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Old 01-25-2011, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by melhuff
IF they are actually only charging the actual shipping cost, that might not be too bad...remember they do have the cost of the boxes, packing material, personnel to pull & pack your order, person who took the order and put it into their system...the list goes on. The company I work for, if for example, a customer wants to use their own shipping (UPS, FedEx, ect) account, they charge $2.50 per box for the above fees.
Sometimes there are lots of hidden extras we dont think about.
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Melinda
I agree, packaging and packing material all are a part of the shipping costs as well as labor. Either they add it onto the shipping costs or into the costs of the items :D:D:D
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