To ship a single knot?
Is $5.95 Too much?
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Well, if the knot costs ,say, $25.00, then that's obviously 25%, which seems high. OTOH, To keep it from getting damaged care should be taken in the packaging. Might add to the cost. P.O. cost should be only half of what you're stating.
Haha great thread title.
I say not at all, sometimes you gotta pay to play.
I say not at all, sometimes you gotta pay to play.
That's about what a USPS Flat Rate box costs to mail, you don't want your knot just stuffed in a padded mailer!
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When in doubt, order more! 
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I agree "care should be taken in the packaging" and "you don't want your knot just stuffed in a padded mailer". But that is how it will arrive.
The problem with charges like this is that they cover shipping AND handling ... there is an overhead cost involved in packaging an item before it is put out for UPS or FedEx or whoever does the actual delivery to your door.
The cost of the actual product has no bearing on the amount of Shipping and Handling, these are separate items.
Even though the postage on the package might only read $1.95, the rest of the cost is to pay someone to keep track of inventory, select the proper item from the shelf, buy the box and wrapping material, put it in a box, address it, QA to make sure everything is proper, etc.
And the vendor is entitled to make a small profit on these tasks. If they didn't, we wouldn't have so many online retailers to choose from when we need to feed our ADs.
$5.95 sounds fair to me. Just saying.
The cost of the actual product has no bearing on the amount of Shipping and Handling, these are separate items.
Even though the postage on the package might only read $1.95, the rest of the cost is to pay someone to keep track of inventory, select the proper item from the shelf, buy the box and wrapping material, put it in a box, address it, QA to make sure everything is proper, etc.
And the vendor is entitled to make a small profit on these tasks. If they didn't, we wouldn't have so many online retailers to choose from when we need to feed our ADs.
$5.95 sounds fair to me. Just saying.
This is true, and the knot or knots may be flattened out a bit, but they will return to their original shape.
Yeah it would be nice if they used a small flat rate box , but you pay almost six bucks for it to arrive in a bubble mailer and smashed flat. I have never had a problem with them not returning to shape yet either.
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Recived my knot today, 1st class, bubble mailer and a baggie $5.95 
must have a lot of overhead.
must have a lot of overhead.
If it were $5.95 per knot regardless of quantity, that'd be one thing. The vendor I bought from charged only a buck more to ship a second knot, which seemed reasonable, so I bought two.
Dave
Dave
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Did you get 2 sandwich bags.
[QU OTE=DavidB;4271153]If it were $5.95 per knot regardless of quantity, that'd be one thing. The vendor I bought from charged only a buck more to ship a second knot, which seemed reasonable, so I bought two.
Dave[/QUOTE]
[QU OTE=DavidB;4271153]If it were $5.95 per knot regardless of quantity, that'd be one thing. The vendor I bought from charged only a buck more to ship a second knot, which seemed reasonable, so I bought two.
Dave[/QUOTE]
