[my.self]

i just bought a 4 inch mini-mini right angles from headroom. at first i was like ok, $9.95 bucks for 4 inches? eh....ok ill deal with that. but then, the shipping is what really surprised me. it was 10 dollars for shipping for a 4 inch cable. the shipping itself costed more than the actual product. im just wondering if any of u buyers of headroom have had similar events like what happend to me. im just wondering why the shipping is 10 dollars for a 4 inch cable. for heavier products i understand, but a 4 inch cable? does anyone else have the same feeling towards this as i do?

 

[Menisk]

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Originally Posted by my.self /img/forum/go_quote.gif i just bought a 4 inch mini-mini right angles from headroom. at first i was like ok, $9.95 bucks for 4 inches? eh....ok ill deal with that. but then, the shipping is what really surprised me. it was 10 dollars for shipping for a 4 inch cable. the shipping itself costed more than the actual product. im just wondering if any of u buyers of headroom have had similar events like what happend to me. im just wondering why the shipping is 10 dollars for a 4 inch cable. for heavier products i understand, but a 4 inch cable? does anyone else have the same feeling towards this as i do?

There is a bare minimum they have to pay the guy for moving it, even if it does weigh almost nothing.

 

[TheSloth]

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Originally Posted by my.self /img/forum/go_quote.gif i just bought a 4 inch mini-mini right angles from headroom. at first i was like ok, $9.95 bucks for 4 inches? eh....ok ill deal with that. but then, the shipping is what really surprised me. it was 10 dollars for shipping for a 4 inch cable. the shipping itself costed more than the actual product. im just wondering if any of u buyers of headroom have had similar events like what happend to me. im just wondering why the shipping is 10 dollars for a 4 inch cable. for heavier products i understand, but a 4 inch cable? does anyone else have the same feeling towards this as i do?

Ask them to do USPS shipping next time. They will do this only for very small/light/hard to damage items.

 

[royewest]

I had exactly the same reaction and exactly the same response on this forum for a similar item. Perhaps soon they will make this option clearer on the web site...

 

[xenithon]

In their Shipping Information page it states:

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For inexpensive packages weighing under 1 pound AND totaling under $50, we also offer USPS Priority Mail Shipping within the continental USA [ONLY] for $6-$8 upon customer request.

Count yourselves lucky though....minimum shipping cost to an overseas location is around $35, FedEx only.

 

[EFN]

You guys are lucky. But not so for us here elsewhere in the world. Recently I completed a purchase of my second iRiver H120 off eBay. I paid $110 for the DAP itself and $120 for courier 1-3 days guaranteed delivery. That was a purchase from Australia to Malaysia.

And that's not the first time. When I purchased a Tomahawk from Ray over a year ago, the minimum that I have to pay was $70.00 to Fedex the amp all the way to Malaysia.

That's the price for peace of mind. I have had horror stories of items missing in transit using the normal international post.

I am not complaining, it's just that you guys need to put things into perspective and appreciate the low shipping charges incurred.

 

[mrarroyo]

We have become a country of inept whiners!

 

[tintin47]

I don't feel like that is a rip off at all. There is a minimum that you have to pay fedex and the like to ship anything, in order to make it worth the companies' time. I don't see why it would be that surprising. Have you ever paid less than 7-10 dollars to ship anything not via the post office?

 

[krmathis]

Just buy more next time.

 

[Menisk]

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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just buy more next time.

Seems like a logical resolution to your problem..

 

[csroc]

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Originally Posted by tintin47 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have you ever paid less than 7-10 dollars to ship anything not via the post office?

Yes.

 

[tseryan]

You know, you didn't have to buy it if you thought it was too much...

 

[onurrus]

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Originally Posted by csroc /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes.

I do this when I dont need the item I bought urgently but add a few dollars for the insurance,Post office is not famous with their great job in Turkey,

Once I found my box in Japan after an investigation for 2 months.It shopposed to go to China.Its like a bad joke!

 

[TreAdidas]

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Originally Posted by mrarroyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif We have become a country of inept whiners!

Amen!

 

[TreAdidas]

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Originally Posted by tintin47 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't feel like that is a rip off at all. There is a minimum that you have to pay fedex and the like to ship anything, in order to make it worth the companies' time. I don't see why it would be that surprising. Have you ever paid less than 7-10 dollars to ship anything not via the post office?

Not to mention if you're running a business you have to pay someone to box the thing up and take it to UPS or have someone schedule a pickup, etc.