Shipping Costs, Etc.

[NW Mailing List]

On 11/3/2015 11:01 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> List,
>
> As Alex has pointed out there are other factors that come into 
> shipping that buyers do not generally see or care about.
>
> If the Commissary makes a profit on shipping- that is a good thing. 
> It's not about breaking even. The time and materials spent to package 
> an item are not free.
>
> Anyone who has done any amount of shipping, let's say on eBay as I 
> have done for 15 years would know that you can make a small profit on 
> shipping. At the same time- as Alex said- having the customer pay the 
> exact amount for shipping would be highly tedious.
>
> If this was Amazon or some other vendor, I might complain about 
> shipping costs- but for the NWHS, I don't, it's a small organization 
> trying to make ends meet.
>
> Jeff Lisowski
>
> -- 
> "Sic Semper Tyrannis!"
>
Well Jeff,
     It could be all in the way we cook the books.
We could give everything away for free and just charge flat shipping 
rates of $49.99, $99.99, $149.99, etc. depending on the amount of free 
gifts that are requested.

Jimmy Lisle
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