and Magazines.
>>
>> The worst are those that sell a manual for $25 and then want $12.50 
>> to ship it. In all cases except maybe 5 ? .. the answer back has been 
>> that is what it is and unspoken take it or leave it. In most cases I 
>> 'leave it'. A couple times I've written the CEO/President of a BIG 
>> manual seller, never gotten a reply, nor expected one.
>>
>> Manuals can be shipped USPS Book rate, or even First Class for less 
>> the $12.50.
>>
>> Back to you knobs. Pretty much the same. The seller could care less 
>> if you buy them or not, and by the end of the year they can throw 
>> them out and write them off .. see .. they saved money at the end of 
>> the quarter,  give that accountant a raise !!!!
>>
>> So the little mom and pop see's this and says to them selves I too 
>> can 'make money' this way ... but for some reason they just can't 
>> figure out why no one want to buy what they have for sale ..
>>
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>> sorry .. but in one of those moods
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>> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Bill O'Brien <hardedge at optonline.net 
>> <mailto:hardedge at optonline.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Just ordered two bags of knobs - $17.90
>>     Charged me $14.07 for USPS shipping.
>>     Seems a bit high. If it turns out that the knobs fit in a small
>>     priority flat rate box ($5.50) I'm really not going to be a happy
>>     camper.
>>
>>     Order Date : 3/5/2014 10:08:49 AM Eastern
>>     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     ITEM# DESCRIPTION QTY TOTAL
>>     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     G19803 Antique Used Control Knobs (Assortment 2 $17.90
>>     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     SUB TOTAL: $17.90 TAX: $0.00 SHIPPING: $14.07 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
>>     - (US CONTINENTAL ONLY) ORDER TOTAL: $31.97Just sayin'.
>>
>>     -O'B.
>>     ex-KA2MKI
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