slravenel
Well-Known Member
Help me to understand something here –
I have noticed that quite a few of the larger companies in this sport (I don't want to name any names just yet, but they are 2 manufacturers, and one large supplier) have this thing where they totally rape the customer with shipping charges. Why is this? Countless times throughout my build I have needed a small part or a handful of small pieces. Pieces that should fit in a box the size of a BigMac….yet "shipping charges" are $20+…. What the fawk is that?
$30 - $40 part, weighs less than a pound, smaller than a 5x5 box….no way in hell I'm paying $27 to ship that.
So I go to the small guy vendors….well most of them are just drop shipping from the OEMs anyway…so they stick you with the shipping too.
Why is this a thing? Why are these companies gouging the customers on shipping?
Why do we, as customers, put up with that ****?
I guess my rant is over
I have noticed that quite a few of the larger companies in this sport (I don't want to name any names just yet, but they are 2 manufacturers, and one large supplier) have this thing where they totally rape the customer with shipping charges. Why is this? Countless times throughout my build I have needed a small part or a handful of small pieces. Pieces that should fit in a box the size of a BigMac….yet "shipping charges" are $20+…. What the fawk is that?
$30 - $40 part, weighs less than a pound, smaller than a 5x5 box….no way in hell I'm paying $27 to ship that.
So I go to the small guy vendors….well most of them are just drop shipping from the OEMs anyway…so they stick you with the shipping too.
Why is this a thing? Why are these companies gouging the customers on shipping?
Why do we, as customers, put up with that ****?
I guess my rant is over