[Boatanchors] Electronic Goldmine parts

[Bill O'Brien]

I was born and raised in NYC and nice knobs were always at a premium 
there. And it had nothing to do with the price of the knobs. UPS and 
USPS are different birdies, A medium flat rate box is $11.50  ($5.50 for 
small) for anything less than 70lbs at the USPS. If you think you got a 
deal then what's deal? Am I not allowed to express my opinion without 
people manufacturing outrage and suggesting I have "anger issues"?

-O'B.
ex-KA2MKI

On 3/5/2014 12:00 PM, revcom at wbsnet.org wrote:
> 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
>
>
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>
>> 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 ..
>>>
>>>
>>> sorry .. but in one of those moods
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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