in our case, we don't send the refunds anymore - we let you know you have a credit. it's more time consuming to send the refunds and all buyers do not use Paypal (some actually do send checks)

At 11:14 AM 12/12/2011, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
I pay an employee to review all 500 orders we send each week, and we refund anyone who paid more than $1 over the cost of shipping plus $3 for packaging supplies and third party insurance. We send lots of $2 and $3 refunds (plus lots more to people who pay multiple shipping charges on stuff that can be combined).

I figure this is far more effective advertising than buying splashy ads and printing elaborate catalogs.

Bruce

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Helmut Hamm <<mailto:texasmu...@web.de>texasmu...@web.de> wrote: I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such.

Helmut


Kirby is so right about this:


At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote:

* Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite
what some who worship the "free" markets think.
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