postage prices

[andylec]

hi
this is a serious question to vendors, but why is it i can order things from vendors with just £1 or so or even free postage on say £8-10 orders but others want £3.50 upwards.
i just cancelled when i got to check out a while back cause a certain vendor wanted £3.75 for £8.50 goods of little weight.
all this does is put me off using the vendor ever again.

there gripe over!

[moonraker]

I know trouble is they have low prices & usualy hidden high P&P

[mybad]

I always check the total price with anything if I dont like it then I don;t buy, matters not if a vendor mixes up the figures to make it look like a bargin.

Mybad

[Deleted]

I know the stuff I order has to come over The Channel or through, but I was a bit peeved at having to pay £4.90 p&p, then the bottle of juice arrives with a RM label that has £1.91 on it. How much are little padded envelopes in the UK now?

[violetblade]

I buy packs of 7 from the pound shop Jess and I would dare to say they can get them cheaper than that
I am the same I'll go through the whole order process and if I think the P&P is too high I will cancel but sometimes even with the high P&P some things still work out cheaper. It pays to have a look around and see if you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

[Deleted]

Thanks, Violet, I thought as much. Sadly, even if I could get the e-juice I like here, it wouldn't be much less in postage. I don't like seeing that I'm being ripped off so obviously though, nobody does.

[smudge]

Dec 29, 2012 15:40:00 GMT jess said:

I know the stuff I order has to come over The Channel or through, but I was a bit peeved at having to pay £4.90 p&p, then the bottle of juice arrives with a RM label that has £1.91 on it. How much are little padded envelopes in the UK now?

Ouch! That does seem a very unfair mark-up

[lazydog]

Ebay sellers do the same £10 with free p&p or same item same vendor £2.00 and £8.00 p&p

[andylec]

padded envelopes ebay 50 for 4.99,time taken to address pack and seal 1 20ml bottle, aprox 30 secs to 1 minute
and with the unsaid vendor,they didn't have a cheap price just a certain thing i wanted to try which other vendors i use would sell at same price or less had they got it with half the postage.
looks like alot feel like me and don't bother with P&P rip off vendors

[Deleted]

Dec 29, 2012 15:59:27 GMT smudge said:

Dec 29, 2012 15:40:00 GMT jess said:

I know the stuff I order has to come over The Channel or through, but I was a bit peeved at having to pay £4.90 p&p, then the bottle of juice arrives with a RM label that has £1.91 on it. How much are little padded envelopes in the UK now?

Ouch! That does seem a very unfair mark-up

Cheers, Smudge, it sure does. It's laughable really....


"looks like alot feel like me and don't bother with P&P rip off vendors"

I feel like you, Andy, but I can only use those vendors that send over here & I'm really pleased that some do.

[Paul]

just from a vendor angle here we personally charge £2.50 no matter size of order,
95% of our orders cost us £2.70 to send + BAG/BUBBLE WRAP and an extra 95p if we send registered so I know why ours is set to 2.50 some items can go in the post for 90p + 95p registered (not often this happens)

hope this helps you see the vendor side a little better now.

[comfrey]

I wanted to buy some Swedish fish and whilst I dont think the postage is that bad for a normal order (say 50ml +) especially if its well packaged, I really wish I could buy 10ml for less postage because it would cost me a tenner and if I don't like it, its wasted.

10 quid is a lot of money to throw away for me

[andylec]

Dec 29, 2012 16:29:55 GMT Paul said:

just from a vendor angle here we personally charge £2.50 no matter size of order,
95% of our orders cost us £2.70 to send + BAG/BUBBLE WRAP and an extra 95p if we send registered so I know why ours is set to 2.50 some items can go in the post for 90p + 95p registered (not often this happens)

hope this helps you see the vendor side a little better now.

i do see your side,and 2.50 is no where near as bad as the 3.75 i was asked to pay , but can you see my side too,that i don't always want to spend more than i need too to justify expensive p&p , surely £1-1.50 on a 1 off small order gives you the vendor the likelihood the customer will return for more,other than like me and not ever bother with vendor again

[Paul]

Dec 29, 2012 16:44:30 GMT andylec said:

Dec 29, 2012 16:29:55 GMT Paul said:

just from a vendor angle here we personally charge £2.50 no matter size of order,
95% of our orders cost us £2.70 to send + BAG/BUBBLE WRAP and an extra 95p if we send registered so I know why ours is set to 2.50 some items can go in the post for 90p + 95p registered (not often this happens)

hope this helps you see the vendor side a little better now.

i do see your side,and 2.50 is no where near as bad as the 3.75 i was asked to pay , but can you see my side too,that i don't always want to spend more than i need too to justify expensive p&p , surely £1-1.50 on a 1 off small order gives you the vendor the likelihood the customer will return for more,other than like me and not ever bother with vendor again

Oh I can see what you are saying for sure but like I said most of my packages cost 2.70+ to post out

[Anne (fuzzy)]

I ordered one 10ml bottle of juice that arrived with a large 1st class stamp (90p) and was charged £2.99 p & p. >
It really annoys me when some vendors don't state anywhere on their site how much they charge for postage until you've filled in all your details etc. and got to checkout.