It’s like any online venue - you have to shop smart. A good example: I wanted a bench mat with a Walther PPQ exploded view on it, a common pistol sort of thing that’s handy to have for a number of reasons. Here’s how they priced it:
Prime: $11.00 Other sellers: $7.00 and up In most cases, the “other sellers” are adding shipping costs on top of their prices, making Prime a better deal since shipping is “free”. In this case, a third party seller had the mat for around $8.00 with free shipping. Sure, it came First Class or some other slow boat method, but I wasn’t in a hurry. Net gain over the river of big women? About $3.00. Add to that the seller was from out of state, so I also dodged the state sales tax on the mat as well, so I really did better than just the difference. A lot of people never drill down into the “other sellers” sections and see the better deals. Another place you can make out well is their “warehouse deals”. These are the scratch and dent/returns sort of things they offer. I’ve done well on two things there recently: $130 metal gun cabinet - $72.00 on a warehouse deal. Had “less than 10% damage”. It had a ding on the back of the cabinet that I knocked out with a deadblow hammer and a two by four. Heck, it was on the back - I’ll never see it! $12.00 pop-up sprinkler head. Got a brand new one from their warehouse deals for $3.00 shipped. Sprinkles as well or better than the new one. -D > On Dec 13, 2017, at 9:33 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > THat is a good idea, but why bother? Buy it elsewhere. The river of big > women has no bargains that I see. Most of what I look at is higher than > retail plus shipping from other places, or higher than the local > hardware/lumber/FLAPS store with tax. > >> Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> December 13, 2017 at 6:10 AM >> >> Depends on where it is. If they've got some in Indiana or Kentucky and they >> don't use multiple carriers, it probably would. But if they weren't even >> going to try to ship it until the 12th or 13th, delivery on the 12th was >> never a possibility. >> >> When I requested the cancel, they said 'we're processing it right now, but >> we'll try to stop it', and then I got an email confirming it was canceled. >> >> I just don't like the idea of 'you didn't pay extra for speedy service, so >> we'll deliberately sit on it for a week'. >> In the past, Free Super Saver Shipping meant 'we'll get it out tonight or >> tomorrow, ship it via the cheapest carrier, and you get it when you get it, >> almost always within a week'. I was happy with that system. >> >> Next month, after everything settles down from the holidays, I'll place an >> order Monday morning for a bunch of stuff that I can shelve or do without >> for a while, like printer ink, automotive filters, tools I'd like to have >> but don't immediately need...and if they ship it, fine. If they don't, I'll >> cancel it all on Friday evening. Maybe that'll help them get the message. >> >> Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
