> The guys (gals?) in  the shipping department get $60 an hour in the 
> Netherlands?  Gracious!  We just use illegal immigrants over 
> here, and they get around $5 an hour!  :-)

It's only me, myself, and I in the shipping department, so yes: I am
gracious to myself! But if I wasn't my wife would tell me to stop
fooling around and get a real job :(

And besides: it is not just the shipping department. My accountant needs
a non-zero time to look at my stuff, and this time is by approximation
proportional to the number of bookings. And he will *not* work for $60
:(

>  If your competitor (not you 
> personally -- if "one's competitor") does the S&H a lot 
> cheaper, then I 
> kind of assume that it is out of proportion to what the true 
> cost is.

Or he uses a different cost calculation, or he ships from Russia, or
.... 

IMHO *any* S/H fee is fair, as long as it is made clear up front. I can
imagine that some big companies would need some $100 in costs for a
transaction. If the choice is between charging that (and being honest
about it) and refusing to do small (in their view) orders I'd rather pay
the fee.

Wouter van Ooijen

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