actually to take it a step further, thay did not even have the product in stock, it had to be ordered from the manufacturer then shipped to them then shipped to me...I ordered the medchandise 10 days ago...I understand small companies and thaey try to do the best that they can but I dispise one that sends you a "Total Due" invoice then charges additional and undisclosed amounts. I did expect to pay for shipping, I just expected it to be disclosed up front, not an amount that I would be unaware of. Bill Serckie Coldwell Banker Real Estate & Mortgage Services 2 River Place Suite "K" Lansing, IL 60438 Office # (708) 889-2739 Fax # (708) 360-5787 Cell # (773) 251-5234 --- On Wed, 10/8/08, Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Honest Charly's Speed Shop To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 4:29 PM Blame it on UPS! A lot of mail order places have contracts with UPS. There's a minimum charge of at least $7 on anything, even if it could be stuck in a standard envelope and mailed USPS for $0.42. USPS is usually better for shipping small items, but the deal with UPS seems to keep shops from using USPS also, or maybe UPS just makes it so convenient for them. Can't have an employee going to the post office or packing and shipping small orders for $2 or so (got to pay someone to stuff and stamp even envelopes!). ---------------- From: WILLIAM SERCKIE <realtorbill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > Just a warning...I placed an order with Honest Charley's Speed Shop, as the deal > > with some SoCal Speed Shop memorabilia...my order was a mere $39.00 and I > > received an e-mail invoice showing only thet amount, $39.00 and $53.00 was > > billed to my credit card...Their response, wer don't list a shipping charge but > > you should expect on. > > > > I asked why $14.00 for a small order and they said that they charge that as a > > minimum umless it's something that they can stick in a catalog, then it's only a > > $2.00 shipping charge... mMy order weighs less than 8 oz... > > > -- Frank Swygert Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC) For all AMC enthusiasts http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html (free download available!) _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081008/72ee059f/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list