Nine dollar shipping for a small dollar item that was not in stock at Office Depot. Amazon wanted 7 dollars. It is obvious what they are doing. Three customers on the floor and three associates. They are not long for this world with this crap.

Every time I see an Office Depot I am surprised that they are still in business. When I walk into one I’m convinced it won’t be for much longer.

If you have it shipped to the store for pickup, do they still charge you shipping?

It’s not obvious to me. What do you think they’re doing?

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
It’s not obvious to me. What do you think they’re doing?

Me neither.

^^^^ He probably meant they're making money from the "outrageous" shipping charges.

Might want to walk into a UPS store and see what $9 will ship.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Nine dollar shipping for a small dollar item that was not in stock at Office Depot. Amazon wanted 7 dollars.

I'm confused. Amazon wanted $7 for the item or $7 to ship it?

Reason for my confusion is $7 to ship, with Amazon, is usually for expedited shipping.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
It is obvious what they are doing.

It's unclear to me who you mean by "they" (I suspect Office Depot?), much less what they're doing.

There's going to be a certain minimum cost to ship things. I haven't priced shipping lately, but, from my past experiences and noting how, by all accounts, shipping costs have risen pretty sharply the last two or three years, I can well imagine that minimum number is probably damn close to $9 for UPS and FedEx. Last time I shipped anything was USPS and, IIRC, it was over $10 for regular 1st Class Package or whatever they call it for something relatively small.

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If you have it shipped to the store for pickup, do they still charge you shipping?

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No shipping to store. Pickup location is in BFE twenty miles away.

I get free shipping on my ammo. TargetSports USA.

Yes it is 9 bucks for shipping and I refuse to have a Prime account. I would prefer to patronize my local businesses.
The item was a Daily Calendar refill that they should have had on stock, considering 2024 is right around the corner.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

The item was a Daily Calendar refill that they should have had on stock, considering 2024 is right around the corner.

This one?



I just looked at Office Depot website and saw "free pickup at store."

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Thanks for checking. The item is out of stock at my store. The store manager said there is NO free pickup at the store I visit. For smoe reason Office Depot does not offer this service.
If they priced the item at nine dollars and offered free shipping I might have made the purchase.

Several years ago I purchased a desktop computer under the impression that Office Depot would flawlessy transfer the data and programs. At eleven pm the night before tech support called for directions. He did not realize this was an office computer and seemed irritated that it was an office computer. The store manager refunded the fee and I was able to find someone to handle the task. Wasted quite a few hours.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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Thanks for checking. The item is out of stock at my store. The store manager said there is NO free pickup at the store I visit. For smoe reason Office Depot does not offer this service.

I'm looking at a form that shows FREE SHIPPING.

https://www.officedepot.com/ch...nonymousSubmitSet.do

When the item is above a certain price, you get free shipping. That's because the retailer can hide the price of the shipping in the price of the item and get away with it. Ammo is above that price threshold, a $5 calendar refill is not. Pay the shipping and quit whinning about it or drive the 20 miles.

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Thanks for your kind CSR response. You remind me of an old Cartoon in which a grumpy looking lady is at a booth that says "Complaint Department". THe caption below reads "Tough shit next Customer." LOL

^^^^^^^^^^ Complaint department consist of handgrenade mounted to a wooden base with a "take a number" sign and a "number tag with the number 1" attached to the pin pull ring..................................... drill sgt.

This is kind of what he’s getting at. Years ago a small company selling hardware to the US Government discovered that the PO were only reviewed for the material cost. They made a fortune tacking on outrageously inflated shipping fees.

Just ordered something weighing 8 ounces and wanted next day air. One vendor wanted $110...for an 8 ounce package. Found another vendor from the same general geographic area who only wanted $17. Guess who got my business?

My workplace ordered a small part for a car that couldn't be finished putting together without it that nobody had locally. (Local dealers here suck for parts availability and practically everything else.) The actual cost of the part was less than $20, but the charge for next-day UsPiss delivery was $56 (they needed it in a bit of a hurry), and it didn't arrive until three business days later.

not that it matters, well too much, however big corporate locations have contracts with the major shippers (UPS and FedEx, not the post office) and can offer shippind discounts or free shippind due the volume of stuff they ship, and the contracted cheaper than average price they negotiate with whichever carrier,

that is why some places only ship FedEx or UPS,, they have a contract,