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I do a fair amount of shopping online and was going to purchase some ant bait from a pest control company. By comparison shopping I was able to find one website that was $3 cheaper than the another, but I failed to check out the shipping and handling costs.
On the initial form they indicated that ground shipping and handling (for a very small package) was just $1.75, but after I filled in all my info, the total for S&H was $8.95!
When I called the company on the phone to ask about hte discrepancy, he put me on hold, then returned and said "the best they could do was to give me S&H for $7." But wait a minute, I said, why did it say $1.75 then? He said he didn't know.
I think it's a way to take advantage of shoppers who don't carefully review the final invoice before hitting the Order button. I bought the ant bait from another site that offered free shipping.
I do a fair amount of shopping online and was going to purchase some ant bait from a pest control company. By comparison shopping I was able to find one website that was $3 cheaper than the another, but I failed to check out the shipping and handling costs.
On the initial form they indicated that ground shipping and handling (for a very small package) was just $1.75, but after I filled in all my info, the total for S&H was $8.95!
When I called the company on the phone to ask about hte discrepancy, he put me on hold, then returned and said "the best they could do was to give me S&H for $7." But wait a minute, I said, why did it say $1.75 then? He said he didn't know.
I think it's a way to take advantage of shoppers who don't carefully review the final invoice before hitting the Order button. I bought the ant bait from another site that offered free shipping.
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