...what some vendors charge for shipping and handling? Profit should be built into the price, not the add ons. I know I will take flak for this but I am currently complaining about Ireland Engineering's practice of not giving you any shipping options and charging whatever they want after you have placed the order. I ordered a $28 dollar (small) part and was told that a separate email would follow with the final charge with shipping. Two days later there was no email but the charge showed up on my debit card. $42.36! WTH? I know, it's my fault for not getting the info up front but I thought IE had such a great rep they would treat us right. Wrong!
My response:
"14 dollars to ship! Really? You couldn't do any better then that? Come on, there are much better options; USPS would have been 8 bucks confirmed, insured, and tracked. You need to get a lot more efficient with your customers' money. And the fact I didn't have a choice when it came to how you were shipping is just the icing on a bad cake. Shame on you."
OK, rant over. I feel better. Now you can throw your rotten fruit.