Exorbitant shipping and costs

[Sugarfoot]

Personally I love all the reviews of juices and many I would like to try. However, I find that some venders of "premium" juices charge shipping and handling that is simply out of line. I will not be purchasing from these venders and therefore may never get to sample their 'premium' products. I give kudos to shops who offer free shipping or reasonable rates for small packages and they will get MY business. Five to six dollars for sample bottles is outrageous! Competition is keen and I vote with my $.

 

[swedishfish]

I agree, some shipping is beyond crazy.

 

[WyattDerp]

Shipping can be outrageous even if they have small samplers. If you want to, I have a Youtube channel for reviews where I analyze pricing on juice to see if it is budget efficient taking into account cost of the juice AND shipping. Check it out!

Jaemanu12's Channel - YouTube

 

[hairball]

They only way to offset high shipping is to hopefully hit a sale to try out their juice.

 

[Sugarfoot]

Thanks, Hairball - for all the snooping around you do and posting on "Deals & Steals." It is my 'bookmarked' page for ECF.

Hey - find us a deal on 'free shipping!' Thanks

 

[DaveP]

I buy small bottles when I place a larger order and get more for my shipping costs that way. I agree that sample bottles don't weigh as much, but I think they are mostly using USPS flat rate for the size of the envelope they send.

I try to order 50ml minimum when I order. Of course, that doesn't help you much if you are trying to find a juice you like through sample bottle of many flavors. The cheapest shipping I know of is from Liberty Flights. As I remember, they charge either $1.99 or $2.99 for everything I've ordered, from complete Riva kits to a box or two of cartos.

You may want to do some reading in the threads where people talk about their favorite juices. Just use the search box on the top right to find "favorite juice".

 

[Sweeney Todd]

It's often just not feasible to give free shipping. Some of us do get it as low as we can, anyway.

I usually take the shipping cost as a cost of doing business. Yes, it'd be less of a percent of the total order spent on shipping if I buy a huge order first off, but I never want to buy bulk juices I've never tasted.

 

[Strigoi]

A USPS Small Flat Rate Box costs $5.15 to ship so they aren't really making any money on shipping. Even going USPS First Class shipping will run around $3 for a small package. You also have to remember that shipping supplies for the most part aren't free (USPS FR boxes are though). I don't see how the shipping costs are exorbitant at all. I guess they could seem high if you never ship stuff and have no idea what's actually involved or the prices for stuff.

 

[kenetix]

I think that the vendors do overcharge seeing that you can get bubble mailers for .09 cents each

250 00 Kraft Bubble Mailers Padded envelopes 00

Staples® Standard Bubble Wrap®, 12" x 25' | Staples®

and then shipping by weight for a few sample bottles. Tack on a tracking number (which is useless for usps anyways) and you are at 2-3 max for a few sample bottles.

 

[Nomoreash]

Paying a flat rate box price which is a little over 5 bucks doesn't really bother me, no matter if the order is 15 cents, it still cost to ship it. Some venders prefer just having a flat rate to keep it simple, I can understand that.

If we were doing business locally it's going to cost us 4ish bucks a gallon of gas to get to the vendor, kinda even things out when I think about it that way and can place orders without going anywhere. They can't give things away all the time and stay in business.

 

[tearose50]

The classies is a great place to get to try various juices at a reduced price. You can buy and Sell. Those premium brands often move quickly in any flavor.

I look at it this way -- would you like to pay a lot more for the product and get free shipping (because nothing is free) or have the choice to order more from a vendor to help spread out the shipping costs?

 

[newplague]

I don't have a problem paying the 5 bucks for a flat rate box to my APO. It's better then spending the $$ on Intl. shipping or paying the 19% VAT over here in Europe.

 

[stephpd]

Only time I've been PO'd about shipping was with places in China and not having the option for cheaper, thought much slower, shipping. When you pay more for shipping then the product is worth there is a problem, to me at least.

Inside the USA the costs seldom are more then the $5 or so for priority mail in the flat rate boxes. Even cheaper if shipped first class.

 

[bjannr]

Just keep in mind, that businesses can get a discount rate for shipping if they do a certain volume. So if they charge us 5.00, is that what they are paying? I am not complaining about the charges, just stating a fact. I did shipping for the department I worked in for the first three years of my employment. As employees we were allowed to take advantage of the discount and jus reimburse them for it.