Posted by mkirsch on November 30, 2009 at 11:57:48 from (64.80.108.57):
In Reply to: Any reason not to.... posted by Dave H (MI) on November 30, 2009 at 07:09:03:
You gotta pay for the packing material and the guy to do the packing on that $1 widget with something. It sure ain't coming from the 40% margin on the widget... You got 40 cents to pay for $1 worth of packing material and 15 minutes of a $10/hr person's time.
Okay, so you say make it up on the big orders? What if the customer base only ever orders a couple of small parts worth a few dollars at most? You'd have them go broke!
They could simply charge $8 for the $1 widget. Then shipping would be reasonable, but now you're paying an exhorbitant amount for the part itself! You'd complain about that too!
The only other alternative is to shut their doors and go get jobs at the local Walmart. Now you can't get the part at all!
Businesses are in business to make money. You gotta let them make money, or there will be no businesses to provide you with those odd hard-to-find parts.
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