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How do companies offer Free shipping
With the cost of shipping a guitar across the country being $80 and up,
How do a lot of places offer free shipping? I bought a Washburn hard case on amazon that needed some fixing for $40, shipped free. It was shipped in a double size box that originally contained 2 of the cases, each in their own box. |
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They bake their shipping cost into the price you pay.
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+1 Both great responses. |
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I think about this a lot. If I have to ship a book to Ontario, it costs me between like $7 and $30. $7 for the slowest ground, no tracking. $30 for 3-5 day with tracking. For even faster delivery, it costs more.
Often I order from online stores, where it's a minimum of $35 or $50 or $75 or whatever. So I have to hunt around to find like 4 or 5 or 6 or whatever items. So I do that, then order. My order often ships in 2 or 3 or 4 or whatever separate packages, arriving at separate times. The conclusion I have come to, is that the average Joe shipper is very much subsidizing the big companies shipping costs. They are getting a deal that is ridiculously low, while we pay the bill. |
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No matter what they claim, NO company offers "free" shipping.
Shipping is just already factored into the price. Oh and companies that do lots of shipping negotiate cheaper shipping than you or I could. |
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What do you suggest for us plebs who need to ship stuff? |
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I don't mind them working the "free" shipping into their costs. That's fine. What I wonder about is why their shipping to me seems way less than my shipping to them.
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I always wondered about that, too. I figure shipping is probably factored into the price and if the seller is large enough, they cut a good deal with FedEx or UPS. Can't think of any other way.
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You and I can't negotiate for shipping only one thing. Imagine how many packages Amazon Prime ships - hence they can negotiate the lowest shipping costs in the universe. |
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What bait are we taking, free shipping?
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I still think you're missing my point. It's fair if we all pay our share, but if the single shippers subsidize the big companies, well... |
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Can you explain further why someone shipping only one thing should expect to pay the same rate as a company (or an individual) that/whom has a negotiated and signed a contract to ship zillions of things ... economy of scale, and all? |
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Can you explain how if I order 3 items from Amazon, and they cost $35, with free shipping, and Amazon ships them in 3 different packages, it would cost me more that $35 to ship them back? |