would it bother you

hairpasta

if you paid for shipping from a website, receive the package and you were charged over twice actual shipping cost?

MnM7608

Ummm...yes!  What company did that?

bethandjoe09

MnM7608:

Ummm...yes!  What company did that?

nicole0719

yes

hairpasta

good. i was worried i was being a "B" when i emailed her about it. she refunded the shipping charge and i was starting to feel bad.

not sure if i want to say who when she was willing to refund the charge.

candycane3t

yes but it happens to me all the time since I am from Canada so it is par for the course

yodasmistress

No.  I assume the charge is for "shipping and handling" - which means postage, packaging, the label, the ink on the label,  and all the other stuffs it takes to get it into the mail to me. 

mrs.jlsprouse

Shipping prices can also reflect packaging supplies as well as fees like PP.  More of a "handling" fee than "shipping."

jenny1980

Not at all unless the listing specified you would only be charged "actual shipping." Many retailers build profit into shipping (or their shipping covers other costs like packaging and additional labor) and I don't have a problem with that.

 

hairpasta

see, all of that did not occur to me. and now i do feel bad. i just asked her about it and she was like "i'll refund you". maybe i'll send it back.

MWoodside

yodasmistress:

No.  I assume the charge is for "shipping and handling" - which means postage, packaging, the label, the ink on the label,  and all the other stuffs it takes to get it into the mail to me. 

I agree.  Packaging costs $ too. 

nicole0719

All that didn't occur to me either. So I change me answer to no, it wouldnt bother me (anymore)

hairpasta

she mailed it in a manila envelope thingy lol.

i think i'll email her back.

jenny1980

And really, most places have minimum shipping charges or shipping based on the amount of money spent, not what it actually costs to ship. I could order one pair of baby socks from the Gap and would be charged $7, which is obviously more than it costs to mail.

 

hairpasta

i was just surprised that it was over double what it actually cost to mail it. never seen that before. guess i'm just used to free shipping from a lot of sites. i had to order from her because there was a gen-y cover print that was out of stock everywhere else.

i will be sending her back her money. she just refunded it without me asking but now i am not comfortable with it.

yodasmistress

FWIW - I used to balk when I was "overcharged" on shipping costs on stuff I bought on Ebay... until I started selling some stuff and realized I had to pay for the shipping supplies as well as get it into the mail somehow.  (Even if you ship via paypay you still have to buy a scale to weigh the items on.)  So your gut reaction is totally normal. 

ananas19

jenny1980:

And really, most places have minimum shipping charges or shipping based on the amount of money spent, not what it actually costs to ship. I could order one pair of baby socks from the Gap and would be charged $7, which is obviously more than it costs to mail.

 

This is what makes me mad! I can understand WAHMs up-charging for shipping because it does add work to their load, but big box stores? No excuse for that IMO. 

MnM7608

I thought you meant they charged you double what you had already paid!  Whoops!  I still think though, that some companies overcharge.  I ordered some polymailers the other day (not that many) and the shipping charge was over $6! Ridiculous!

hairpasta

MnM7608:

I thought you meant they charged you double what you had already paid!  Whoops!  I still think though, that some companies overcharge.  I ordered some polymailers the other day (not that many) and the shipping charge was over $6! Ridiculous!

girl, i get mine from amazon with free two day shipping.

AimeeL85

YES it would bother me! They'll probably say the rest was the "handling" part (BS!).

AimeeL85

AimeeL85:

YES it would bother me! They'll probably say the rest was the "handling" part (BS!).

Ok, maybe with the things the PPs mentioned, it wouldn't bother me as much...although you did say it was a manila envelope.