| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 12:17:45 |
| Subject: | Re: Turbo Print 7.1 |
On 16-Aug-00, Eyetech tech assistance wrote:
> Sorry Bill, but - as we explained to you privately long before your AA
> posting - we have a standard minimum carriage charge of £3 (including
> 45p VAT which we have by law to charge on top of the retail price of
> stamps), as stated in all our adverts and on our web site. This is the
> cost of the mailing for these types of items and I certainly dont
> think the phrase 'exhorbitant' remotely applies. The base cost of the
> goods is completely irrelevant (within certain limits) to the cost of
> carriage. It still needs a stamp, jiffy bag, packing, visit to the
> post office counter for validation etc etc whether the actual goods
> cost 50p or £50.
The standard minimum charge in the computer mail order industry is £10.
Alan may be losing money here - I suspect he hasn't fully worked out the
cost of posting one item.
Regards
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