Graham Smith Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Over the weekend, I was looking for a good price on something and I ran across a mention in another forum that a large online retailer who I'll call B would give a discount to active and retired military and law. Well I already had an account with B but seldom bought anything if I could find it somewhere else because they were typically more expensive. I checked my account and couldn't find a way to mark my account as retired military. So I started a new account and could do it there - probably something that was added after I started my account. Anyhow, I went to check on the item I wanted and the price at B was now something like $62.15 down from $70.00 - strange discount. I decided to check on a couple items I had on my wishlist at M and they were either not available at B or had a higher price. So, I went to check out and found that for this one item, which would fit in a small flat rate postage container, B wanted me to pay $12.95 in shipping - ground shipping at that. I already knew that I could get it from the maker for $75 shipped so I was darned if I was going to give B one penny more. This is not the first time I've seen inflated shipping charges, but I've rarely seen anything as blatant as charging $12.95 for a package that would cost me $5.00 to send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 It gets much, much worse living in Canada buying from the US. But I agree. Hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 So many times I backed out of purchasing something due to shipping charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak47traxx Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 So many times I backed out of purchasing something due to shipping charges. +1 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 This thread was closed because the content/topic was judged not to be in line with the rules of the Hate Forum. (mostly likely politics or shooting related..which are out of bounds) Please review what you are..ahhh...allowed to hate. Hate Forum Rules: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 [note: this is a generic reply] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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