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["Erdman, Jim" <erdmanj@uwstout.edu>]

Fluffy bunny said:
>
>From a marketing standpoint companies often feel they can gain a
competitive advantage by advertising lower prices and recouping the price
differential on the shipping.
>
I guess another way to say this is many businesses use handling fees as
an intended basis of revenue.
>

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And I try to avoid dealing with businesses that do this.  I would rather pay
actual shipping costs plus a reasonable handling fee, than to have it all
wrapped into one "shipping and handling" fee, which seems underhanded to me.
I always try to do price comparisons using the total cost of the order when
I buy something and am considering having it deliverd via USPS or UPS or
other carrier.


Jim Erdman (Menomonie, WI)

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