Subject: Re: naive question about Internet record stores
>It is regular practice to put the shipment burden on the customer >for a such a casual order?
Some places do have separate shipping for separate locations. CDnow does (though they may have changed that) so just check your shipping cart and it'll tell you. The worst instance was when I placed an order through CDUniverse (for DVDs) and the items were listed in stock but they shipped in three batchs and charged postage each time. I complained and got the shipping refunded since this wasn't something that had been agreed to.
LT
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:25:33 -0400
From: myke cuthbert <cuthbert@hcs.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: naive question about Internet record stores
wlt4@mindspring.com wrote on Jun 30:
> Some places do have separate shipping for separate locations. CDnow
does (though they may have changed that) so just check your shipping
cart and it'll tell you. The worst instance was when I placed an
order through CDUniverse (for DVDs) and the items were listed in
stock but they shipped in three batchs and charged postage each
time. I complained and got the shipping refunded since this wasn't
something that had been agreed to.
CDNow sometimes will charge extra after the sale is supposedly
completed, which you have no way of rejecting. I complained
repeatedly but got no answer, and lodged a complaint with the BBB.
I haven't had a problem with Amazon doing this; when they've had to
ship from separate locations they've still charged me the agreed
price, and twice when an item with the "Ships within 24 hours"
designation was actually in the 2-3 day range, they bumped me to the
next better shipping method at no charge. But things could've
changed.
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:42:17 -0400
From: Joseph Zitt <jzitt@metatronpress.com>
Subject: Re: naive question about Internet record stores
On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 11:14:07AM -0600, Matthew W Wirzbicki (S) wrote:
> Patrice,
>
> My main ordering has been through forced exposure and anomalous records.
> Usually, shipping doesn't come to more than about $6 even fro big orders.
> It's the initial shipping cost that hurts. I think sometimes it's a flat
> rate and sometimes they'll charge something like $3 for the first CD and
> then $.25 for each additional. As a result I try to order in larger
> shippments to keep the shipping per item down. I've never heard of the
> shipping from two separate locations except with CDnow.
In my experience with Forced Exposure (I order 4 or 5 items from them
each week), they charge a flat $4.95 no matter how much you order. It's
a bit high for small orders but pays off on larger ones (and on not
worrying about how much shipping will be).
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