[Towertalk] Buying nuts and bolts [was "Mosley"]

[Carl - WC4H]

I implement ERP systems, and I can tell you that Steve is on the money.
There's the order taking, order processing, pick list generation, picking,
packing, loading, shipping, documents, etc.  NONE of it IS FREE.  That is
why the S & H for a small order is a larger percentage than S & H for a
large order.  The amount paper work remains about the same for one bolt as
it does for 100 items.

73
Carl


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl - WC4H" <wc4h@itis.net>
To: <K7LXC@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Buying nuts and bolts [was "Mosley"]


> I implement ERP systems, and I can tell you that Steve is on the money.
> There's the order taking, order processing, pick list generation, picking,
> packing, loading, shipping, documents, etc.  NONE of it IS FREE.  That is
> why the S & H for a small order is a larger percentage than S & H for a
> large order.  The amount paper work remains about the same for one bolt as
> it does for 100 items.
>
> 73
> Carl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
> To: <w2up@mindspring.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Buying nuts and bolts [was "Mosley"]
>
>
> > In a message dated 4/24/02 9:51:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > w2up@mindspring.com writes:
> >
> > > Just to warn people, another big ripoff is Kenwood Parts, aka East
> > >  Coast Transistor, located on Long Island.
> > >
> > >  I ordered a small part ($6.00) for a Kenwood VHF radio. They
> > >  charged me an additional $6.50 for shipping in a small box with 57
> > >  cents postage on it.
> >
> >     THIS IS NOT A RIP-OFF. The only cost you see is the postage. If
you're
> > not in the business of filling orders and sending stuff out, you don't
> really
> > know what the REAL costs are. For starters, you have to buy a box or
> envelope
> > so they're not free.
> >
> >     The BIG hit is in the labor in writing it all up, getting a credit
> card
> > approval, picking the items, wrapping them up, then addressing and
putting
> > postage on it. I can tell you with some authority that it might take 15
> > minutes to do all that. That's why there's "shipping and handling."
> >
> >     For every shipping charge where I break-even or even make a little
> extra
> > (let me emphasize LITTLE extra), I lose money on the next one or two
> orders.
> > I have fixed-cost shipping for dollar amounts so it's not an exact
science
> OR
> > a money maker.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve     K7LXC
> > Champion Radio Products
> > <A HREF="http://www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com</A>
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