Is it wrong to space random thoughts over 5 different posts to give yourself an unfair advantage?
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Anyway...there has been some great advice in this thread.
People who advocate free shipping most likely don't own a business.
The most important thing is to listen to your customer base.
Edit: These five posts in row were my way of making a point.
If it upsets anyone, that was not my intention.
Now...if I win, then we can talk.
People who advocate free shipping most likely don't own a business.
The most important thing is to listen to your customer base.
Edit: These five posts in row were my way of making a point.
If it upsets anyone, that was not my intention.
Now...if I win, then we can talk.
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ok I am gonna add my 2 cents on the shipping cost. I get many businesses can not afford to do free shipping, so I don't mind paying a reasonable amount for shipping costs. But this flat rate crap while great for bigger orders is really stupid for small orders.
Example the other day I went to order some new o-rings, I only needed 2 and the place I HAD been going to buy from will sell just 2 if I want, but why on earth would I pay $5 shipping on $0.30 worth of o-rings? Needless to say I didn't order them.
Example the other day I went to order some new o-rings, I only needed 2 and the place I HAD been going to buy from will sell just 2 if I want, but why on earth would I pay $5 shipping on $0.30 worth of o-rings? Needless to say I didn't order them.
Flat rate shipping for a large order, free shipping when the order is over $40 or $50 sounds good to me.
NancyR...so true...a few "o" rings would only cost a postage stamp on an envelope!!
NancyR...so true...a few "o" rings would only cost a postage stamp on an envelope!!
Agreed, free shipping on large orders, not just blanket free shipping. I was about to order 2 $3 adapters from a site, would've been $3 for standard 1st class, but if I spent $44 dollars more it would be free priority shipping. I ended up spending $80 total. So definately give free shipping on larger orders to take advantage of people like me 
As someone who ran a mail order business a couple decades ago, remember that when you pay for shipping it includes shipping materials (peanuts, bubblewrap, etc) and the time (all time is money) to package it up.
Yea shipping options are nice to have. One place out of NY offers priority while my main vendor out of IL doesn't. I can usually get the stuff quicker from NY than IL which is only about 4 hours away driving.
So yes, flexible shipping options are a great thing to have. I don't mind paying a fez extra $$ if I need something quicker and standard snail mail can be inconsistent.
So yes, flexible shipping options are a great thing to have. I don't mind paying a fez extra $$ if I need something quicker and standard snail mail can be inconsistent.
The problem with that is that most people are all caught up in delivery confirmation and you can not get DC on a stamped envelope.
while this is true and for a lot of things I want the dc, for things like o-rings I could care less about dc, so give us the option of having that
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Yeah, I can see that as an option. Personally I would prefer the same thing. But I don't know that I would feel comfortable as a seller. Too many would expect to be reimbursed should they not get their order. Then again, they (not all) expect to be reimbursed if there is delivery confirmation and something happens so I really don't know. lol
And many would claim they didn't get it in an attempt to get refunds or extra freebies.
I don't know about many but I would most certainly say some. Enough to make it hard on sellers. I think DC is one of the biggest scams out there (and not blaming the PO here) but it protects the sellers to an extent. As far as a consumer, it would not take long for a vendor to be found out if people started complaining about not receiving their items so it would be pretty stupid to cheat people if they have a desire to stay in business.
I don't know. I view it from both sides unfortunately. As someone without much money, I would love to be able to pay less than a dollar for a few small items I need. Like o-rings. And if it got lost and there weren't other complaints, I would believe the vendor if they said they sent it. But as a vendor, DC would give me a little protection.
A good selection of product online and in the BM store.
A way of sampling juice flavors.
Friendly and knowledgeable employees, they don't have to be experts, just a general understanding of the products and basic vaping safety.
Rowdy.
A way of sampling juice flavors.
Friendly and knowledgeable employees, they don't have to be experts, just a general understanding of the products and basic vaping safety.
Rowdy.
B&m; fair prices, friendly staff, demo stuff
Online; easy to navigate website, fair prices, great selection of "standard" stuff, a selection of special stuff and diy stuff so that you can order erything one place, some diy videos etc.
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Online; easy to navigate website, fair prices, great selection of "standard" stuff, a selection of special stuff and diy stuff so that you can order erything one place, some diy videos etc.
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Reasonable shipping costs and free shipping if you spend more than...let's say...I don't know, $40.00 or more. If a vendor offers free shipping for spending a certain amount of money I almost always find something I want to try out bring my total bill to that goal.
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Rowdy
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Rowdy
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