Shipping charges from the Grizzly catalog?? Doesn't make sense!!!

[John Coloccia]

Propeller heads, Mr. Bathurst? Really?

OK, Im almost afraid to ask, but WHAT is a propeller head Sir?

https://www.genstockphoto.com/items/...propeller-hat/

[Kent A Bathurst]

https://www.genstockphoto.com/items/...propeller-hat/

You got it. The computer geeks.

Just for the record, I were one for some years. CIO F-1000 company. That label was hung by the Chmn of the Bd.

[Ken Combs]

Oh - trust me - it can be done. But you need some serious bucks invested in propeller-heads to develop and maintain your systems, and you need to include the same algorithms used by the shipping companies you use/offer- in effect, you are calculating the $$ the same way they do when you give it to them - And those are not necessarily static. And you have to do it in real time, with an acceptable response time to the on-line customer.

It ain't cheap to set up, nor maintain. In the end, it is simply not an efficient allocation of resources - no ROI for being dead-nuts. Your version is effective - you should, I would hope, net to zero on the over/under charges.

Interesting to note that in my dealings with McMaster-Carr, they always add the shipping after the fact, and include it on the invoice - I never know what the $$ is until it has shipped.

Yep, that's true, and eBay does it very well. I've sold over 1000 items there and the shipping calculation system is excellent. It allows the seller and buyer see the price in the listing. and, the seller can add handling charges when setting up the listing.

FYI, the calculator is available, without listing here:
http://www.ebay.com/shp/Calculator

It always works for me, just be sure weights and dimensions are accurate.

[Brian Elfert]

Grizzly still has the mail order catalog philosophy of charging for shipping. To make ordering easier before the Internet catalogs often had standard shipping rates based strictly on the total dollar value of the order. Grizzly's shipping rates are listed at http://www.grizzly.com/shipping The customer comes out way ahead if they order something that is cheap and very heavy. The customer doesn't make out so well if they order something that is expensive and very light.

There are hundreds or thousands of online stores that calculate shipping costs based on the weight of the item and the distance the item has to travel. It is somewhat rare to find a website that still bases shipping costs strictly on dollar value of the order. When adding a new item to the online store it isn't that hard to add the weight and possibly the dimensions for calculating shipping.

[Frederick Skelly]

You got it. The computer geeks.

Just for the record, I were one for some years. CIO F-1000 company. That label was hung by the Chmn of the Bd.

Too funny! I'll repeat that one!