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Originally Posted by javadog
Shipping is never free. Whether you pay for it directly, or it's built into the price, nobody does it for "nothing". Shipping costs also have nothing to do with the price of an item. It's all down to size and weight of the package. Most people try to order things so they can ship multiple items together. If I were needing a $2 part, I might choose to buy it locally and pay no shipping.
Where you shop is up to you. Wayne has talked about shipping many times before and he's even changed the way things are done, in an attempt to fix some of these perceived issues. It's a complex issue. I don't mind paying for shipping. It is what it is. I'm not a huge fan of the Amazon model of selling.
JR
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with pelican selling the same springs for 30 more with shipping I don't think the other place has added shipping into the cost.
I know with the shoes my wife bought, we saw them in a store for the same price, online had free overnight shipping with free returns. the store did not have the color she wanted.
the online place may get the shoes cheap enough that they can eat over night shipping. zappos and dillards were the 2 stores.
I see some of the prices pelican charges for parts, they have room for free shipping on some things,
take CV joint bolts. I bought a bag of 50 from Fastenal for about the same price of what I would have paid for enough just to do the car. I think it was 24??
I needed a few intake gaskets. shipping was more than the gaskets.
this is a GREAT site, wayne has a captive customer pool here. it would be nice to get some breaks on the shipping, especially when you need just one thing.