[Noah930]

Holy cow.

I ordered a part (a seal) for the dishwasher. It was a $50 part. Shipping & handling from the vendor was about $11.

Stupidly, I ordered the wrong part, which I realized when it arrived. So I contacted customer service about a return, which they authorized. Obviously they want me to return the incorrectly ordered part in new condition with the manufacturer packaging. Effectively it came as a box within a box. Light (less than a pound?), but large in size: 40" x 9" x 9".

Looking online at their respective websites, to send the package back is ridiculously expensive. USPS wants $68. UPS wants $73. Fed Ex > $100. For a box that, granted, is slightly large but weighs almost nothing!

How is it that vendors can ship stuff for so little compared to what the public has to pay?

I'm almost tempted to lie to the postal service and send it media rate ($5--likely reflective of the package's light weight) and claim it's a poster or manuscript that was ordered incorrectly.