[Towertalk] Buying nuts and bolts - Rationalized gouging

[Pete Smith]

At 07:57 AM 4/25/02 -0700, Mike wrote:
>I don't see what the big deal is with respect to handling charges. As long
>as
>a vendor lets you know up front that they are tacking on a handling charge,
>then you have the option to go somewhere else. I use several vendors that
>have minimum charges. When dealing with them, I make sure my orders are
>big enough to meet the minimum. Also, it is also very common for vendors
>to provide price breaks for larger quanities of a particular. This is
>another
>way of factoring in handling overhead.

It seems to me that a minimum charge and a per order handling charge 
basically address the same problem, which is that it costs the supplier 
virtually as much to handle a $5 order as one for $100.  At least with the 
per-order charge you're not precluded from getting what you need just 
because you only need one of something inexpensive.

73, Pete N4ZR

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