SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum

SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum (http://forums.sv650.org/index.php)
-   Bikes - Talk & Issues (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=129)
-   -   Dont order from.... (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=58350)

Iansv 15-03-05 04:09 PM

I always remember getting a laptop dvd drive in a huge monitor sized box !!

also had some replacement laptop memory come in a box that could easily have fitted a tft screen :lol:

gotta love dell

Anonymous 15-03-05 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderman
There are a few companies who have sensible P&P scales. Some do it by weight some do it by number of items and others by cost of item

The last one seems the most sensible to me. If an item costs less than a fiver chances are its also pretty small and lightweight. So the postage should be realative

Pah, rubbish! What about a bag of sand? or even a huge box of feathers? Or a hot air balloon (complete with hot air).

jonboy 15-03-05 04:25 PM

You've been riding your new bike again haven't you? I can tell cos the adrenaline's obviously still surging round your system. :lol:


.

Ed 15-03-05 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt
Quote:

Originally Posted by Professor
I recently posted Sythree 2 sets of novelty ears.............

:shock:

At least he'll be easy to spot on the rideout :lol:

...and they arrived next day in perfect nick (shame Mrs forgot to tell me!) and they were in a good sized padded envelope. Yes, it was all of 47p. I'm glad Professor didn't charge me £3.03 to pack the envelope and walk it to the post box.

Incidentally I'm using the tiger ears & tail at the moment and they do provoke a reaction. Some people laugh. Others don't....

Spiderman 15-03-05 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonboy
You've been riding your new bike again haven't you? I can tell cos the adrenaline's obviously still surging round your system. :lol:


.

I'm asuming that was aimed at the good Dr for ripping into my post.

Amazing the after affects of a good ride. I'm sure it keeps us all younger too.

I'm 68 dont ya know :D

jonboy 15-03-05 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderman
I'm 68 dont ya know :D

You feel it, I look it :shock: .

(Whoops, thread derailed)

.

nickj 15-03-05 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey
Quote:

Originally Posted by nickj
I work in distribution (not royal mail) and i don't think £3.50 is expensive at all. Try sending it through another parcel carrier and see what that would cost. A lot of mail order firms are having to swallow a proportion of the delivery costs to be competitive.

Yes but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by clanger
...when sending them back in a padded envelope recorded delivery was £1.16.


He then took it to the post office himself, stood in a queue to send it recorded.

A company like hein gericke is probably doing multiple parcels a day and it 's not possible for them to do this. They also have to advertise a price that will probably represent a large majority of items they send where on some they will make some but this is then swallowed by the items that cost more to send. It's not possible for someone with a catalogue to weigh everything in it and work out an individual price on each item and charge on that basis.

They also have to pay somebody to find the item in their warehouse, check it, pack it etc.

That's a lot more to it then just putting it into an envelope and posting.

Personally i would not worry about the postage as this is advertised and something you already know about but i would be ****ed off about the change of price in the product.

RenamedMonkey 16-03-05 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickj
Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey
Quote:

Originally Posted by nickj
I work in distribution (not royal mail) and i don't think £3.50 is expensive at all. Try sending it through another parcel carrier and see what that would cost. A lot of mail order firms are having to swallow a proportion of the delivery costs to be competitive.

Yes but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by clanger
...when sending them back in a padded envelope recorded delivery was £1.16.


He then took it to the post office himself, stood in a queue to send it recorded.

A company like hein gericke is probably doing multiple parcels a day and it 's not possible for them to do this. They also have to advertise a price that will probably represent a large majority of items they send where on some they will make some but this is then swallowed by the items that cost more to send. It's not possible for someone with a catalogue to weigh everything in it and work out an individual price on each item and charge on that basis.

They also have to pay somebody to find the item in their warehouse, check it, pack it etc.

That's a lot more to it then just putting it into an envelope and posting.

Personally i would not worry about the postage as this is advertised and something you already know about but i would be p*ssed off about the change of price in the product.

Yes but I don't really see this P&P thing to be the real issue here. This is a complete derail.




What's more concerning, as I've already pointed out, is that they have tried to charge Clanger more than was said in the catalogue, and without stating before putting the transaction through.

P&P is what it is, some people will think it's steep, some wont, it's besides the point, they have it cleared indicated in the catalogue - take it or leave it.

Biker Biggles 16-03-05 07:47 PM

PUT A SOCK IN IT :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

OF.uk 16-03-05 08:03 PM

I only charge £3.50 on ebay for the bungee nets INCLUDING p+p. 2nd class post 83p, envelope ***k all, post it when I'm passing, and I still make a profit :D , even make a SMALL profit when selling them to you lot for £3 all in :wink:
I've still got some left if anyone else is interested :D

I know, I know, another shameless plug :lol: :lol: :lol:


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:59 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.