[Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous!

[Alan Fanning]

I agree completely, Noah. However, I think Paul is also correct (see below).
After learning that I need to enter my zip code in the appropriate cell in
the "shopping basket", I now see how the total shipping rate changes as you
add each entry.  The shipping cost of the three battery cables is only about
$7, so the remaining $18 was presumably apportioned across the other parts
(plugs, distributor cap and rotor, an air filter etc) according to the
vendor.  Somewhere in the RockAuto info it even says to minimize the number
of vendors selected to minimize the shipping cost, or something along those
lines. 

I did successfully cancel my order and am a little wiser now. But I still
want those new OEM-fit battery cables, so I may have to order them
separately and buy the rest of the stuff locally. Pretty weird.

    Alan



> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous!
> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:42:42 -0400
> 
> That's a piss poor way of running an online store then.  Outpost doesn't do
> that, Newegg doesn't do that, and Tire Rack doesn't do that.  You have a
> shipping rate you pay regardless of what warehouse your products are coming
> from.  The only thing different warehouse mean is that your parts could get
> there days apart.  I'd write them an e-mail and just ask why the shipping is
> so high.  Could be a glitch or something and you'll get a small refund.
> 
> -Noah South III
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:19 AM
> To: `V6 SHOtimes; Alan Fanning
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous!
> 
> Your shipping was probably so high because the parts will come from
> different
> locations in separate boxes.  Not that that helps any....
> 
> Paul