On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 18:41 -0200, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> Herbert Graf wrote:
> In the end, it doesn't matter. What you pay is what matters. To go with a
> variation of Olin's earlier example (adapted to your situation), why do
> call a total of $100 ($60 item price + $40 per-order price) insane and a
> rip-off, but a total of $150 (the dealership) not?

Because with the dealership there is no surprise. These online retailers
wheel you in with super low prices, only to later discover that the
price isn't so super anymore when you through the hidden s/h charge in.

In my case, the difference was more then twice, so even though I find
the online retailer sneaky in advertising an artificially low price
because they over-inflate their s/h charge, I still went with them,
despite the bitter taste in my mouth.

> You said it yourself: you bought from the one who charged you $100, but you
> complain. Just because you don't like their way of reaching their price.
> Now if you /really/ liked it better the way the others reached their price
> of $150, you definitely should have voted with your dollars and bought from
> them.

If it had been only $50 I would have, without hesitation gone with the
dealership. The difference in price was over $200 though, would you have
"voted with your dollars" and spent the extra $200??

I did tell the retailer what my concerns were, they understood and now
advertise the price of shipping, so they CLEARLY understood my point.

> > Well, when you have no other choice but online due to price, 
> 
> Come on... "have no other choice"? Gimme a break. I have seen situations
> where one could say "no choice", but choosing a vendor for a fog light is
> not among these. You can always buy somewhere else. You also can not buy
> one at all. 

I couldn't find ANY other place online that was willing to tell me the
shipping cost (they didn't respond to emails and didn't supply a phone
number). So, my choice was $200 online, or ~$416 at the dealership.
Sure, I technically had a choice, but to me >$200 is ALOT of money, I
basically had to go with the online seller.

I don't understand WHY people are SO defensive about online retailers
HIDING THEIR S/H prices? Can you give me ONE good reason that justifies
why I can't know the S/H price until the company already has my credit
card number? Please, I'd like to know.


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