No Black Friday sale this year but . .. .. . .
A Veteran's Day sale!
A Veteran's Day sale!
Maybe you could kindly clarify further how the shipment algorithm works:Just want to clarify, shipping cost are based on weight of the items on the order, not the price of the item. We double check shipping cost and adjust down as needed.
And just to mention again, my order was for 3 items, one of which was in 'zip lock' form. If all 3 items were 'boxed' and not in zip lock, would MMP charge shipping at the rate of 80 to 90% of the product price instead of the 75% rate assessed on my order? No wonder some of the overseas customers don't order factory direct.Just want to clarify, shipping cost are based on weight of the items on the order, not the price of the item. We double check shipping cost and adjust down as needed.
I think another reason oversees customer don't purchase directly is the risk/chance of getting hit with customs/VAT fees as well.No wonder some of the overseas customers don't order factory direct.
Well, it is more the customs rather than the VAT. After all, if overseas customers buy from retailers, they have to pay the VAT as well.I think another reason oversees customer don't purchase directly is the risk/chance of getting hit with customs/VAT fees as well.
Shipping charges are not based anything to do with the price of the products. If the 3 boxed items weighed more than 2 boxes and zip lock, then the shipping would increase some. If we sold stuff at $1 each, shipping would still be based on weight.would MMP charge shipping at the rate of 80 to 90% of the product price instead of the 75% rate assessed on my order?
I am not 100% on how the MMP website gets the shipping calculation, but it does do a real time lookup based on weight. From my understanding, there is not a per ounce charge for shipping.Maybe you could kindly clarify further how the shipment algorithm works:
Once someone has said that US Postal has screwed up investments for pensions of its employees and has been forced to make the customers pay for this - but I am not sure about this.Why are prices different going in the two directions? Is there more demand for space on US -> Europe planes? More planes that go Europe -> US? Is it a regulatory thing?
Well, I am open to hear sound explanation from you if you have one.I don't find that convincing at all. I can ship back and forth with both UPS and Fedex, no? If they were greedy, wouldn't they lower their prices to undercut the other and take over market share, thus making more money? Now, as long as we are "blah blah blahing", you can propose some sort of oligopoly dynamic where they conspire to fix prices, but that doesn't explain why they only conspire to fix prices going in one direction.
Drug prices are a bad analogy because they involve intellectual property. It's not like you can have a copyright on flying a plane to London.