| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 10 Aug 2000 at 12:08:23 |
| Subject: | Re: BVisions & Extra Ram. was Heretic II Sales? |
hi,
> > 10 ukp is pretty much a going rate for fast guaranteed deliveries. the
> > solution? Offset the memory price by buying more than just the one thing
> > eg harddrive, or modem, printer or scanner etc
>
> Is it 'eck! Eyetech charged me £3.00 for next day delivery (guaranteed) on a
> PortJnr. A SIMM is smaller than that.
thats Eyetech (who also only charged 3 ukp for a network card delivery)
Eyetechs stock prices are higher though...so its horses for courses.
> Plus, when I sent it back to them, it cost me a total of £1.41, for the
> postage (the same postage as Eyetech sent it to me with - recorded next day)
> and the jiffy bag!!!
>
> £10 is a rip off!
its pretty standard in the PC marketplace. you then buy more per purchase
instead of orders of just one item. I deal with companies that charge 25 ukp
for deliveries...and apparently we have a 60 ukp overhead on EVERY order we
make (admin costs in time/effort and environment) - un-f$*&ing-believable.
alan
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