gunrunnerjohn posted:I'd like to hear the reasoning for this.
I happened to be looking at something on Trainz, and I noticed their shipping charges! YIKES, it costs more than a couple of Legacy diesels to ship one unit!
I have to believe there's a story here.
Wonder what they are shipping for those amounts??? Over seas is really high but not $700 high unless they are shipping a set. Shipping is a huge problem. Buyers many times don't understand as they don't ship, and think you can toss an item in a box and its a few bucks to ship it out. No so, the cheapest US shipping for a local address is just under $7. If the same package has to go across the country you can at least double that or more. I can get and hoard packing materials easily. I go to my warehouse store and they always have a ton of free boxes and used news paper is also free. My only real cost is for packing tape, and bubble wrap. Outfits like Trainz buy everything then want to recoup that cost plus postage. They also cannot tell ahead of time where the buyer will be located so they charge the highest rate and make sure they are covered. This is a two edged sword. Buyers look at those higher costs and move on thinking they are crooks.
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