On 1/13/2017 11:14 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Jack writes:
On 1/13/2017 10:46 AM, Leon wrote:

Yes Amazon as well. I would suggest not dabbling in what you don't
understand. Like those $1.99 shelf brackets that are more expensive
than the Prime brackets once you add in the shipping.

I'd suggest not dabbling in what you don't understand.

Since neither of you seem to have any experience with
online retailing, perhaps you're both tilting at windmills.


Granted there is a lot I do not understand with on line retailing but I
do have a lot of shipping experience and understand why certain
conditions for shipping and stocking item prices don't seem to be
consistent. Having been the GM of a wholesale distributor I set the
margins and rules for pricing and shipping, and the volume of business
the customer did with that changed that matrix. That was 20+ years ago
but margins are margins and profit is profit regardless of when.

It just seemed that Jack was comparing different prices on Amazon for
the same thing and apparently not noticing that a low price, that does
not include shipping, was more expensive than the Prime item which
included shipping.

Granted again prices are all over the board on Amazon. While Prime is
expensive up front each year, $99, that gets whittled away quickly if
you need items quickly and actually pay extra for 2nd day delivery.

Prime is good for some and so much for others.