Date:         Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:40:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rock auto = smoking rock on shipping prices
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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I use Rock Auto a lot, they are the Amazon for car parts, and so is their
shipping, since pretty much everything is shipped by the supplier.  Ever buy
a commodity like hair dressing or ear buds?  I'll see four or five prices
from different suppliers, and the lowest might be $2.50 and when I go to
check out the order is $12 with shipping.  I'll go to the next one that is
$6.50 and the total is $9.00.

These suppliers figure they can lure us with a low price and we are not
going to comparison shop, and sometimes we can't.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Rock auto = smoking rock on shipping prices

Last week, someone mentioned that Rock Auto had a good price on diesel
muffler mounts. They did. Shipping for one was a couple of bucks. Shipping
for two was $12.00. I ordered one, and wrote it off as an anomaly.

Tonight I was going to order some exhaust, intake and muffler pipe gaskets.
I found the muffler pipe gasket for $2.51. I entered my zip to calculate the
price. Economy shipping was $17.98!!! I called them, figuring they would be
glad to know of the mistake, because the gasket could be shipped for the
cost of a single stamp.

It wasn't a mistake. It was the shipping price.

Jim