Bill,
In actuality, many times the business that ships the product doesn't
discriminate but rather passes the discriminatory practice from
UPS to the customer.
UPS does charge more to ship to a residence than a business. Every time I take
a camber compensator to UPS they ask me if the
destination is a business or residence. I asked the difference once and it was
more to a residence. So after that I always say
"Business".
Hey, they have never failed to deliver one yet!!! :)
Joe
Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Nolan Penney wrote:
>
> > Freight deliveries are done during business hours. When done to a business
>the business is open and ready for delivery. The business will usually have
>the personnel and equipment necessary to remove and handle the freight. When
>delivery is to a residental addressthe person often is not home during
>business hours, involving the delivery company holding the merchandise and
>scheduling a special delivery time. Residential addresses normally do not
>have the equipment or the persons necessary to handle freight shipping.
> >
> > The cost increase usually comes from the freight delivery company, and is
>being passed through by VB.
> >
>
> I realize where it comes from, but as long as people were complaining about
> shipping based on cost rather than weight/size I thought this absurd idea
> should be exposed as well.
>
> I don't have a problem with paying for something realistic, but this amounts
> to penalizing me over someone else. Or worse still, charging me to subsidize
> the business. Your explanation above id a non-sequitor. The garage 2 doors
> away from me is run by an 80 year old man. He is there when he feels like
> it. And, he is alone and hardly capable of unloading larger or heavier
> freight than I can. And even where I work now, without prior arrangement
> and scheduling (we have a fork truck available, but it is not kept near my
> building and only a couple of the maintenance men have a license to operate
> it) freight can't be unloaded practically here.
>
> One other note of interest. While everyone is complaining about cost based
> shipping charges, the Rimmer catalog specifically states that shipping cost
> is based on size, weight and method of delivery.
>
> bill
>
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