Eurospares Postage Costs

[del mar 2]

Morning,

Can i ask if our forum sponsors can offer members a deal on postage ?

I am the looking to order a couple of exhaust rubbers for a total of £5, the total cost comes to just shy of £20.

They are a bit like Ryanair !! Being enticed in with a reasonable initial cost but by the time you get to the checkout the final price bares no resemblance to the original price !!

Thanks

 

[jasst]

Morning,

Can i ask if our forum sponsors can offer members a deal on postage ?

I am the looking to order a couple of exhaust rubbers for a total of £5, the total cost comes to just shy of £20.

They are a bit like Ryanair !! Being enticed in with a reasonable initial cost but by the time you get to the checkout the final price bares no resemblance to the original price !!

Thanks

Couldn't agree more, want a speaker grill, but by the time you add on potage its ridiculous.

 

[Jamin]

same with a puddle light

 

[del mar 2]

The issue appears to be a fixed price for postage.

£10 for a £1 screw just seems excessive, but £10 for a large heavy item makes more sense.

 

[Wally]

I had another bad experience: I selected the cheapest shipping option. (within UK) At checkout it was suddenly changed to a very un-economic option.

 

[Gazcw]

That is why sometimes it works out cheaper and faster to get it from an MD especially one that gives discount for the forum.

Paying a fortune for the postage of envelope size items and then having to wait ages is not exactly pushing me to buy from them.

 

[Alan Surrey]

Didn't realise there are any. Could you name a few?

 

[DLax69]

Didn't realise there are any. Could you name a few?

...especially in Leftpondia?!?

In all honesty, from over here Eurospares does a very competitive job on pricing and shipping; been pretty pleased, overall. The key is just to buy 25 things instead of 1...!

 

[conaero]

Still cheaper than picking them up. All their postage are couriers plus I expect they have to employ staff to pack them all.

 

[zagatoes30]

Picking and packing small items is rarely cost effective and most couriers work on a minimum charge so it's not usual for small orders to have disproportionate shipping cost especially for small businesses. How Amazon can ship £2 items for little or no extra shipping cost is beyond me

 

[midlifecrisis]

You're lucky that it's only postage bumps up the price, many companies have a minimum order value or it's not worth them doing business.

 

[del mar 2]

Still cheaper than picking them up. All their postage are couriers plus I expect they have to employ staff to pack them all.

Depends where you live !

 

[del mar 2]

Picking and packing small items is rarely cost effective and most couriers work on a minimum charge so it's not usual for small orders to have disproportionate shipping cost especially for small businesses. How Amazon can ship £2 items for little or no extra shipping cost is beyond

I understand your point but surely that is priced into your overall pricing and operating costs ? You will have a rough idea of how many many small items and how many large items you send each year ?

Meridian Modena always seem to be able to ship items at a fair and reasonable cost.
Most ebay sellers can send small parts for free
Soprano Stu can post subframes for less.
McGraths have sent me small gaskets for £3 postage.

I doubt they will lose any sleep because i have not bought a couple of exhaust rubbers from them, but I will try and avoid buying large items from them aswell.