Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! - Page 2 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

LUV2XCLR8 · 04-10-2008, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by shifty

One four-letter acronym for all of you: USPS.

The US Postal service offers ~ $4 flat-rate shipping for small packages, and will include delivery tracking (and/or notification) for an additional dollar.

Bottom line: If you are a vendor, if you want to keep the customers, you need to keep your shipping reasonable. You should have a list of small parts, when ordered alone or in multiples with no other large parts, will be shipped USPS.

Not to mention if you sign up with them online boxes, stickers, etc ..........

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Luis_gz06 · 04-10-2008, 03:04 AM

Please people understand that it's not the suppliers fault that shipping costs are high. They do not control shipping prices, no matter what. It's all in the shipping companies like ups, dhl, etc. there the ones that give shipping prices to the vendors, not them. So please, get a grip. It's all thanks to the ridicoulus high gas prices that makes shipping companies surcharge more for fuel.

jb4short · 04-10-2008, 03:44 PM

Unless you ship a lot you have no idea how ridiculous it can be. We'll have a hood order and search three trucking companies for a rate....get an online rate quote, bill the customer, and THEN get a bill in the mail in a few days 25-27% higher than the online quote.

Fred T · 04-11-2008, 03:42 AM

I've never done business with Brothers, but if I were ordering parts I will not place the order without knowing the s&h.

If the vendor feels the need to add some extra for handling, or even as cya for rates going up, it is not that big of a deal as long as I know what the total cost will be. That does give me the opportunity to back out of the deal if I desire.

Olden Days · 04-18-2008, 10:24 PM

Do you expect a vendor to charge only actual shipping rate and not make anything for the effort to get it shipped (handling)? and the cost of shipping material? I dont, that would be silly IMHO.
Common sense would say dont order just small items by themselves. When ever I have a decent order to make I will try and remember all the little parts I needed at that time.

dwcsr · 04-19-2008, 05:24 AM

When ever I have something shipped from Dynacorn they will guesstimate the shipping only. They won't give a hard quote. You find out what it is when you get the invoice. Its hard to quote rates beause they change daily,

USPS gets very expensive over 5 pound if larger than the flatrate box size.

04-10-2008, 03:04 AM	#27
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! Please people understand that it's not the suppliers fault that shipping costs are high. They do not control shipping prices, no matter what. It's all in the shipping companies like ups, dhl, etc. there the ones that give shipping prices to the vendors, not them. So please, get a grip. It's all thanks to the ridicoulus high gas prices that makes shipping companies surcharge more for fuel. __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Blazer 4x4 (Almost done stay tuned) 1970 Chevrolet Pickup Longhorn CST/20 (SOLD)

04-10-2008, 03:44 PM	#28
jb4short Damn Yankee Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 2,261	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! Unless you ship a lot you have no idea how ridiculous it can be. We'll have a hood order and search three trucking companies for a rate....get an online rate quote, bill the customer, and THEN get a bill in the mail in a few days 25-27% higher than the online quote.

04-11-2008, 03:42 AM	#29
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! I've never done business with Brothers, but if I were ordering parts I will not place the order without knowing the s&h. If the vendor feels the need to add some extra for handling, or even as cya for rates going up, it is not that big of a deal as long as I know what the total cost will be. That does give me the opportunity to back out of the deal if I desire. __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

04-18-2008, 10:24 PM	#30
Olden Days Living In The Past Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Rockies Posts: 709	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! Do you expect a vendor to charge only actual shipping rate and not make anything for the effort to get it shipped (handling)? and the cost of shipping material? I dont, that would be silly IMHO. Common sense would say dont order just small items by themselves. When ever I have a decent order to make I will try and remember all the little parts I needed at that time.

04-19-2008, 05:24 AM	#31
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,134	Re: Brothers Trucks shipping costs more than the part!! When ever I have something shipped from Dynacorn they will guesstimate the shipping only. They won't give a hard quote. You find out what it is when you get the invoice. Its hard to quote rates beause they change daily, USPS gets very expensive over 5 pound if larger than the flatrate box size. Last edited by dwcsr; 04-19-2008 at 05:25 AM.



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