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In article . com,
wrote:
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my problem is how to charge for shipping and should
I add a handling fee? I hate handling fees, however, I'm learning
there is a cost to handling. I've been quoting exact shipping to zip
codes. After buying tissue paper, bubble wrap and tape, then there's
the PayPal fees, ..... well, you get the picture.
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Any opinions? advice? suggestions?
A "shipping and handling" fee that reflects actual shipping and handling
costs _can_ be OK. On the other hand, you can be less odious by building
the "handling" cost into the individual item price, and then offering
price breaks on volume which at least partly reflect the price break on
packing materials for 12 items in one package rather than a single item
in a package.
I personally cannot stand, and avoid doing business with, companies
which very clearly have a "handling fee" with nothing to do with actual
cost. Those are nothing more than "pure profit added to the deceptively
low advertised price". If more profit is needed to keep the company
afloat and pay the workers who handle the items, it should be built into
the price in the first place.
IMHO, YMMV, etc
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